Lee Brice

48th ACM Awards New Artist Fan Voting Opens Today!

13 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on 48th ACM Awards New Artist Fan Voting Opens Today!
For the fifth year, the Academy of Country Music is partnering with GAC to let fans decide the winners of the New Artist categories at the 48th ACM Awards. The interactive voting opens today, Monday, January 21 and will close on Monday, February 4 at 3pm ET. The show will take place at the MGM Read More

Year in Review: UCN’s Favorite Album Releases of 2012

13 years ago Liv Carter 2
The closing of a year always invites lists of favorites of all sorts of things, so this is the perfect time to share a few country music releases which especially impressed in 2012. This is not a ranked countdown but just a couple of albums which I believe should be part of the record collection Read More

Taylor Swift’s ‘Red’ Leads Billboard Top 30 Country Albums of 2012 Chart

13 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Taylor Swift’s ‘Red’ Leads Billboard Top 30 Country Albums of 2012 Chart
As expected, Taylor Swift‘s most recent album, Red, tops the Billboard Top 30 Country Albums of 2012 Chart. It deserves to top this list only if you consider this to be a country album, which I don’t; a criticism I have of two more albums in the top 10 (I will leave it to readers Read More

New Video: ‘I Drive Your Truck’ – Lee Brice

13 years ago Liv Carter 2
Lee Brice recently delivered ‘I Drive Your Truck,’ an incredibly powerful single, to country radio. UCN heaped praise on it in a recent single review. ‘I Drive Your Truck’ now also has a wonderful video. Check it out below. You might need to keep some tissues nearby for this one.     Read More

Single Review: ‘Only God Could Love You More’ – Jerrod Niemann

13 years ago Liv Carter 21
Songwriters: Jerrod Niemann, Lee Brice, Jon Stone   Right out of the gate, I want to say that I think ‘Only God Could Love You More’ is a pretty good song. It’s a song written about those grey areas of a relationship that everyone knows happen, but that most writers never think to write about. Read More

Can Florida Georgia Line ever take the Number One Spot from Taylor Swift, ever?

13 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Can Florida Georgia Line ever take the Number One Spot from Taylor Swift, ever?
  It seems that we may never, ever have a new number one Country song, ever. Taylor Swift not only maintained her hold on the number one country album this week, she also maintained her hold on the number one country single, holding the Florida Georgia Line boys at number two for yet another week. Read More

Single Review: ‘I Drive Your Truck’ – Lee Brice

13 years ago Liv Carter 15
Songwriters: Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, Jimmy Yeary Though he is an extremely accomplished songwriter, Lee Brice has not shied away from searching for outside songs for his own projects. For his Hard 2 Love album, he selected the emotional ballad, ‘I Drive Your Truck,’ penned by Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, and Jimmy Yeary. There can Read More

Taylor Swift and Florida Georgia Line Stay #1 & #2 in Country Singles Chart

13 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Taylor Swift and Florida Georgia Line Stay #1 & #2 in Country Singles Chart
  This Thanksgiving, Taylor Swift will have one more thing to be thankful for, another week atop the Country Singles Chart. While one and two remained the same this week, there was some shuffling of the deck in the rest of the Top 10. Most notably, Carrie Underwood‘s ‘Blown Away fell a few places, but Read More

Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum to Headline Country Thunder 2013 in Wisconsin

13 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Lady Antebellum to Headline Country Thunder 2013 in Wisconsin
Following yesterday’s lineup announcement for the Arizona edition, today, Country Thunder reveals the headliners for the four-day festival in Twin Lakes, WI. In order, from Friday July 18 to Sunday July 21, the night will be closed out by Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley and Lady Antebellum. Making the lineup even more attractive are Read More

Brantley Gilbert, Eric Church, Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum to Headline Country Thunder 2013 in Arizona

13 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Brantley Gilbert, Eric Church, Toby Keith, Lady Antebellum to Headline Country Thunder 2013 in Arizona
As has become their custom, the organizers of Country Thunder are bringing the biggest country stars to Florence, AZ. The 2013 edition of the four-day festival, taking place between April 11-14, still has a few spots to be announced, but already the lineup is a must-see. In order, from Thursday to Sunday, Brantley Gilbert, Eric Read More