Posted in Contemporary Country, Country on May 4th, 2013
“Monroe is enamored with tradition, pushing fiddles to the foreground and sometimes succumbing to the smoky sway of a slow dance at a dancehall, but she’s not a retro-singer, she’s a modern girl hauling old ways into the present. This blend of contemporary attitudes and classic sounds is insinuating and addictive, particularly because at nine [...]
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Posted in Contemporary Country, Country on May 4th, 2013
“Kacey Musgraves could easily be contemporary country’s next big thing. She’s a sharp, detailed songwriter with a little bit of an edge… Musgraves has a sense of humor, too, and all of these traits add up to make Same Trailer Different Park more than a collection of songs just aiming for the country charts.” –All [...]
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Posted in Contemporary Country, Country on Mar 25th, 2013
“Despite its wide range of material and experimentation, this is the pop record McGraw has always wanted to make. He packs in a little of everything here… [A] solid and ambitious recording.” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
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Posted in Country on Feb 13th, 2013
“[H]e has crisp, bright, relentless melodies designed to win over any audience. Hunter Hayes may be pure Nashville product but he believes in what he’s selling, so it’s hard not to smile along as he hawks his wares.” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
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“[I]f her 2012 album Red intends to do anything, it’s to prove Taylor is a genuine superstar, the kind who transcends genre, the kind who can be referred to by a single name. …Red barely winks at country, and it’s a better album for it. It is, as all pop albums should be, recognizable primarily [...]
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