This week's batch of new country music includes Kelsea Ballerini's cathartic new track, collaborations from Callista Clark with Scotty McCreery and Jett Holden with Cassadee Pope, plus new music from Randall King.
See all this and more at Bulletin boardThe roundup of the best country songs of the week below.
Kelsea Ballerini, “Sorry Mom”
Rattling acoustic guitar introduces this mid-tempo, pop-tilted mussing, which previews Ballerini's upcoming Grammy-nominated album Patterns. As always, Ballerini excels at crafting lyrics with extreme honesty, as this reconciling song finds her documenting ways she may have fallen short of family expectations, such as drinking, dropping out of college, premarital sex, and sometimes putting her career ahead of herself. family. very often. But she acknowledges that while the choices made in her younger years no doubt caused her mother moments of worry, the lessons she's learned along the way have forged a stronger, wiser, more confident and determined woman.
Randall King, “I Could Be That Rain”
One of the towering voices of new country neo-traditional music, King piles the romantic fervor on his latest for an ex-lover who wishes he could sing his ex a favorite song and generally win her love back. The Texan with the rich, confident twang brings a slightly more polished production to the table here, but it's still traditional enough to declare his talents on an equal footing with many of today's hitmakers, such as label mate Cody Johnson. “I Could Be That Rain”, written by Brian Fuller and Mason Thornley, marks King's first single at country radio and is included on his second album In Neon.
Jett Holden feat. Cassadee Pope, “Karma”
Earlier this year, Jett Holden was announced as the first signing to Black Opry Records, with Holden's debut album The Phoenix Oct. 4. “It turns out that faith is as dead as chivalry,” Holden sings in “Karma,” one of the play's songs, welcoming Cassadee Pope in this stinging, shocking take on a romantic traitor. Holden and Pope's voices, matched with rainy rock guitars, pound hard, stand their ground and swell into a wounded, yet defiant, rock proclamation.
Kayley Green, “Shadow of a Cowboy”
Kayley Green has long been a fixture of the downtown Nashville music scene, performing at several downtown music venues and at one point, linking up with Keith Urban on stage during his Bridgestone Arena show before the Green signed with Sony Music Nashville earlier this year. He follows up his previous release “Live Fast Die Pretty” with this sophisticated kiss on a lover who can't tame his wandering ways. Loud guitars and subtle percussion underpin Green's soprano, before she mocks a former lover: “You're just a shadow of a cowboy/ A real one would stay.” Green wrote this track with Jon Nite, Ross Copperman and Ben Williams.
Scotty McCreery and Callista Clark, “Gettin' Old”
Although Scotty McCreery possesses one of the most transcendent traditional voices in modern country, McCreery has been adept at releasing collaborations with other singers, with many of his collaborations dating back to his days as a singer. American Idol contestant. But on this dark track, she partners powerfully with Clark, his voice a foil to her elegant vocal, as they match each other's pain with heartache as they reach their upper registers. Together, their voices embody the flickers of hope that still sparkle among the ashes as they sing about a couple realizing their relationship is growing stale, rather than growing stronger. Clark wrote this piece with Averie Bielski and Karen Kasowski.
Will Moseley, “I Don't Want to Fight No More”
American Idol Moseley alum lends his thousand-watt vocals to this track written by Alex Maxwell, Dawson Edwards and Kameron Marlowe. Southern rock inflection and frustration and weary resignation converge in this track about a couple realizing the frayed edges of their relationship are at their breaking point, making this the perfect track for anyone walking through emotional despair at a relationship crossroads.
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