New Music
People who know me know that I spend most my day in the office listening to new music on Rhapsody. Well, part of the time is listening to new music, part just listening to the new songs I have found over and over and over again until I am sick of them.
Lately, I have been on a country music kick. So here are the country songs I have been listening to:
1. Love Story – Taylor Swift. If this song is any indication of her upcoming album, which I am going to buy, there will be no sophomore slump. Honorable mention: all of the bonus tracks on the re-release of Taylor Swift (the album), especially A Perfectly Good Heart. The most impressive thing about Taylor Swift is that she writes or co-writes all of her music. Artists who have somebody else write all their music is endemic in country music and irritates me a little bit.
2. I’m Still a Guy; Waitin’ for a Woman – Brad Paisley. I haven’t gotten too much traction on his albums yet, but admittedly, I haven’t listened more than once or twice.
3. That Kind of Day; Innocence – Sarah Buxton. No official album that I know of, just an EP. Her voice is interesting (not in a bad way). The song writing is fun. I note that Innocence sounds and themes really close to Strawberry Wine by Deana Carter, albeit with enough difference to stand on its own.
4. Stealing Cinderalla – Chuck Wicks. I have to admit that I looked up his music after reading a news blurb that Julianne Hough was dating him. Turns out he has a pretty good album (better than hers).
5. Sounds So Good; The Pickin’ Shed – Ashton Shepherd . She is obsessed with "cold beers" and "coolers," which makes for imagery rerun. But the song writing is solid, the hooks are catchy (i.e., if I turn on the music during dinner because I was singing it to myself all the way home), and twang is fun. Shepherd hearkens back to traditional country, so she might not be palatable to people who are indoctrinated only with country-pop as their country music experience.
6. Troubadour – George Strait. He still has it. And I still like it.
7. Nashville on XM Radio . Good balance of old country classics from the 90s and new stuff. One of those stations I can listen to at 6:15 am on the way to work.
