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Stories tagged #country on Sampled — sound, style, and scenes, all in one place.
Country has the entire Hot 100 top five — the interesting part is how the records are produced
For the first time since 1958, every song in the Hot 100's top five is country. Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" is at No. 1 for a 16th week. The chart story is easy; the production story is the one worth having.
Country's biggest records are being cut in living rooms — including one at Vince Gill's house
Kenny Whitmire recorded his new single with a Country Music Hall of Famer in a Nashville home studio. That location detail explains more about modern country production than most chart analysis does.
Dolly Parton at 80 is still doing the most, and it still works
A new all-star cut of "Light of a Clear Blue Morning," a travel stop opening in Tennessee, a summer show at the Stampede, and a children's hospital getting the check. A feature on one of the busiest people in music, period.