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Single Review: Postcard from Paris – The Band Perry

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Songwriters: Kimberly Perry, Reid Perry, Neil Perry, Jeff Cohen and Kara DioGuardi. With back-to-back #1 chart success, The Band Perry is lifting a fifth single off their self-titled debut album. ‘Postcard from Paris’ takes on the challenge of continuing the winning streak. With a spin on a ‘the love that never was’-story, the song tells Read More

Single Review: Orange Blossoms in Phoenix – Michelle Turley

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Songwriters:   Michelle Turley & CF Turley Michelle Turley’s new single, ‘Orange Blossoms in Phoenix,’ is a sweet, sentimental and honorable tale (conjured up by the scent of said springtime-blooming flowers) about her childhood memories of a loving mother and father and the impact their love had on her. I try to live my life Read More

Single Review: How She Rolls – Chase Rice

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Having just released his first full-length project, Dirt Road Communion, Chase Rice also sent a new summer single, ‘How She Rolls,’ to country radio. The song is an ode to laid-back, carefree country girls and, in line with current trends, uses most of the descriptors you have come to expect. But, setting it apart from Read More

Single Review: In Your Arms – Rachel Holder

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Songwriters: Scott Lynch and Billy Aerts One of the young talents on the verge of a breakthrough is 19-year-old Rachel Holder. The dynamic vocalist has released her new single, ‘In Your Arms,’ to radio. Read More

Tin Pan South 2012: Lawrence Music Group with Tracy Lawrence, Lacey Brown, Rick Huckaby, Jonny Houlihan & Flip Anderson

13 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Tin Pan South 2012: Lawrence Music Group with Tracy Lawrence, Lacey Brown, Rick Huckaby, Jonny Houlihan & Flip Anderson
The annual NSAI Tin Pan South songwriters festival is one of my very favorite weeks of the year, and shows such as this is why. Lawrence Music Group unleashed its writers at The Station Inn on Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Tracy Lawrence kicked things off with his current single, ‘Pills,’ before proceeding to wholeheartedly thank Read More

Single Review: Sing that Song Again – Glen Templeton

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Songwriters: Ben Hayslip and Deric Ruttan Glen Templeton‘s new single, ‘Sing that Song Again,’ references something every music fan can relate to: memories of young love and the carefree days of youth tethered to some of your favorite songs. Although some lines follow the Music Row check-list a little too unimaginatively – ‘parked down by Read More

Single Review: If the Fish Don’t Bite – Eric Paslay

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Songwriters: Eric Paslay and Dylan Altman As country radio prepares for summer, Eric Paslay releases his second single, ‘If the Fish Don’t Bite.’ The lighthearted lyrics walk us into the scene right from the start – Got a bobber floating in the water with a minnow dancing on a hook/You’re singing to the radio, bare Read More

Single Review: Fly Over States – Jason Aldean

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Songwriters: Neil Thrasher and Michael Dulaney Singing about rural life has always been a staple of country music, and rightly so. The problem in recent years has been that it often dissolved into lyrics constructed from sloppily thrown together markers of ‘countriness’, which failed to make any sort of point (if they were even trying). Read More

CD Review: The Stone – David Olney

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  The Stone – David Olney (Deadbeet Records, 2012)   Whichever label you use to describe David Olney, it’s not enough. If you introduce him as a ‘folk artist’, people won’t be prepared for the humor and dry wit. If you say ‘singer-songwriter’, the energetic live performance might come as a shock. On new album, Read More

CD Review: MWG – Mark Wayne Glasmire

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MWG – Mark Wayne Glasmire (Traceway Records, 2012) (by UCN contributing writer Joe Ross) Always keeping his own “eyes on a brand new horizon,” Mark Wayne Glasmire’s journey has taken him to Pennsylvania, New York, Tennessee and Texas. It’s because the guitarist, songwriter and singer is out of his mind over music. He believes good Read More