Shelly's Country Music Blog November 2005 Archive

The holiday season is upon us, and if you have friends and family members to buy for that are country fans, I've compiled a Holiday Buying Guide to help ... Read More

Each month I turn the AboutCountry spotlight on a different country artist. Sometimes it's someone brand spankin' new. Other times it's an established star. In the case of Lee ... Read More

Here are the polls running this week on the site: AboutCountry Weekly Top 20 Favorite Country Performer View the AboutCountry Top 20 Albums for 11/21

I've created some Country Christmas cards for you to download here. Since the size of the graphic isn't really big, I had to limit my designs to solo artists ... Read More

It used to be that when you wanted to own a certain track from an album, you had to buy the entire album it was on. Now with online music ... Read More

We have four new reviews this week. The first from American Idol winner Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts, reviewed by Penny. After reading Penny's review, check out Carrie's bio. ... Read More

I have 82 different artists listed here. Look up your favorite artist, and find guitar tabs, chords & lyrics listed by album. Updated pages this week: Faith Hill, Trisha Yearwood, ... Read More

Well, Thanksgiving is over, and the Christmas Holiday is in full swing. There's lots of great Country Christmas songs out there to give you that Christmas spirit. POLL: Which of the ... Read More

This week's country music birthdays (even those no longer with us) include: November 28: Kristine Arnold (Sweethearts of the Rodeo) (1956) "Kristine Oliver Arnold" November 29: Merle Travis (1917) "Merle Robert ... Read More

If you missed the CMA Awards, you can check out my CMA Coverage and find out what you missed. I have a recap of the Red Carpet CMT Pre-show, ... Read More

Here are the polls running this week on the site: AboutCountry Weekly Top 20 Favorite Country Performer (Top 8 Artists Remain) View the AboutCountry Top 20 Singles for 11/14 and the

There are three new reviews to check out this week. The first is Reba McEntire's Number Ones cd. Read Jolene's thoughts on the cd, plus read Reba's own thoughts ... Read More

In my opinion, these are the nine hottest guys over the age of 35 in country music today. See if you agree. Each guy has a nice photo to prove ... Read More

All For The Hall™ brings together artists, musicians, and anyone who loves and appreciates country music for a common goal – to preserve the legacy of the music that inspires ... Read More

Our newest contest this week is to win one of five (5) autographed copies of Ray Scott's new album, My Kind of Music. Then, in its second week, we have ... Read More

See which songs are topping the charts, and which songs Jennifer thinks will be the Next No. 1 for the following week. All chart rankings are based on the song's ... Read More

I have 79 different artists listed here. Look up your favorite artist, and find guitar tabs, chords & lyrics listed by album.

So, you think you know all your country music lyrics? Well, we'll see. I've designed separate quizzes for many different country artists. Check 'em out and see if you're as ... Read More

This week's country music birthdays (even those no longer with us) include: November 21: Jean Shepard (1933) "Ollie Imogene Shepard" November 25: Amy Grant (1960) "Amy Lee Grant" November 26: Linda ... Read More

We have not only one but two reviews from the 'Rockin' the Boat' 3rd Annual Country Music Cruise, which featured country stars Jeff Bates, Shelly Fairchild, Wade Hayes, Jon ... Read More

AboutCountry Staff writer Sue Bauman took a trip to Cleveland, Ohio to see Keith Urban in concert. Opening the show was Little Big Town. See what Sue had to ... Read More

Here are the polls running this week on the site: AboutCountry Weekly Top 20 Favorite Country Performer (moved to Forums for voting) View the AboutCountry Top 20 Singles for 11/07 and the Top 10 for ... Read More

See which songs are topping the charts, and which songs Jennifer thinks will be the Next No. 1 for the following week. All chart rankings are based on the song's ... Read More

We have three new reviews for you to read this week. The first is from Big & Rich, entitled Comin' To Your City, reviewed by Sue. Along with Sue's ... Read More

AboutStaff writer Jennifer Webb recently interviewed rising country star Todd Fritsch. Find out what he had to say about who he looks up to in his career, who he'd ... Read More

We have three contests running this week. It's the first week of our Comin' To Your City CD Contest, plus you can enter to win a copy of Joe Nichols' ... Read More

Kenny Chesney and LeAnn Rimes are two stars that have added their own artwork to Limited Edition Ornaments and Note Cards to benefit Middle Tennessee's Alive Hospice Organization. (Ornament ... Read More

This week's country music birthdays (even those no longer with us) include: November 14: Lance Leslie (South Sixty-Five) (1977) November 15: Jack Ingram (1970) November 20: Josh Turner (1977)

I recently attended Rascal Flatts show at the Sleeptrain Amphitheater in Marysville, CA on October 28, 2005. Opening for the guys was Blake Shelton. We were in for a ... Read More

Here are the polls running this week on the site: AboutCountry Weekly Top 20 Favorite Country Performer Top 10 for October 2005 Vote for your Favorite CMA Nominees View the AboutCountry Top 20 Albums for ... Read More

In my opinion, these are the seven hottest guys in country music today. See if you agree. Each guy has a nice photo to prove his worthiness of being on ... Read More

We have six new reviews this week. The first is Kenny Chesney's The Road and The Radio, reviewed by Jennifer. See what she had to say about the album, ... Read More

Are you puzzled? Well, you needn't be. We have interactive java puzzles with photos of many of your favorite country artists on them. There are 166 to choose from. See ... Read More

The CMA Awards are scheduled for November 15, 2005. For the first time in its nearly 40-year history, the awards show will be held outside of Nashville. The show will ... Read More

Each month of the year I have created a different wallpaper design featuring a country music artist. For the month of November, the featured star is Chely Wright. Download ... Read More

So, you think you know all your country music lyrics? Well, we'll see. I've designed separate quizzes for many different country artists. Check 'em out and see if you're as ... Read More

The continuing relevance of Country Music is the subject of the first single and title track of Songs About Me, the new album by Trace Adkins on Capitol Records ... Read More

This week's country music birthdays (even those no longer with us) include: November 8: Patti Page (1927) "Clara Ann Fowler" November 8: Bonnie Raitt (1949) November 8: Susie Luchsinger (1957) "Martha ... Read More