Matt Nolen

Album Review: Mucho Dos Grande – The Beagles

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Album Review: Mucho Dos Grande – The Beagles
Mucho dos Grande – The Beagles (2013) Nashville trio The Beagles return with their second album, Mucho Dos Grande, and set a new standard for themselves. Comprised of Ward Davis, Rick Huckaby, and Matt Nolen, this trio employed their abundance of songwriting, vocal, and musical talent to create a focused and accomplished album. Following on Read More

Album Review: Love Will… – Trace Adkins

11 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

Trace Adkins’ ‘Love Will…’ Album Track List Reveals Collaborations with Colbie Caillat, Exile

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Trace Adkins’ ‘Love Will…’ Album Track List Reveals Collaborations with Colbie Caillat, Exile
Trace Adkins will release his 11th studio album, Love Will…, on May 14, 2013. The Show Dog-Universal singer did something different this time and made it a themed album examining life’s most powerful force: Love. The album track list, which you can find below, reveals collaborations with Colbie Caillat, the band Exile, and the Harlem Read More

New Video: ‘Murder of Crows’ – Lindi Ortega

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on New Video: ‘Murder of Crows’ – Lindi Ortega
Lindi Ortega accompanies her new song, ‘Murder of Crows,’ with a suitably sinister music video. Check it out below. You can find ‘Murder of Crows’ on Lindi’s excellent album, Cigarettes & Truckstops.     Read More

Songwriters Circle: Matt Nolen

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Quite possibly my favorite release of 2011 was the debut album by Nashville trio The Beagles. One of the songwriters behind that project is ole’s Matt Nolen, who formed the trio with Rick Huckaby, writing for Tracy Lawrence‘s LMG label, and Ward Davis, signed to Better Angels. With the trio working on their next album, Read More

Concert Review: The Beagles – 3rd & Lindsley, Nashville, TN – January 24, 2012

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Concert Review: The Beagles – 3rd & Lindsley, Nashville, TN – January 24, 2012
Twice before now, I have tried to come up with a way of describing The Beagles‘ live show but a concert review in the conventional sense just does not seem to suffice for these guys. On January 24, 2012 at 3rd & Lindsley Bar and Grille, the trio’s set impressed, surprised, charmed and amused the Read More

CD Review: Meet the Beagles – The Beagles

13 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on CD Review: Meet the Beagles – The Beagles
Meet the Beagles – The Beagles   In a town like Nashville, where many extremely talented musicians are carving out their own careers, the most amazing things happen when some of them decide to join forces. Matt Nolen, Rick Huckaby and Ward Davis are all respected songwriters in their own right. Bundled together in new Read More