It’s been a little while since I’ve done anything about anyone new. And this seems like the right time. The new artist is Bryan Cole. He’s new to me, but probably not to a lot of you. I have been following him on Twitter for a while, but really didn’t give the attention to his [...]

I think I’ve made it pretty clear over the past four years of writing Country’s Chatter, that I’m a huge, huge fan of traditional country music. It doesn’t get any better than Merle Haggard and “Always Wanting You”, “It’s Not Love,” and “If We Make it Through December”; or Lefty Frizzell doing “How Long Will [...]

I love the way the Internet has made it easy for our favorite artists to stay in touch with their fans. Most have had a web site, as long as there’s been an Internet, but now they also Tweet, and they have a facebook page. Toby Keith’s 10th year touring for USO takes him to [...]

Every day I find a new reason to love the Internet – Today, the reason is Joe and Heather Nichols introduction of Dylan River Nichols, to the world! With a announcement and photo on Joe’s Official Web Site, and a few pictures on facebook – we all had a chance to ‘visit’ with Dylan and [...]

Singer-songwriter Kip Moore and CMT have just unveiled the second episode of a new web series about his journey to the spotlight. In the webisode, Kip discusses what he feels are the most crucial components of songwriting. "To write songs, you have to have inspiration," says Kip. "And the only way you can get inspiration [...]