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		<title>Album Review &#8211; Patty Griffin &#8211; &#8220;American Kid&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patty Griffin American Kid * * * *  The loss of a parent is a monumental milestone and common denominator we all share as humans. As ‘The Greatest Generation’ whittles down, our living links to twentieth century history become non-existent. And if you’re like Patty Griffin, you weren’t prepared for this inevitable moment. The gaping [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1496&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Album Review &#8211; Nick Dittmeier &#8211; &#8220;Extra Better&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nick Dittmeier Extra Better * * * * In the increasingly marginalized landscape of the music industry, it’s always refreshing when artists come along that make you stop and listen. Jeffersonville, IN native Nick Dittmeier is one of those people. Formally of the band Slithering Beast, he’s now honing his own brand of Alternative Country [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1490&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Album Review: Kacey Musgraves &#8211; &#8220;Same Trailer, Different Park&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kacey Musgraves Same Trailer, Different Park * * * * 1/2 A major reason for my disillusionment with modern commercial country music is the lack of the mature adult female prospective that elevated the quality of radio playlists throughout the 1990s. The absence of Matraca Berg and Gretchen Peters songs on major label albums (and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1484&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Album Review: The Band Perry &#8211; &#8220;Pioneer&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Daddy rocked us to sleep with the Rolling Stones; Mama woke us up with Loretta Lynn. So we get it honest” – Kimberly Perry The Band Perry Pioneer ***1/2 It’s no secret that “If I Die Young” is one of my favorite singles of this decade, no matter how much airplay it receives. Nathan Chapman’s [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1480&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Concert Review: Kathy Mattea at Silver Center for the Arts in Plymouth, NH</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Concert Reviews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kathy Mattea came ready to give it her all. Amidst a blinding snowstorm, and the after effects of the head cold that had eluded her to three days prior, she took the stage Feb 23 in the teeny 665 seat Hanaway Theatre (located in isolated Plymouth, NH) with just three other musicians, a caravan of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1469&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Album Review: Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison &#8211; &#8220;Cheater&#8217;s Game&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Liz Foster]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison  Cheater&#8217;s Game * * * * * If there exists a constant within country music in 2013, it’s the collaborative album. Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell are teaming up for a long-awaited record, tour partners Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan recently completed work on an album, Vince Gill and Paul Franklin [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1462&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Say What? Natalie Maines is a glorified ass</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Country Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Dixie Chick Natalie Maines had a lot to say in an interview with Howard Stern on his Sirius/XM radio show: &#8220;Growing up, when people asked, &#8216;What kind of music do you listen to?,&#8217; I&#8217;d say, &#8216;Anything but country.&#8217; She went on to insult her former core fan base further, this time by dragging up [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1446&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Album Review:  Blake Shelton &#8211; &#8220;Cheers, It&#8217;s Christmas&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Country Music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rob Byus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trent Willmon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blake Shelton Cheers, It&#8217;s Christmas * * * 1/2 On Cheers, It’s Christmas, his foray into holiday music, Blake Shelton is offering up fourteen tracks that mix traditional fare with newly-penned tracks and collaborations with everyone from Kelly Clarkson to Reba McEntire. And like Red River Blue, Scott Hendricks produces the set along with Brett [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1442&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top 19 Favorite Country Albums of 2012: 10-1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Country Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Country Music Coutdowns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gretchen Peters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamey Johnson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marty Stuart]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adventurism. Turing convention on its head. Those are just two of the themes threading each of the 19 albums on my list. I&#8217;ve noticed my tastes venturing further and further from the mainstream, as radio playlists are marginalized and top 40 acts are less and less interesting. Here&#8217;s 10-1, enjoy! 10. Gretchen Peters Hello Cruel World [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1419&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top 19 Favorite Country Albums of 2012: 19-11</title>
		<link>http://jonopappalardo.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/top-19-favorite-country-albums-of-2012-19-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carrie Underwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Strait]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Eady]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerrod Niemann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joey + Rory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little Big Town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lori McKenna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patty Loveless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Little Willies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Adventurism. Turing convention on its head. Those are just two of the themes threading each of the 19 albums on my list. I&#8217;ve noticed my tastes venturing further and further from the mainstream, as radio playlists are marginalized and top 40 acts are less and less interesting. Here&#8217;s 19-11, enjoy! 19. Kasey Chambers &#38; Shane [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1412&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EP Reviews: Lori McKenna &#8211; &#8220;Heart Shaped Bullet Hole&#8221; and Punch Brothers &#8211; &#8220;Ahoy!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://jonopappalardo.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/ep-reviews-lori-mckenna-heart-shaped-bullet-hole-and-punch-brothers-ahoy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 05:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Country Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ashley Ray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Dylan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Thile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clancy Brothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Rawlings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gillian Welch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Ritter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lori McKenna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mclusky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nickel Creek]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Troy Verges]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A commanding drum beat and cheeky 1980s style electric guitars greet the listener on “Heart Shaped Bullet Hole,” a Disney jam session meets “Down At The Twist and Shout” confection that anchors Lorrie McKenna’s EP of the same name, her six-song follow up to last year’s highly emotional Lorraine. It’s by far the most experimental thing [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1398&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Album Review &#8211; Jerrod Niemann &#8211; &#8216;Free The Music&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://jonopappalardo.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/album-review-jerrod-niemann-free-the-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Isaak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colbie Caillat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Brainard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Houston Phillips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.R. McCoy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lefty Frizzell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jerrod Niemann Free The Music * * * 1/2  Since debuting with Judge Jerrod and the Hung Jury in 2010, Jerrod Niemann has rightfully earned his reputation as one of the genre’s strongest mainstream assets, someone who resects tradition but is modern enough to exist in the current marketplace. I loved his 2010 top 5 “What Do [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1390&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Album Review &#8211; Easton Corbin &#8220;All Over The Road&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://jonopappalardo.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/album-review-easton-corbin-all-over-the-road/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Country Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob DiPiero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brantley Gilbert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carrie Underwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carson Chamberlin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daryle Singlatry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dierks Bentley]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[George Strait]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jake Owen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Aldean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Silvey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Beavers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kellie Pickler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee Ann Womack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Lane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miranda Lambert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Shepherd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Lane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wade Kirby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will Nance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zac Brown Band]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Easton Corbin All Over The Road * * * 1/2  Upon the release of his self-titled debut in 2010, Easton Corbin was branded as the savior of country music thanks to his neo-traditional sound and George Strait-like vocal approach. Corbin showed promise, and scored back-to-back #1s, but his debut felt too safe, like he was [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1386&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Album Review &#8211; Little Big Town &#8211; &#8220;Tornado&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://jonopappalardo.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/album-review-little-big-town-tornado/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Country Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry Dean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobbie Gentry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brent Cobb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carrie Underwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dierks Bentley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gretchen Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Lindsey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Saenz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jedd Hughes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jimi Westbrook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Fairchild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Mattea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kimberly Schlapman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little Big Town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liz Rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lori McKenna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luke Laird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miranda Lambert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natalie Hemby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phillip Sweet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosi Golan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sugarland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trisha Yearwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zac Brown Band]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Little Big Town Tornado * * * * You’d think the combination of irresistible four part harmonies and a keen sense of song would be the makings of country music royalty, but Little Big Town have had more starts and halts in the past ten years than just about any mainstream act. They more than [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1384&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Digging deeper into Kathy Mattea&#8217;s &#8220;Calling Me Home&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://jonopappalardo.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/digging-deeper-into-calling-me-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 06:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Country Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean Ritchie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Mattea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Si Kan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Gordons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of my great joys in getting under the skin of Kathy Mattea&#8217;s Calling Me Home was my journey lurking behind the songs she chose to sang. I wanted to fully understand what she was singing, and more importantly, learn about the songwriters she was covering. Here are some videos of Kathy talking about the music [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1377&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Album Review &#8211; Kathy Mattea &#8211; &#8220;Calling Me Home&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://jonopappalardo.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/album-review-kathy-mattea-calling-me-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Country Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Criticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice Garrard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emmylou Harris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Paczosa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hazel Dickens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean Ritchie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenee Fleenor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathy Mattea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Cordle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mollie O'Brien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oliver Wood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patty Loveless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Si Kan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kathy Mattea Calling Me Home * * * * *  Coming off the supposed one-off side project Coal, Kathy Mattea found her purpose as a recording artist transformed from a commercial country singer to an Appalachian folk singer. The four-year journey has led to a full exploration of her West Virginian roots and the land [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1372&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 2012 CMA Nominations: The year that, well, just couldn&#8217;t</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Such as they are, here&#8217;s the CMA nominees list for 2012 with my comments and Will Win / Should Win picks: Entertainer of the Year Jason Aldean Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley Blake Shelton Taylor Swift The usual solid, yet unspectacular group. The lack of Carrie Underwood will have all her fans fuming as usual and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1368&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Concert Review &#8211; CMA Songwriters Series at the Royale Boston (Featuring Carrie Underwood)</title>
		<link>http://jonopappalardo.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/concert-review-cma-songwriters-series-at-the-royale-boston-featuring-carrie-underwood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CMA Songwriters Series]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ashley Monroe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blake Shelton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob DiPiero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brett James]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carrie Underwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Lindsey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Aldean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luke Laird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pam Tillis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhett Akins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ricochet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trace Adkins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Luke Laird is one of the coolest dudes on earth. At least that&#8217;s the perspective I gleaned from his participation in the CMA Songwriters Series, back for its sophomore outing in Boston, July 31. Laird lacked the I-aim-to-please convention of the other participants, and thus gave the deepest insight into the songs that came from [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1335&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Album Review &#8211; Joey + Rory &#8211; &#8220;His and Hers&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://jonopappalardo.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/album-review-joey-rory-his-and-hers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Country Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dolly Parton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emmylou Harris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Paczosa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joey + Rory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joey Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kent Blazy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patty Loveless]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joey + Rory His and Hers * * * * 1/2 When The Life of a Song launched the career of husband and wife duo Joey Martin and Rory Feek in 2009, it established a rarity – an artist using traditional country music as the basis for their sound, without a rock or pop element [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1318&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Concert Review &#8211; Miranda Lambert &amp; Pistol Annies at the Bank of America Pavilion</title>
		<link>http://jonopappalardo.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/concert-review-miranda-lambert-pistol-annies-at-the-bank-of-america-pavilion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Pappalardo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Concert Reviews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ashley Monroe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beyonce]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lady Gaga]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miranda Lambert does whatever she wants. That much is evident from this second leg of her On Fire tour, which rolled into Boston Friday night (July 27) during a week that saw Lambert perform on Good Morning America and co-host The View. I&#8217;ve been following Lambert&#8217;s career for nine years now, ever since she first stepped on [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonopappalardo.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9838177&#038;post=1298&#038;subd=jonopappalardo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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