All-Time Hits & Picks

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Garth Brooks burst on the music scene in the late 1980¹s and reigned supreme as the leading country star for over a decade. This Grammy award winner successfully negotiated the difficult crossover from country to popular music, maintaining his strong appeal for lovers of both types of music. His recording sales amounted to millions of CDs for each of his hit-packed albums, and his popularity was a worldwide phenomenon. Indeed, he is the best-selling solo artist in the 20th century, save one: the “King,” Elvis Presley.

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Back in 1995 Kenny Chesney was introduced to country music-loving fans and the love affair has continued ever since. An Academy of Country Music Top Male Vocalist of the Year, Chesney is a proud son of tiny Luttrell, Tennessee, and many of his songs hearken back to his youth. His huge success is exemplified by the fact that one of his albums went quadruple platinum! And to top it off, People hailed Chesney as “The Sexiest Country Singer Alive.”

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Originally from western Oklahoma, Matt Magill is now a full-time resident of New York City. His new CD Song x Song is his story of renewal, his personal memoir of victory over the temptations of this world. It is the tapestry of his struggles, pitfalls and redemption woven into the genres of Gospel, Country and Rock ’n’ Roll. His lyrics are pure — honest portrayals of his life, written and composed by him. His wife Megan's emotional support has played a key role in the success of their marriage and her vocal support now adds a soulful depth and an undoubted poignancy to this collection of eleven powerful songs. Picking up where Delaney and Bonnie left off, Matt's style combines the country gospel of Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash with the modern-day Americana sound of bands such as Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals and Olabelle. At the heart of Matt's provocative lyrics and catchy tunes is a message of hope and redemption that remains with the listener long after the music fades.

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Those familiar with Van Morrison’s ever mercurial muse could hardly have been surprised when he turned up on the artistically centered, avant-country label Lost Highway to pay tribute to a era-spanning slate of country icons on the Nashville imprint’s ‘06 collection, Pay the Devil. But while the ensuing years were dominated by several rich anthologies of Morrison’s work, he’s returned here to masterfully show his love of country was no passing fancy. As the title suggests, Morrison’s self-produced approach to the genre is both musically and emotionally elemental, a no frills approach that fits him like a well-worn pair of Tony Llamas. Indeed, even as he’s addressing matters of musical style and substance in an unusually introspective way on “That’s Entertainment” and “Soul,” the veteran’s singing here is so natural and deceptively effortless as to disguise how forcefully Morrison has immersed himself in the country mold — or, more to the point, remade it lovingly in his own image, also marking the first time in several years he’s penned all the songs on one of his albums. —Jerry McCulley, Amazon.com

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Click here to see more Paul Todd CDs and DVDs.

Todd is a singer and piano player from the Deep South, where he plays at sold-out venues, particularly in Florida. Todd sings gospel, show tunes, and also jazz, of which this CD is a fine example.

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Another American Idol winner, Underwood is a big-voiced Oklahoman who is often referred to as “country’s Kelly Clarkson.” Her great looks match her impressive voice, and this CD includes hits like “Inside Your Heaven” and “Jesus, Take the Wheel.” This CD even includes a special foldout poster of this new talent.

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