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 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
It’s been a while since I stepped up to have three album cuts in recommended Currents rotation; we got us some great music on these new albums just achin’ to be heard. Trace, Miranda, Lady A, Pistol Annies, Brad…thar’s gold in them thar grooves. “Chief” is a solid pleasure, start to finish. This song is … Read more
With it’s slightly off-beat syncopation of several of the lyric lines, this becomes quite unique, catches the ear and attention. Every time I’ve played it, I wanted to play it again right away to hear that little stutter-shuffle thing he does. Very well-done.
Professional job, pretty good. Kinda hooky. It’s not his greatest, but even his average outings are better than 90% of what comes across my desk.
He said it outright, this is the stupidest song I’ve ever heard…so stupid it’s great. He can play five new songs and an hour later this is the one the receptionist is singing. The song is a ode to a plastic cup filled with the intoxicant of choice. There are four versions; the album version … Read more