Single reviews

Single Review: ‘Slip On By’ – Austin Webb

11 years ago Liv Carter 1
Songwriters: Allen Dukes, Blake Neesmith, Nathan Tomberlin, Chris Stevens Ahead of the release of his full-length debut later this year, Streamsound Records artist Austin Webb sends second single ‘Slip on By’ to country radio. Though the press material describes it as “a sentimental ballad that stresses the value of time and not living in regret,” Read More

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

11 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

Single Review: ‘Countryfied’ – Jared Blake

11 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

Single Review: ‘Little Umbrellas’ – Sarah Darling

11 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

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

11 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

11 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

11 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

Single Review: ‘Chase a Little Love’ – LoCash Cowboys

11 years ago Liv Carter 4
Songwriters: Preston Brust, Jaron Boyer Duo LoCash Cowboys are rebooting their career after teaming up with Average Joes Entertainment late last year. ‘Chase a Little Love’ is the first single from the upcoming album due out in June. The song has a hopeful romantic describing a country song date-night he has been planning, involving moonlight, Read More

Single Review: ‘Parking Lot Party’ – Lee Brice

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Parking Lot Party’ – Lee Brice
Songwriters: Lee Brice, Thomas Rhett, Rhett Akins, Luke Laird The first three Lee Brice singles of the Hard 2 Love era had varying levels of serious subject matter. Following ‘Hard to Love,’ ‘A Woman Like You,’ and the heartbreaking ‘I Drive Your Truck,’ is the not-at-all-serious ‘Parking Lot Party.’ The song plants us in the Read More