If there was ever a case of perserverence in country music, Steve Azar would be the subject. He first signed a record deal in 1995 and scored his only hits with Mercury Nashville in 2002. By 2006 he had signed with his third record deal before pulling that album and deciding to self-release it earlier this year.

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Lee Ann Womack knows how to play the heart strings of America. "I Hope You Dance" remains synonymous with Kleenex the way that Budweiser goes with Buffalo wings. However, having scrapped an album of tear-jerking ballads, Womack does not go for power pop here. Instead she offers

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Arkansas' SingleTree presents themselves to the marketplace with a questioning over closure. "Is It Really Over Now?" reveals the pains of a not-so-mutual breakup. Does this new group have what it takes to succeed in country music? Read on to find out.

Like all things, country music is cyclical and history tends to repeat itself. With pop-based songs now owning most of the country radio real estate, artists like Michael Scott are out to prove that traditional country deserves a spot on the charts as well. Is his debut single worthy of inclusion?

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Grammy Award-winning Gretchen Wilson has a touch for reaching the hearts and ears of the masses, stemming back to her proud 2004 outcry "Redneck Woman." That same attitude resurfaces on "Don't Do Me No Good."

Read some of the interesting things RCA newcomer Crystal Shawanda had to say about the tracks of her new album "Dawn of A New Day."

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Brandon Rhyder - Every Night (Independent)
Crystal Shawanda - Dawn Of A New Day (RCA Records)
Darrell Scott - Modern Hymns (Full Light Records)
George Jones - Burn Your Playhouse Down (The Unreleased Duets) (Bandit)
Glen Campbell - Meet Glen Campbell (Capitol)
Jerry Douglas - Glide (Koch)

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