Album reviews

Album Review: Missed the Exit – Colby Dee

10 years ago Sara Irvin Comments Off on Album Review: Missed the Exit – Colby Dee
Up-and-coming country songstress Colby Dee recently released her debut EP, Missed the Exit. The seven track compilation takes listeners through a complete relationship cycle – from meeting a new love interest to losing them. Colby Dee was born in Canada, raised in Georgia, and now makes her home in Nashville, where the brunette beauty co-wrote Read More

Album Review: Mucho Dos Grande – The Beagles

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Album Review: Mucho Dos Grande – The Beagles
Mucho dos Grande – The Beagles (2013) Nashville trio The Beagles return with their second album, Mucho Dos Grande, and set a new standard for themselves. Comprised of Ward Davis, Rick Huckaby, and Matt Nolen, this trio employed their abundance of songwriting, vocal, and musical talent to create a focused and accomplished album. Following on Read More

Album Review: Ride Through the Country Revisited – Colt Ford

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Album Review: Ride Through the Country Revisited – Colt Ford
Ride Through the Country Revisited – Colt Ford (Average Joes, 2013) I have a clear memory of the first time I heard Colt Ford‘s debut album, Ride Through the Country, five years ago. After skimming through about a minute of each of the first few songs, all I could think was “What the hell is Read More

Album Review: Off the Beaten Path – Justin Moore

11 years ago Liv Carter 5
If you’re looking for profound lyrics and veiled song meanings, then this isn’t an album for you. Off the Beaten Path is what you see is what you get, take it or leave it. From what I know about Justin Moore, that attitude sums up who he is as well. This album certainly doesn’t try Read More

Album Review: Gypsy Runaway Train – The Roys

11 years ago Liv Carter 1
The Roys are a bluegrass duo hailing all the way from New Brunswick, Canada. You might be thinking, “Canada, eh?” Well, don’t let their place of origin fool you. Siblings Elaine and Lee Roy grew up on “roots music.” The brother and sister duet developed a deep passion for sweet singing and guitar pickin’ and Read More

Album Review: Last of the Great Pretenders – Matt Nathanson

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Album Review: Last of the Great Pretenders – Matt Nathanson
Singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson returns with Last of the Great Pretenders, his third studio album with current label Vanguard. Feeling like the sonically logical progression from his 2011 Modern Love album, this is his most accomplished, expansive, and bold collection so far. After the most attention-grabbing opening line I have heard in many a long day Read More

Album Review: Rachele Lynae – Party Pack Digital EP

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Album Review: Rachele Lynae – Party Pack Digital EP
“With a voice as bold, expansive and deeply hued as the Alaskan sky that blanketed her childhood, Rachele Lynae is an impressive new artist whose talent, drive and creative range are quickly distinguishing her from other country newcomers.” When I first listened to Rachele Lynae’s Party Pack Digital EP, my first thought on the first Read More

Album Review: ‘LoCash Cowboys’ – LoCash Cowboys

11 years ago Liv Carter 1
When duo LoCash Cowboys signed with Average Joes Entertainment at the end of last year, the deal not only landed them with a label that understood what they had been trying to do, but also linked them with the producers their project needed. Surrounded by the right people, Preston Brust and Chris Lucas soon threw Read More

Album Review: Love Will… – Trace Adkins

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Album Review: Love Will… – Trace Adkins
Love Will… – Trace Adkins (Show Dog-Universal, 2013) When you first hear the title of Trace Adkins brand new album, Love Will…, your first thought might be, well, it’s an album of love songs, and you would be right; however these are not your typical mushy, warm and fuzzy love songs. Yes, there are a Read More

Album Review: great big sky – Daryl Wayne Dasher

11 years ago Liv Carter 1
great big sky – Daryl Wayne Dasher (April 23, 2013 – Hike the Stone Music) (by UCN contributor Deb Bose) These days, pop culture references to “Country & Western” evoke a quaint and bygone era in which songs about the cowboy’s life out in the open range were a defining part of the country music Read More