Yeehaw MP3s! Top Ten Country Downloads!
Modern country began with Shania Twain's (aka Eilleen Regina Edwards) suburban smash hit, "Man! I Feel Like A Woman," and the floodgates have poured sweet country wine every since. Sure, you still have old school holdouts like Clint Black and Alan Jackson, but really, the Big and Riches of the world have clearly taken over.
But what comes next? How can country match the 10-gallon-hat authenticity of Kenny Chesney (don't you wonder about Kenny, really)? The American idol meets Barbie doll allure of Carrie Underwood? Or the plastic sincerity of Faith Hill? And with Obama's coming reign (the Far Right's "Obama-nation"), country fans are bound to get ugly. "Raising McCain" aside, the Chevy pickup driving population of the great flyover nation will soon realize that they aren't in Kansas anymore, that the world has shifted and chants of "USA USA USA" won't mean much as the country undergoes the great economic alignment of 2009 and beyond.
So the time is ripe for real country to make a return to the charts. Here's my vote for 2010, the top country downloads of the week!
Krista Detor's Cover Their Eyes
Krista Detor
"Robert Johnson Has Left Mississippi" (mp3) from "Cover Their Eyes"
(Corazong Records)
More On This AlbumElmer Creel's She Never Came Home
Elmer Creel "Louisiana Country Girl" (mp3)
from "She Never Came Home"
(Bogalusa Music Group) More On This Album
Annie Sims' Half The Moon
Annie Sims "Doesn't Anybody Love Like That Anymore?" (mp3)
from "Half the Moon"
(Aspirion Records) More On This Album
Walt Wilkins' Rivertown
Walt Wilkins "Poetry" (mp3)
from "Rivertown"
(Palo Duro Records) More On This Album
Twilight Hotel's Highway Prayer
Twilight Hotel "Viva la Vinyl" (mp3)
from "Highway Prayer"
(Corazong Records) More On This Album
Samantha Jo's Samantha Jo
Samantha Jo "That's My Way" (mp3)
from "Samantha Jo"
(Atomic K Records)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
Buy at eMusic
Buy at Rhapsody
Buy at Napster More On This Album
Razzy Bailey's Decades of Hits
Razzy Bailey "Ain't Got No Business" (mp3)
from "Decades of Hits"
(Spectra Records) More On This Album
Peter Bradley Adams' Leavetaking
Peter Bradley Adams "Always" (mp3)
from "Leavetaking"
(Sarathan Records) More On This Album
Roger Alan Wade's Stoned Traveler
Roger Alan Wade "Stoned Traveler" (mp3)
from "Stoned Traveler"
(Johnny Knoxville Records) More On This Album
