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Randy Travis To Release I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits in March

With the return to mainstream Country music now complete, Randy Travis and Warner Brothers have compiled his biggest hits and packaged them into a new two-disc collection: "I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis."  But will many fans care?
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Billy Currington - "People Are Crazy"

Very few male vocalists have the kind of voice that sounds right at home singing tradtional country songs and Billy Currington is one of them.  With songs like this one and "Good Directions" he certainly keeps the traditional flame alive but will fans graivate to it like we do?
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Dierks Bentley - "Feel That Fire"

Bentley returns to stores with a cd he hopes will contine his upward trend in critical and fan acclaim.  While the title track is currently #1, does the album deliver on the promise or is it just more of the same from the Nashville establishment?&a
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Carter Twins - "Heart Like Memphis"

With their video just released to CMT today, the 18-year-old Carter Twins have arrived on the national scene. Signed to an interesting label, does the photogenic duo have what it takes to break through at radio or will people see them as some sort of manufactred product?
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Zac Brown Band - The Foundation

With "Chicken Fried" in the Top 10 at radio, Zac Brown and his namesake band have set a good basis for "The Foundation," the band's national debut.  Produced by Keith Stegall and Zac, does the album have what it takes to be a big hit?
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Enter the Glen Campbell Greatest Hits CD Giveaway

Glen Campbell is an icon with a great ear for expertly-written tunes.  He partnered with Jimmy Webb on some standout songs over the years.  Here's your chance to win one of five copies of Glen's "Greatest Hits" album from Roughstock and EMI.
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Blake Shelton - Startin' Fires

While "Home" was an unexpected detour from Blake, it also raised his profile to many.  "Startin Fires" is the first all-new release since that song became a #1.  Is the album pop-leaning or rooted in tradition? Or is it both?
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New Artist Spotlight: Honeyhoney

While Honeyhoney isn't the latest band signed to a Nashville label, they not only have traditional roots music influences but the band has a genuine nature about them that makes them instantly likable. As you'll read in the interview, that likeability factor is present at all times.
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Joey + Rory - "Freebird"

After the unexpected 'death' of "Cheater, Cheater" at country radio, likely due to some station's moral objections to the phrase "white trash ho," Joey+Rory are returning to radio with this song, an interesting reworking of the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic.  Does this version measure up?