Keith, Rhett out with new music; Roberts returns
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Keith, Rhett out with new music; Roberts returns

Tuesday, October 29, 2013 – Veteran Toby Keith and newcomer Thomas Rhett release new music today.

Keith is out with "Drinks After Work." Keith took songwriting credit on nine of 10 tracks, collaborating again with frequent partners Scotty Emerick, Bobby Pinson and Rivers Rutherford. A deluxe version of the CD adds Call A Marine, Margaritaville (featuring Sammy Hagar) and Chuckie's Gone, a tribute to Keith's bandleader Chuck Goff, who died unexpectedly in February.

Rhett, a Georgia native, debuts with "It Goes Like This," which is also the hit single from the disc. Rhett, the song of country singer and songwriter Rhett Atkins, has had previous success with Something To Do With My Hands and Beer With Jesus. He also co-wrote 1994 by Jason Aldean, Parking Lot Party by Lee Brice, and Round Here by Florida Georgia Line.

Julie Roberts returned with her first disc, "Good Wine and Bad Decisions," with a known label in seven years for a label that has gone decades without a release, but is one of the linchpins of music - Sun. Roberts had a hit in 2004 with Break Down Here. She released the disc "Men & Mascara" in 2006 on Mercury Nashville, her last major label release. Roberts had an indie release in 2011.


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CD review - Where We Started Thomas Rhett's "Where We Started" begins with a wonderfully positive relationship song titled "The Hill." Over a quiet, acoustic guitar arrangement, Rhett sings of how a successful marriage is the hill he wants to die on. In other words, if he's going to fight for anything, he's going to battle for his romantic partnership. Unsurprisingly, Lori McKenna had a part in writing it. When it comes to setting the right priorities in life, McKenna is one of our greatest ...
CD review - Country Again: Side A Thomas Rhett is in the artistic zone. Rhett Atkins' boy never really struggled to get noticed, but starting around 2015, his impact went nuclear – "Die A Happy Man" wasn't just a number one, but a monster that stayed there for two months. The ACM Award for Entertainer of the Year still carries a lot of weight, and Rhett nabbed it in 2019. Still, Rhett's sound has its doubters – a lot of the air-quote country hits were grafted to other dance, pop and soul styles. ...
CD review - Center Point Road Thomas Rhett represents a dilemma for traditional country music fans. Namely, that he doesn't create much country music that appeals to traditional tastes. Although "Center Point Road" doesn't entirely reverse that trend, even during its most overtly pop moments, this new collection of songs is still a pretty good one. The best song is also a love song - to a truck - titled "That Old Truck." It's the kind of song that only makes sense within country music circles. ...


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