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Radney Foster
July 2009

Happy 50th, Radney!

In celebration of his 50th Birthday on July 20th, LoneStarMusic.com is happy to present Radney Foster as the July 2009 Artist of the Month.
Radney is one of the most influential Texas artists of the last two decades, making his indelible impression as a performer, songwriter, and producer.

You can celebrate Radney's birthday with the man himself at one of two birthday shows he performing - on his actual birthday in Nashville, TN at the Exit/In and an early birthday show on the 15th at Hills Cafe. Admission to the Hill's show is free, but you better get their early as some of Radney's birthday guests include Pat Green, Roger Creager, Cory Morrow, Brandon Rhyder, Darden Smith, Kevin Fowler and more!

If that weren't enough, did we mention he has a new record due out on September 1st?

Radney Foster
Revival
*ships 9/1*
(buy) - $14.99

We dig back through the LoneStarMusic archives to present one of the very first Q&A's in LSM history. LoneStarMusic's Richard Skanse sat down with Radney in June of 2001 to discuss the release of Are You Ready For the Big Show.
http://www.lonestarmusic.com/radneyfoster.asp

Then in April of 2006 Rob Patterson spent some time with Radney shortly before the release of his last album for Dualtone Records, This World We Live In.
http://www.lonestarmusic.com/radney_foster_06.asp

After a long and distinguished career, for the first time ever Foster takes full control of his new album, Revival, - from the first chord written to the last unit shrink-wrapped - as he releases the disc on his own Devil's River record label.

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**All July orders for The Walk Around EP will receive download access to a LoneStarMusic exclusive track
from Sean McConnell -
"The Other Side".**

Sean McConnell
The Walk Around EP
(buy) - $9.99

Sean McConnell

Sean McConnell has been performing on stage ever since he can remember. He was born into a family of full-time musicians, which inspired Sean to travel down the musical road. Growing up in the coffee houses of the Boston folk scene, Sean watched his parents playing songs written by Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, David Wilcox, Shawn Colvin, Harry Chapin, CSNY, James Taylor and others of the like. Unknown to himself or his parents, Sean was soaking it all in and locking it away somewhere inside.

During Sean's middle school years, the McConnell family left Massachusetts to move to Atlanta, Georgia. For Sean and his three siblings, this move was less than invited. Feeling alone in a new city, Sean quickly found a way to deal with the sadness of leaving friends and family behind. He snuck into his parents' room, found his dad's guitar hidden under the bed, and started to write songs. He took the few chords that his father had taught him and went to work. Surprisingly, it came naturally; it just fell out of his mouth and on to the . . . more