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Music Chart #1s Update: Willie Nelson, Iggy Azalea, Lana Del Rey, David Gray

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Music Chart #1s Update: Willie Nelson, Iggy Azalea, Lana Del Rey, David Gray
Weekly round-up of the Billboard chart #1s! Hot 100 Songs: ‘Fancy’ – Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX Billboard 200 Albums: Ultraviolence – Lana Del Rey Pop Songs: ‘Fancy’ – Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX Hot Country Songs: ‘Play it Again’ – Luke Bryan Country Airplay: ‘Lettin’ the Night Roll’ – Justin Moore Country Digital Songs: Read More

Single Review: ‘Headphones’ – Matt Nathanson

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Headphones’ – Matt Nathanson
Songwriter: Matt Nathanson Matt Nathanson is starting the countdown to his ninth studio album, due in the fall, with the release of new single, ‘Headphones.’ In the song, Nathanson describes a young woman’s arrival in New York City, where she promptly dons her headphones and escapes to the safety of her favorite music – “I Read More

Lucy Hale Announces New Single, ‘Lie a Little Better,’ at Opry Debut

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Lucy Hale Announces New Single, ‘Lie a Little Better,’ at Opry Debut
Lucy Hale made good use of her debut Grand Ole Opry performance this weekend when she choose the hallowed stage to debut her brand new single, ‘Lie a Little Better.’ The press release explains more: The up-tempo track, “Lie A Little Better,” can be found on the singer’s debut album, ROAD BETWEEN, released by DMG Read More

Sam Smith Dethrones The Black Keys, OneRepublic Joins Triple A Top 10

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Sam Smith Dethrones The Black Keys, OneRepublic Joins Triple A Top 10
Sam Smith has finally managed to knock The Black Keys off the Triple A top spot with ‘Stay with Me,’ and the British singer may be settling in for an extended stay himself considering the current buzz surrounding him.   Mediabase Triple A Chart (June 23, 2014): 1. ‘Stay with Me’ – Sam Smith 2. Read More

Album Review: Thanks for Listening – Colt Ford

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Album Review: Thanks for Listening – Colt Ford
Thanks for Listening – Colt Ford (Average Joes Entertainment, 2014) From the moment he decided to pursue a music career, Colt Ford has fought up uphill battle. He didn’t seem to have any of the prerequisites to achieve success in an intransigent genre which increasingly favored looks over substance. He didn’t have any save one: Read More

Single Review: ‘Cold One’ – Eric Church

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Cold One’ – Eric Church
Songwriters: Eric Church, Luke Hutton, Jeff Hyde I could get used to this. Amid what I started to fear would be an endless stream of meaning-free drinking songs, Eric Church‘s ‘Cold One,’ along with Dierks Bentley‘s ‘Drunk on a Plane,’ reminds us that there is another way. Expertly wielding the triple entendre, Church alternatively lets Read More

Album Review: Lazaretto – Jack White

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Album Review: Lazaretto – Jack White
Lazaretto – Jack White (Third Man/Columbia, 2014) Jack White took his time to create Lazaretto, his second solo studio album, amid working on projects with other artists on his own Third Man label. Often accused of too much eccentricity, White brings his psychedelic energy to Lazaretto, as he states on the title track “even God Read More

Get to Know…Lucy Hale

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Get to Know…Lucy Hale
If you’d like to get to know Lucy Hale a little bit better, this write-up by CMA’s Bob Doerschuk is a good place to start! Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, Hale adored Faith Hill and Shania Twain, performed two Martina McBride songs during a talent competition at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Hurricane Mills and ultimately Read More

Ray Stevens Chronicles Rise of Nashville in Career Memoir

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Ray Stevens Chronicles Rise of Nashville in Career Memoir
As a country music and comedy pioneer, Ray Stevens watched Nashville transform from a small southern town to the epicenter of the music industry it is today. In his new memoir, Stevens chronicles both his and the city’s rise to fame. Read more in the press release: Fifty-two years ago when Harold Ray Ragsdale made Read More