Kyle Jacobs

Live Review: Music City Hitmakers – Nashville, TN – October 23, 2014

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Live Review: Music City Hitmakers – Nashville, TN – October 23, 2014
On a beautiful, if slightly chilly, evening in Nashville, there is nothing better than listening to world class songwriters. On October 23, Music City Hitmakers kicked off a new music series, titled Songwriters Under the Stars, at the gorgeous Cheekwood Mansion located in Cheekwood Botanical Gardens. Under the artistic direction of Charles Dixon, and performing Read More

Kyle Jacobs Renews Songwriters Deal with Curb Publishing

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Kyle Jacobs Renews Songwriters Deal with Curb Publishing
One of Music Row’s most successful songwriters, Kyle Jacobs, has renewed his songwriters deal with Curb Publishing. Jacobs’ biggest success, unlikely to be repeated, was as co-writer of Garth Brooks‘ ‘More Than a Memory,’ the only country song in history to debut straight at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart. Other artists to Read More

Single Review: ‘Donkey’ – Jerrod Niemann

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Songwriters: Kyle Jacobs, David Tolliver, Fred Wilhelm With many of country music’s male stars trying to out-dudebro each other which each new single release, it really was just a matter of time before Jerrod Niemann, and Sea Gayle/Arista, were going to dig a little closer to rock bottom with ‘Donkey.’ First to deserve scorn are Read More

Album Review: Feels Like Carolina – Parmalee

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Album Review: Feels Like Carolina – Parmalee
Feels Like Carolina – Parmalee (Stoney Creek, 2013) North Carolina rock band Parmalee entered country music by way of the quite stupid ‘Musta Had a Good Time.’ It functions as the opening track of their Stoney Creek debut album, Feels Like Carolina, and the tawdriness of that song is soon eclipsed by the strong set Read More

Kellie Pickler’s New Album, The Woman I Am, Available for Pre-order

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Kellie Pickler’s New Album, The Woman I Am, Available for Pre-order
Kellie Pickler is ready to release her fourth album, The Woman I Am, on NOVEMBER 11, 2013. Her first release on Black River Entertainment is now available for pre-order on www.KelliePickler.com. The album is already receiving critical praise as Billboard’s Chuck Dauphin notes: “The Woman I Am is the perfect marriage of uptempo and ballads, Read More

Single Review: 'Little Bit Gypsy' – Kellie Pickler

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: 'Little Bit Gypsy' – Kellie Pickler
Songwriters: Kyle Jacobs, Tammi Lynn Kidd, Fred Wilhelm After a disappointing radio run for the extremely excellent ballad ‘Someone Somewhere Tonight,’ Kellie Pickler sends the uptempo ‘Little Bit Gypsy’ to country radio. Supported by upbeat finger-snap percussion she explains to her paramour that she’s not exactly the white-picket-fence type. It is delivered with such charm Read More

New Video: ‘Nashville Without You’ – Tim McGraw

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on New Video: ‘Nashville Without You’ – Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw‘s recent album, Two Lanes of Freedom, is filled with remarkable songs. One standout is ‘Nashville Without You.’ Penned by Kyle Jacobs, Joe Leathers, and Ruston Kelly, the song celebrates everything that makes Music City such a singular place, from its landmarks to its timeless hits. Check out a new video below that ‘s Read More