Urban announces "THE SPEED OF NOW, Part 1"
The album title came to Urban in October 2019. "I liked it because I felt like life was flying by so fast. Faster and faster all the time. But music has always been a place where it slows down, and it doesn't even exist. I would never have imagined that in 2020 this album title would take on a whole new meaning," he said. "And yet somehow still feel incredibly relevant."
Urban has given several concerts from his home with wife Nicole Kidman looking on and helping him out as his roadie.
In the video, Urban revealed some of the songs: "Change Your Mind," "Wait," "Superman" and previously released songs "Polaroid" and "God Whispered Your Name." Snippets of songs were on the video.
The video starts with a light feel with an off-camera voice asking Urban, "So, what have you been up to?" "A bit of music, coffee, a whole lot of making coffee" before eventually resulting int he singer saying that he would release a new album.
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- 04/02/20: Urban releases "God Whispered Your Name" video
- 02/27/20: Urban drops new song, assumes ACM hosting duties
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CD reviews for Keith Urban
It's getting tougher and tougher all the time to justify categorizing Keith Urban's music as country. "The Speed of Now, Pt. 1" doesn't help. (What, is there a pt. 2 of this largely lame music on the way? Say it ain't so!) It's a relatively good pop album, for a Nashville pop effort, but there's just too much real country (Jon Pardi, Luke Combs) getting played on mainstream radio these days. The world just doesn't really need new Urban pop music. ...
It's telling how two songs on Keith Urban's "Graffiti U" album chug along to a reggae beat because pop rhythms and non-country elements are the obvious inspirations for this collection. Opener "Coming Home" may borrow (steal?) a guitar riff from Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried," but this is where that country road begins and ends.
Urban follows "Coming Home" with "Never Comin' Down," which is introduced with a funky bass line ...
Even though Keith Urban's single, "Wasted Time," borrows more than a little sonic sensibility from electronic music, there's still an upfront banjo solo. And this is how it's always been with Urban. He may play the part of the guitar hero at times, and even revealed his eclectic musical knowledge as a judge on American Idol, but Urban will always be a country boy at heart. And boyish good looks and talent have taken this country boy far, too.
The wonderfully titled ...
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