Steve I’ve warmed to it with more listening, but it’s still feeling kinda average in me ears. The best thing about the record, really, is Zac’s smooth, familiar voice. He brings a comforting feel to table.
Admitting here, I wasn’t looking forward to listening to this after first reading the title. Immediately it conjured up images of childishness. And, she’s gorgeous, naturally, so I was thinking, hoowee, here we go again, another one’a them bein’ rolled out with another half-assed pseudo-Country mush piece and all that. So glad it surprised me. … Read more
Will it be a single?, I dunno. ‘Course she just released a fine one, so if it’s coming as a radio chart single it’ll be a long ways off. But it just blows me away and if it does you, too, then let’s get it on the air and share with the gang. It has … Read more
Now you know how generally I just don’t like songs about being a musician, the musician’s life and all that. What would we calculate, .01% of all our listeners ever played music on a stage?? I don’t much favor songs that can’t relate and resonate with a sizeable portion of our listenership. Then, of course, … Read more
It’s so Lady Antebellum-ish, it might be difficult for the average listener to tell the difference. Not that it’s necessarily a bad thing at this moment in time. But then it might hinder its airplay. Like, if corporate radio won’t put two songs by any artist onto the Currents list at the same time, will … Read more
It’s pretty, it’s elegant. And it’ll be a multi-format winner again.
For a song that’s basically about pickin’ up a woman at a bar, this is a danged smooth love song. And, who knows, it might turn into something real. If not, he’s proposing what might be a good memory, at the very least. Smooth hook and a fine arrangement.
This here is the second single off what is surely her most mature album yet. It contains the required bad-girl songs, but she’s not plotting murder on ‘em this go round. That’s a bit more grown-up, fer sur’. The ballads are also more world-wise. This song has very few lines in it. True genius is … Read more
There were TWO new versions of it released this past week. The Acoustic came in last Friday. Today, I got another performance recorded at the CMA show. I prefer the studio acoustic, myself. But it can be argued that the audience sounds add an extra ompf-factor. I’d stick one or the other, or maybe even … Read more
Toby’s delivered a truly fine record, another in a long line of excellent compilations. Some of my still-favorite modern Country songs are album tracks he never released as singles. Out of a bunch’a good ones, the Title Track of the album grabs me the mostest. It’s clearly inspired by Billy Joel’s “Piano Man”. Joel’s setting … Read more