Music Reviews

Single Review: ‘Guitar Pickin’ Man’-Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Guitar Pickin’ Man’-Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants
  Chris Shiflett’s resume speaks for itself as a member of the Foo Fighters, Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, among other projects, but his project, Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants is his foray into full on country music The pairing of certain songs with certain singers is a thread that’s run through country Read More

Album Review: Rachele Lynae – Party Pack Digital EP

12 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

Single Review: ‘Countryfied’ – Jared Blake

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Countryfied’ – Jared Blake
First, let’s talk about Jared’s voice. I’m a casual watcher of the voice and I vaguely remember when Jared Blake auditioned for the voice, however, I forgot how he sounded. I read his “about” section of his website and saw that the writers of this section compared his voice to Bob Seger and Travis Tritt Read More

Album Review: ‘LoCash Cowboys’ – LoCash Cowboys

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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

Single Review: ‘Little Umbrellas’ – Sarah Darling

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Little Umbrellas’ – Sarah Darling
Songwriters: Sarah Darling, Rob Crosby, Doug Johnson The brand new single from Sarah Darling made its exclusive world premiere, May 28th on Sirius XM’s The Highway, and will be available for download on iTunes Tuesday, June 4th. ‘Little Umbrellas‘ is fun and breezy and definitely puts the listener in the island mind-set. Darling sings about Read More

Album Review: Love Will… – Trace Adkins

12 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

Single Review: ‘Little Bit of Everything’ – Keith Urban

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  Songwriters: Brett Warren, Brad Warren, Kevin Rudolf Keith Urban has been working on his seventh studio album for Capitol Nashville and just before the summer season kicks off, he is releasing the project’s first single, ‘Little Bit of Everything,’ to country radio. When Urban said via Twitter that the song “has a little bit Read More

Single Review: ‘Something Like Something’ – Dakota Bradley

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Something Like Something’ – Dakota Bradley
Songwriters: Shane McAnally, Mark Irwin, Josh Kear Country newcomer Dakota Bradley released his debut single to Country radio on April 29. The single, ‘Something Like Something’, is the first single off of his forthcoming debut album, set for release later this year. ‘Something Like Something is a fun, up-tempo, light, and bouncy song; the kind Read More

Single Review: ‘Goodbye Town’ – Lady Antebellum

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Goodbye Town’ – Lady Antebellum
Songwriters: Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Josh Kear Just a day before trio Lady Antebellum‘s new album, Golden, hits stores tomorrow, they release new single, ‘Goodbye Town.’ They return to sounding like a soft-rock band on this post-breakup song. Handling the lead vocal, Charles looks around and points out the personal landmarks in the Read More

Single Review: ‘Last Train To Memphis’ – Jared Ashley

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Last Train To Memphis’ – Jared Ashley
Songwriters:Jared Ashley, Jeremy McComb, Nick Sturms Jared Ashley has been carefully building his career and been making a name for himself the last few years. With new single, ‘Last Train To Memphis,’ at country radio now, he is looking to take it to the next level. ‘Last Train To Memphis’ is a solid piece of Read More