Posts tagged "Darius Rucker"
Popblerd's 2014 Grammy Preview: Country Field

Popblerd’s 2014 Grammy Preview: Country Field

Will pop’s biggest star shine in the country categories on music’s biggest night?

Popblerd's New Release Report 5/21/13

Popblerd’s New Release Report 5/21/13

ROBOTS! ROBOTS! BEWARE!

Spin Cycle: Lionel Richie's "Tuskegee"

Spin Cycle: Lionel Richie’s “Tuskegee”

Lionel Richie goes all-the-way-country on his new album, “Tuskegee.” Does it make the grade?

Chart Stalker 10/21/10: The Weezy Bounce

After a run of three consecutive number one albums coming from the country genre, the streak is broken by Lil Wayne. The New Orleans rapper’s latest effort, “I Am Not a Human Being”, bounces from #16 to #1 in its third week on the chart. The reason for this jump? After two weeks as a digital exclusive, “Human” was officially released on disc. Over 125,000 people scooped it up-not a huge number considering Weezy’s recent past, but when you take […]

New Release Report 10/12/10: Weezy & Hootie: What a Combination

Aren’t there supposed to be good albums coming out now? For the second week, I find myself looking at a list of new releases not containing a single title I feel worthy of my hard-earned $10 bucks. That’s not to say the rest of you won’t find something to enjoy, though. So here are a couple of this week’s key releases. Some of you, like me, are still old school enough that we don’t buy albums digitally (actually, more people […]

Chart Stalker 9/8/10: Chart Happenings That Leave Me Disturbed

…not really, but I like the title. Sue me. As one would infer from my attempt to compose a witty headline, hard rock band Disturbed bows atop the Billboard 200 Album chart for the fourth time (out of five albums) with their latest effort, “Asylum”. 179,000 folks decided to purchase the latest effort by the Chicago band. It’s one of two albums in six figures this week, with the #2 album being the 35th installment of the “Now That’s What […]

Award Show Sundays: Why Didn’t These Guys Make An Album Together?

One thing anyone barely ever remembers about award shows is who presented them? As far as music awards shows go, there are very few memorable instances of a good award presentation-Biggie’s sarcastic “What up, Cali?” at the Soul Train Awards just a few days before his murder. J. Lo in the dress (is there a minimum fabric requirement before someone can call a garment a dress?), and Howard Stern as Fartman presenting at the MTV awards are just a few […]

Will Darius Rucker’s New Song Make You Want to “Come Back”?

Two years ago, if you were to tell me that Darius Rucker would be coming off of a Platinum album…a Platinum country album, I would have laughed directly in your face. However, the former Hootie & the Blowfish frontman (and doppelganger of this site’s fearless leader) completed one of the more astounding musical comebacks in recent memory with a top-selling album called “Learn to Live” and a slew of #1 country songs (making him the first black singer to top […]