May 2012
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April 2012
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March 2012
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Are You Ready For March Madness?
The new album Goldenwest arrives at digital music stores March 13, 2012!
(photo by Jessica Daschner)
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How Not To Release An Album ~ Or ~ Introducing...
People have been asking: “What are you doing with your new record?”
My answer: “Y’know… just sending it out to digital stores.”
I feel a little bit guilty about my less-than-inspiring answer, but here’s the thing. It’s been 8 years since my last full-length album. You heard me. 8 years. Sure, I’ve released 4 or 5 singles in there, co-written...
January 2012
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December 2011
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Photoset: Should have a release date for the new album announced in the next few weeks. Sending warm holiday… http://t.co/jAhNZFN1
November 2011
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Photoset: Deep into the new album, somewhere in downtown Los Angeles, 11.19.11. http://t.co/Syjnj2r2
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July 2011
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June 2011
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Big Thank You to @PetePetoniak for hosting me on Fox 11 to talk about http://t.co/7HObOkK . How’s it I’m in GB and @RachelManek is in CA?
Here We Are... LANDLOCKED! →
Watch the new video for LANDLOCKED! on YouTube!
May 2011
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April 2011
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October 2010
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"Bells Of Odilia" Lands On AMERICAN SONGWRITER... →
This apparently came out a while back, but I just got wind of it. American Songwriter magazine asked music journalist/music professor/music artist Peter Cooper to put together a list of 50 Country Songs Every Songwriter Should Know — and he was kind enough to include my song “Bells Of Odilia” in his collection of wonderful songs. Click the headline above to read about all 50 of...
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September 2010
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Covered. →
My pal and brother in Elkdom Peter Cooper has an incredible record being released right now. On it, Peter was kind enough to include a version of my song “Bells Of Odilia”. Peter can sing and play the stuffing out of it all by himself, but here he enlisted the help of three masters: Legendary pedal steel guitar player Lloyd Green, the great percussionist Pat McInerney & the...
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Burst from the dirt like a lottery ball/Last one to talk/First one to crawl/And...
– **PRE-LABOR DAY WEEKEND CONTEST** The first two people to correctly name the Chris Richards song the above lyric is taken from win a signed copy of the nearly sold-out Limited Edition “Brilliantine” CD Single. Just send your answer to mailbox (at) ChrisRichards.com. Good luck! CR
August 2010
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July 2010
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My New Single ~ "Brilliantine" ~ Available On... →
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A "Brilliantine" Kind Of Day
Today is one of those good days. I’ve got a song coming out today that I’m very happy to be releasing into the world, like a wriggling, silvery trout into a murky stream.
Someday I’ll write here about the years it took to bring it to life — the five studios, the dozen or more musicians, the aborted first version. Maybe I’ll tell you about how the song came to me,...
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June 2010
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New CR Merch Store →
It’s summer. It’s getting hot. And you need a fresh set of Ts. We’ve got plenty at the new CR Merch Store. Don’t like exactly what you see? Use the customizing tools to modify and personalize in about any way you can think of.
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May 2010
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