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Record Store Day: How Do You Like To Buy Music?
It’s Record Store Day, so let’s find out how everyone prefers to purchase their music. Do you prefer the physical CD or the convenience of downloading digitally? iTunes, emusic, Amazon, or a combination? When you buy CDs, do you actually go to a record store or chain store or do you order CDs online? And […]
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Josh Turner - "Everything Is Fine" Turner is the rare example of an artist who records material that’s both quality and trademark.
Darryl Worley - "Tequila On Ice" A groovy mid-tempo that sways, a refreshing reprieve from the exhausting pace of a format that clamors for loud music and swelling choruses.
Blake Shelton - "She Wouldn't Be Gone" It’s all about nailing the melody rather than providing a legitimate interpretation that accentuates the lyrical content, although Shelton does do a pretty good job of injecting what limited emotion he can.
Tim McGraw - “Let It Go” McGraw mostly seems interested in trying to create a sing along with an interesting melody and while the sound is aurally pleasing, the uninspired vocal fails to make up for the lack of substance in the lyric.
Dolly Parton - “Shinola” Songwriters, take note: building your hook around a pop culture reference that’s sixty years old does not a good single make.
Kid Rock - “All Summer Long” Here’s an artist who is willing to show some personality. And that chorus, insanely hooky as it is, hits us right in the gut.
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