Items tagged with "country"
Top Ten Shania Twain Songs
by Kelly Kling (Kelly lives in Austin, Texas, so she knows about these things…) After Shania Twain’s Come On Over made the Rocktology! Final 4 in our recent Top CDs of the ’90s tournament (check the full results here), we knew we had to show the Canadian queen of country pop some love. Eilleen “Shania” […]
Savanna Chestnut shines on ‘The Voice’
Country singer-songwriter Savanna Chestnut, who spoke with 360°Sound last year, recently appeared on the hit NBC show The Voice, now in its 20th season. Country superstar Blake Shelton chose Chestnut for his team after her country rendition of the ‘80s pop classic “Hold Me Now” by Thompson Twins. We caught up with the Americus, Kansas […]
Q&A: Texas country singer Cannon Brand
360°Sound spoke with up-and-coming Texas country singer-songwriter Cannon Brand. The 19-year-old Willis, Texas native has released an EP and two singles. He was just 17 when he recorded the EP, My Kind of Place, writing all the songs and playing all the instruments. His new single, “Me and You,” has been climbing the Texas country charts. […]
Daniel Tashian on Bacharach collaboration, songwriting
I first heard of singer-songwriter Daniel Tashian when I listened to the excellent EP he did with Burt Bacharach, Blue Umbrella, released in July. As I read more about Tashian, 45, and dug into his catalog, I was struck by the sheer variety of music he creates. For over a decade, he’s been writing hits […]
Q&A: Country singer-songwriter Savanna Chestnut
360°Sound spoke with up-and-coming country singer-songwriter Savanna Chestnut. The 25-year-old Kansas native released her second full-length album, Prairie Fire, in October of last year. Chestnut, who writes all of her own songs, was nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year at the Rocky Mountain Country Music Awards in 2017 and 2018. She began writing and […]
Q&A: Texas country singer Cory Morrow
360°Sound spoke with Texas country singer-songwriter Cory Morrow. A legend in the Lone Star State, Morrow has sold more than 200,000 records independently and placed nearly a dozen songs on the country charts. His biggest hit came in 2001, “Songs We Wish We’d Written,” recorded with friend and fellow Texas country star Pat Green. Since […]
Q&A: Dominic Solis of garage-folk band Madisons
360°Sound conducted a socially distanced sit-down interview with Dominic Solis, lead singer and songwriter of the Austin-based eight-piece garage-folk band Madisons. In March, Madisons digitally released their fifth full-length studio album, Better Than I Deserve. Solis said a vinyl release is expected for this winter and a CD will come later. In this interview, Solis, […]