Every week when I am surfing the internet I love to read about Nashville and country music happenings. There are a few journalists or bloggers that I enjoy more than others. On CMT.com I love to read Hazel Smiths column. I think it comes out every Monday. She is a terrific writer who has great relationships all over the country music scene. Every once in a while she writes about the good ol' days when she worked in a record labels office where she would see have contact with the original outlaws of country music. She would see Waylon, Willie, Johnny among others. I love that every week she seems to name drop someone she recently had contact with such as Kenny Chesney, or Brad Paisley. Also I take her opinions on up and coming artists very seriously. She is usually right with her predictions of who is going to become a big star.
Another write I love to read is Suzanne Alexander on GACTV.com. She has a blog that she writes usually a few times a week. She is definitely a good source to read in terms of todays big country stars. She also hosts the Top 20 on GAC so she obviously is on the top of there list of who to be friends with. Other than the fact that I am writing about her, she is one lucky woman.
Lastly I really enjoy reading Country Mikes Blog on countrystandardtime.com. He usually writes every couple days. He is a true country fan and it comes through in his writings. Recently he wrote daily from CMA Fan Fest. He painted a great picture of all that was going on. I am a huge country music fan and really appreciated the picture he painted of Nashville and the festival.
