Jessie James Decker might be married to every female’s Man Crush Monday, but she’s not letting that stop her from making a name for herself. She makes being pregnant and balancing a career look like a walk in the park and absolutely deserves the coveted hashtag #MomGoals. You might remember Jessie from her pop days, […]
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REVIEW: Brantley Gilbert – ‘Just As I Am’
May 28th, 2014 
James Shotwell Artist: Brantley Gilbert Album: Just As I Am Genre: Alt-Country Label: Valory Music Four years have passed since Brantley Gilbert released new material, and in that time country music has seen a number of new, young male singer-songwriters make their mark with so-called ‘bad boy’ music. These are essentially songs that keep the twang element […]
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REST IN PEACE: George Jones (1931-2013)
April 26th, 2013 James Shotwell Country music legend George Jones has passed away at the age of 81 following a short hospital stay. Jones was reportedly admitted to a hospital on April 18 with complaints of fever and irregular blood pressure, but no official cause of death has been released at this time. In life there are lots people who […]
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EDITORIAL: Attempting To Understand Brad Paisley’s “Accidental Racist”
April 9th, 2013 James Shotwell If you have somehow been able to avoid the Twittersphere’s hottest music-related topic of the week, “Accidental Racist” is a new song from country superstar Brad Paisley that also features legendary hip hop artist LL Cool J. The song appears on Paisley’s recently released album and has come into the light since the record’s release […]
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STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Tim McGraw – Christmas All Over The World
December 8th, 2011 James Shotwell Country superstar Tim McGraw is giving his fans an early taste of the holidays with a free download of his latest single, “Christmas All Over The World. Now I realize we are not huge supporters of country music on UTG. Hell, if you haven’t noticed, we don’t even really care for holiday music (bah humbug). […]
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August 2nd, 2011 James Shotwell Country music is a funny thing. Generally speaking, the most conservative Americans are the biggest fans of this genre, yet their songs are often more tongue-in-cheek than anything mainstream rock or pop releases. I’m not what you’d call a fan of country music, but I do have multiple artists in the genre that I respect […]
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