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With her current single "Should've Been Born With Wheels" rising up the charts, Oklahoma's Shawna Russell has released "Goddess."  While it's rocking, the album has a lot of roots in country. Do these roots stand out?

With the lead-off single hitting the top of the country charts this week, Taylor Swift's sophomore release placed 1st on the Billboard Hot 200 Albums chart with nearly 600,000 copies sold.  Will this help the plethora of other new country music releases?

We recently had the opportunity to meet up with Randy Houser at his label's office on Music Row to discuss his debut album.  Other topics discussed ranged from David Letterman, The "Trailer Park," Ronnie Dunn comparisons, his roots and of course "badonkadonks."

The third week of November 2008 brings country music three high profile releases in Blake Shelton's fifth release, "Startin' Fires" and the debut albums from Randy Houser ("Anything Goes") and Zac Brown Band ("The Foundation).  Crossin' Dixon releases their debut as well.

Relying on a tried-and-true formula that has given many bands a leg-up in country music, River County has recently released their national debut "Rockin' The Country."  Does rehashing a formula pay off for the Indiana-based trio?

With "Fine Line" helping to establish Little Big Town at country radio, the vocal quartet returns with one of the 4 newly recorded tracks from their re-issued album "A Place To Land."  Does this single have enough to drive the band back up the charts?

Jessica Andrews came out eight years ago as a teenager with then new label DreamWorks Nashville, Jess returns to the charts with a song written by her long-time boyfriend Marcel.  Will the song be the big comeback single the talented 24 year old woman deserves to have?

2008 turned out to be the year that John Rich gained high exposure through his "Gone Country" shows and by being one of the judges of Nashville Star. This single is his first with Warner Brothers as a solo artist.  Will this romantic song be a hit or will radio go 'eh' and move on?

Taylor Swift came out of nowhere as a 16 year-old in 2006 and managed to be the first artist to capture the young MySpace crowd.  Will she manage to keep their attention on "Fearless?"