He's the obsessive sort of traditional country fanatic who'll "spend $300 a week at Ernest Tubb Record Shop" when he's in Nashville. And where [Miranda] Lambert swears by Ashlee Simpson, Shelton would usually rather listen to John Conlee.
--From Chuck Eddy's piece on Blake Shelton.

By the way, as an Ashlee Simpson fan myself, I endorse John Conlee ( Read more... )

A recent playlist, a treasury of current country music, Love Goes To Building On Fire, all except the first track being from this decade.

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I talk about Willie Nelson and once again about Miranda Lambert:

The Rules Of The Game #30: Life Ain't Hard But It's Too Long

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The Rules Of The Game #29: I start a fight because I need to feel something

Latest column. I talk about year-end polls, and Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood and Amy Winehouse, and, of course, Taylor Swift again, this time singing "Umbrella":

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