Hey Myspace friends! 
  Thank you so much for listening to my new songs! I uploaded 4 out of 10 from the new album.  The new album is titled "The Hard Times" and it has 10 songs on it that I wrote. Check out my website for more about it! If you like what you hear, please help me spread the word about my music and get all of your friends to stop by my page!
Thank you so much!!!
Crystal Sands


God Bless
xoxoxo
Crystalsandscou..ntry.com

Hey Myspace Friends,
  Please go to Countrystarsonline.com and read my New Album Review/ Interview! It tells you all about my Brand New Album and it is right there on the main page! How cool is that, I am so excited! So PLEASE go check it out, leave a comment and stay tunes because my new Website is almost up  so you will be able to hear some of the new songs and the Album will be on ITunes this week!!!!

Hope everybody is having a funfilled summer, Thank you so much for your continued support!


Love ya
xo Crystal Sands

Please help us spread the word about our featured artist this week: Crystal Sands.   On the release of her sophomore album, Hard Times, we were able to go over her album in a cut by cut. It has been a lot of fun following her career and after listening to her new album, I think there will be a lot more interviews in the future, like when she wins a CMA award or an ACM. There is something for everyone on this album and it kicks off with a clever homage to another one of our favorite artists, fellow singer/songwriter Chris Young.    You will find a graphic link at the top of our main page: http://www.countrystarsonline.com/CSO/   And the interview/cut by cut will be archived permanently here: http://www.countrystarsonline.com/CSO/reviewarchives/2009/CrystalSands_CHH.htm   Keepin' it country, ~~cheryl Cheryl Harvey Hill Sr. Staff Journalist/Album Reviewer

As some of you already know, Corene is in the hospital. She has been real sick for the past few weeks, the doctors took her off of all her medications for her parkinsons due to a rash that has broken out all over her body. Please pray that she gets better soon, I hate to think that She (My Mananger/ Friend/ #1 Fan and supporter) is in such pain and that rash needs to go away before she can have her DBS(Deep Brain Simulation surgery). Corene has helped me SO much in the past 2 years with my singing Career, I would not have 2 albums, an award or have done much of anything without her help and dedication to chasing my dream. She is such a sweet, hardworking, Caring Lady, even when she was lying sick on the couch, she would be making phone calls trying to get me and the band booked somewhere, or setting up an interview for me, while taking her medication for such a terrible illness. She is one of the main reasons behind all of my successes so far.
Could you imagine the one person who has been right there by your side helping you and doing everything in their power to see your dreams come true going through such pain and illness? PLEASE send up your prayers and go to Corene's Myspace (in my top friends) So when she gets out of the hospital she can have some comments to read and know how much we love her :)
Thank you
God Bless
xoxo
Crystal Sands

Hey go to http://www.newmusicweekly.com/chart.php?chart=Country
 
Check it out! Wrapped around his finger is at # 14 YAY!!!!

voting starts on February 2nd @ 12:01 am!!! please go vote for me, I'm nominated for "Rising Star" and "Female Vocalist"!!!
thank you so much

go here to vote!
http://www.texasmusicawards.org/

Prime Cuts: Everytime I Think It's Over (with Ron Williams), Happy, Train Leaving Dallas

The retro sounds of the honky tonk are alive and well, thanks to Crystal Sands' debut CD. A disciple of the old school country where the steel guitar and fiddles are no longer just for added embellishment, Sands delivers a gorgeous collection of solid country tunes. Sounding a little like LeAnn Rimes, Sands does has the pipes to boast especially when she lets her vocals soar on the big balladry of "Not Any Closer." Yet, the secret ammunition is the contribution of co-producer Wood Newton. The assiduous country fan would recognize Newton as the songwriter to ultra country hits such as David Ball's career defining "Riding with Private Malone" and Kenny Rogers' number 1 "Twenty Years Ago." Newton certainly lives up to his peerless reputation by contributing seven cuts here, some of which were co-written with Sands and other notables such as Kent Blazy, John Wiggins and Sarah Majors. In fact, each of Newton's composition here are top notched with exquisitely catchy tunes and well-thought out lyrics.

One of the best cuts co-written by Wood here is "Everytime I Think It's Over." First covered by Conway Twitty, this mid-tempo tune of lingering love finds Sands dueting with an otherwise unknown Ron Williams. Williams' light tenor which calls to mind a lower registered Vince Gill perfectly complements Sands' melissmatic delivery. Though album opener, "Hank You," a Sarah Majors and Wood Newton co-write, suffers from trying too hard to make the Hank Williams connection, it's still an irresistible toe-tapper taken right out of one of those Texas dance halls. Similarly on her co-write with Newton's "Wrapped Around His Finger," Sands sends spirits soaring on this Patsy Cline-esque ballad that speaks of love's strange entanglements. Speaking of Cline, the Queen of country music is the subject of "Bottle of Wine and Patsy Cline." It's the perfect country that plays on all the traditional motifs of country music from drinking to cheating to Patsy, of course. Yet, it still works.

However, with Sands' nod towards traditional country, this does not mean that this record has a dated sound. On the alluring "These Are Them" Sands waxes her sensual antics on this gritty tune that breaks at the right moments for effects. While Cleve Francs' "Happy" lives up to its title as Sands celebrates the joys of falling in love with added pedal steel commentary. Yet, the album's showstopper is "Train Leaving Dallas," a mournful story song that tells of individuals taking enough courage to make changes in their lives. Sands' emotive delivery is certainly spine chilling.

Though independently released, the sound quality is toe to toe with any major label product out there. However, in terms of song quality, it's certainly head and shoulders above most country discs out there. For pundits of traditional country and those who long for strong smartly written songs, Crystal Sands' CD will not disappoint.
 
 
I dont know who wrote this, But I found it I think it is great. Wish I could thank whoever wrote it.
 

Hey yall, were on the way to Nashville, Cant wait to get there! I am singing tomorrow night at the Cadillac Ranch. Then we will have to hurry back to Texas to start this Radio tour. "Hank you" has been sent to all the stations and I need to get out there and meet those Dj's! Please call in and request it ;)
I found this album review and It is so awesome, I wanted to share it with all of you. click here to read it


Thank you
Crystal Sands

Yesterday, I was helping cook dinner and I heard my song playing! I was not sure where it was coming from, I thought maybe Corene had it playing, So I walked away from the stove ( I was stirring the green beens ;)and as I got closer to the Radio, it got louder. I started going nuts when I saw my name on the little screen, so I took a picutre and I just put it up on my page! It was crazy! Thank you So0o much to everybody there at Willie's Place!

Wow

xoxo

CRYSTAL SANDS