While in Nashville working on his third country album for Capitol Records Nashville last week, Darius Rucker was in especially high spirits with the anticipation of celebrating his fifth No. 1 single, “This,” from his sophomore album, Charleston, SC 1966.  Steve Hodges/Capitol, Marc Driskill/ASCAP, Frank Rogers, Darius Rucker, Ron Stuve/UMPG, Cyndi Forman/UMPG, Mike Dungan/Capitol. Photo [...]

Capitol Records Nashville’s Darius Rucker is no stranger to success, but this week he has reached a milestone that he never dreamt would be possible: his fifth chart-topping single.  “This,” the second single from his 2010 release Charleston, SC 1966, is currently #1 on both Billboard and MediaBase charts.  “When we set out to record [...]

A huge thank you going out to Andrew W. Griffin, from Red Dirt Report. Andrew submitted the following review of Daris Rucker’s new CD, “Charleston, S.C., 1966 By Andrew W. Griffin Red Dirt Report, editor For Darius Rucker’s second country music outing, his Charleston, SC 1966 (a title featuring his birthplace and year paying homage [...]

I don’t know why I never say much about The Carter Twins. Josh and Zach have been around for a while now, and I love  love “Heart Like Memphis,” which was the debut single for these guys. And that song, according to a press release I received yesterday, was one of country music’s most downloaded [...]

I have to agree with People magazine on this one. On their list of Country’s Hottest Men, we find Trace Adkins, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Jack Ingram, Tim McGraw, Jake Owen, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, Josh Turner, Keith Urban and Chuck Wicks. Now, that is not a list from the “hottest to the [...]