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Miranda Lambert, “Over You”
Lambert’s string of questionable single choices continues with a ballad that reaches levels of boredom associated with far less interesting acts.
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Tim McGraw, “Better Than I Used to Be”
Tim McGraw previews his swan song for Curb Records with a reflective track that harkens back to his classic sound.
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Year in Review
For the eighth year in a row, Country Universe counts down its favorite albums and singles. Check out this year’s list and those that came before it in our Year in Review archive.
Grammy Awards 2012: Staff Picks & Predictions
by Tara Seetharam
February 11, 2012
The 54th annual GrammyAdele Awards air this Sunday at 8 p.m. Eastern. Look for appearances by Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley and Lady Antebellum as well as country-ish performances by Jason Aldean, Glen Campbell (with the Band Perry and Blake Shelton), Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood. We’ve picked and predicted the awards below – share your thoughts, and be sure to drop by on Sunday night for our live blog!
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Single Review: Lionel Richie featuring Shania Twain, “Endless Love”
by Ben Foster
February 11, 2012
Lionel Richie’s new country duets project, set for a March 27 release, sounds like the kind of thing that could either go very right (Jennifer Nettles, “Hello”) or very wrong (Rascal Flatts “Dancing On the Ceiling,” anyone?). We get a taste of the new project with this re-working of Richie’s classic pop duet with Diana Ross, “Endless Love,” sung this time as a duet with Shania Twain.
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Single Review: David Nail, “The Sound of a Million Dreams”
by Ben Foster
February 8, 2012
David Nail’s new single “The Sound of a Million Dreams,” from his current album of the same name, could be seen as something of a musical mission statement. It is a tribute and testament to the power of a well-crafted, deeply resonant song.
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Single Review: Jason Aldean, “Fly Over States”
by Kevin John Coyne
February 7, 2012
This is way better than its title gives it any right to be.
As a native urban dweller, I totally get how the country life can get overlooked. Sure, the country folk can be just as oblivious to our ways of life, but it’s not a fair equivalence. We can overlook them without even knowing we’re doing it, but the fly over states have no way to hide from us.
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Retro Single Review: Dolly Parton, “My Tennessee Mountain Home”
by Ben Foster
February 3, 2012
1973 | #15
These days country radio is peppered with songs about where the singer supposedly grew up. Though often commercially successful, they tend to fail on an artistic level. Why? They very often lack some vital ingredients: Detail. Authenticity. Sincerity. That’s why Dolly Parton’s classic “My Tennessee Mountain Home” outclasses nearly all of them.
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