Carrie Underwood’s New Release is a Country Music Event
This week's "Weekly Whatever" is about Country Music SuperStar Carrie Underwood, who will release her first album since 2012, next month; the first single from that album is out now, and it’s more than a big deal, it’s a Country music industry-wide event, and the...
Cam sings “Burning House”
The "Weekly Whatever" In the "Weekly Whatever," Dave picks a song that's really good, and worth a listen. This week, "Burning House," by Cam, is a double whammy: a powerful song sung with heartfelt sincerity. Poised to be a major Country hit in the final...
“Girl Crush” by Little Big Town
It’s not what you think, rather, it’s an incredibly hot, smoldering, sultry song of (heterosexual) lust and love that stayed #1 for 11 weeks on Billboards Country charts, the longest time spent at #1 than any other song in the chart's 56 year history. Now it’s...
Calling All Flower Children
"The Weekly Whatever" “The Weekly Whatever” is a wild card, and this week we honor the flower child: if you were one, or knew one, or wanted to be one, then this song is pure nostalgia: “Blue Bandana” by Jerrod Niemann, out now and just hitting the country...
“The Weekly Whatever” — “Radio” by Steep Canyon Rangers
"The Weekly Whatever" doesn't link a current song to a past hit, rather, it's a song that's just so good, you have to hear it! "Radio" is not quite blue-grass, and even though it has banjos it’s not too hokey; it’s definitely got country roots, it's upbeat, and...
Hints of Sam Cooke in “Crash and Burn”
Oooh, this time out Dave is after the music aficionado, connecting Thomas Rhett’s “Crash and Burn,” a country hit, to Sam Cooke’s 1960 “Chain Gang,” and as usual, Dave's right on the money. Dave picked up on “Crash & Burn’s” backing vocals, pointing out how much...
Sam Hunt & Aerosmith? Yes!
Dave is linking Aerosmith’s 1998 #1 power ballad "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" to Sam Hunt’s “Take Your Time” which reached #1 in Country, and is now very strong on the pop charts. You might think that’s an odd pairing, and I did too, at first, but now I totally get...