Music Reviews
Single Review – ‘What You Think about Us’ – Ashley Gearing
15 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review – ‘What You Think about Us’ – Ashley Gearing
Even though Ashley Gearing is only 19 years old, her first chart hit is already 7 years behind her. Her rendition of ‘Can You Hear Me When I Talk to You’ entered the Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart when she was just 12, making her the youngest artist to have appeared on there. Now, signed Read More
Concert Review – Trace Adkins – Rockingham County Fair, VA
15 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Concert Review – Trace Adkins – Rockingham County Fair, VA
FAIR GAME Trace Adkins certainly had his “game on” recently at the Rockingham County Fair in Harrisonburg, VA. It was August 18, and his new album, “Cowboy’s Back In Town,” had just been released the day before (available on iTunes). Trace was in rare form, joking and laughing with the audience between songs. Trace had Read More
Single Review – ‘Draw Me a Map’ – Dierks Bentley
15 years ago Liv Carter 2
Dierks Bentley surprised and delighted many with the release of his bluegrass-inspired album Up on the Ridge. With the return to where his musical heart really lies, Dierks delivered a creative project brimming with talent. Following the title track is second single ‘Draw Me a Map’. Losing the woman he loves after taking her for Read More
Single Review – ‘Gettin’ Married’ – Joanna Smith
15 years ago Liv Carter 1
On new single, ‘Gettin’ Married,’ Joanna Smith ridicules her girlfriends for choosing to settle down and start families. She’d rather continue to party and complains that ‘this being maid of honor’s keeping me from making out.’ She might not have to worry about that for much longer as after this, the woman in the song Read More
Single Review – ‘Playing the Part’ – Jamey Johnson
15 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review – ‘Playing the Part’ – Jamey Johnson
Next month, Jamey Johnson will release his 25-track epic, The Guitar Song and it is promising to be a very special album. On new single, ‘Playing the Part,’ Jamey assumes the role of a man who is living the high life which came at too high a price and who is remembering how simple things Read More
Fan Review – Keith Urban – Des Moines, IA
15 years ago Liv Carter 1
I was so excited to get out of work early Friday, Aug. 13 and head to Des Moines, Iowa to see Keith Urban at the Iowa State Fair-and meet up with several Monkey friends. I met my friend June in Clear Lake, IA – about halfway between the Twin Cities and Des Moines. We arrived Read More
Single Review – ‘Can’t Cheat in a Small Town’ – Mark Cooke
15 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review – ‘Can’t Cheat in a Small Town’ – Mark Cooke
Country music has a few recurring themes, two of which are cheating songs and life-in-a-small-town songs. Both are combined in Mark Cooke‘s ‘Can’t Cheat in a Small Town.’ Like Miranda Lambert‘s ‘Famous in a Small Town’, Mark Cooke’s debut points out that both the best and worst thing about living in a small town is Read More
CD Review – ‘Burning the Day’ – Randy Rogers Band
15 years ago Liv Carter 3
‘Burning the Day’ – Randy Rogers Band (MCA Nashville, 2010) After a long collaboration with Radney Foster, the Randy Rogers Band returns with a fifth studio album for which they worked with another top producer, Paul Worley. Mainstays of the Texas country scene for the better part of a decade, the five-piece band broke through Read More