ZBB, Grohl team up; Keith debuts
Zac Brown Band and Dave Grohl comes up with the four-song EP "The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1" today. The recording was an outgrowth of appearing together playing Day for the Dead at the CMA Awards show last month. Grohl plays drums on Let It Rain and produced the four songs. ZBB also covers The Wood Brothers' The Muse.
Krystal Keith is out with "Whiskey & Lace." Keith is the daughter of Toby. In fact, she wrote one of the songs, Daddy Dance With Me, which she played for the first time at her 2010 wedding. The disc contains 10 songs with a bit of a bluesy, soulful feel to several songs.
Parmalee releases its Broken Bow debut "Feels Like Carolina." Parmalee is Matt Thomas on acoustic and electric guitars and vocals; Scott Thomas on drums; Barry Knox on bass; and Josh McSwain on electric guitar. The Thomases are brothers, while Knox is a cousin and McSwain a longstanding friend. The band has enjoyed a hit with Carolina. Parmalee previously released three albums on its own.
"Nashville," the TV show about life in Music City, is represented by "The Music Of Nashville, Season 2, Vol. 1." Two soundtracks were released during the show's first season.
More news for Zac Brown Band
- 08/05/24: ZBB stands behind "Two Blue Chairs & You"
- 04/19/24: ZBB, McAnally look for "Pirates & Parrots"
- 03/12/24: ZBB will "Tie Up" next week
- 02/14/24: South Africa hosts country fest
- 10/27/23: ZBB has "Baby O'Riley" covered
- 09/29/23: ZBB likes "The Way You Look Tonight"
- 12/14/22: ZBB fire up new tour
- 09/16/22: ZBB, Andress join forces "Any Day Now"
CD reviews for Zac Brown Band
If you have even a passing familiarity of Zac Brown's personal history starting around 2018, you know the inspiration for this CD's title. First, Brown's 12-year marriage collapsed. Then, the world shook its collective head when he released a solo pop record ("Controversy") simultaneous to a ZBB release ("The Owl"). Why saturate the market with oneself, especially when the solo outing was a mess? The cover of that pop/hip-hop experimentation said it all: Brown, ...
With "Welcome Home," the Zac Brown Band continues to do what it does best, which is making quality roots music. In fact, one of the album's songs is even titled "Roots." Brown may not be the most religious guy, but his latest songs focus on many truly spiritual cornerstones of life: family and friends.
Both "Family Table" and "My Old Man" find Brown reflecting on his family life, with the latter also looking at 'the here and now' of being a father himself. ...
Fans looking for the Zac Brown Band of 2005 won't find it in "Jekyll + Hyde" - there's nothing but an aftertaste of the Georgia group's chicken-fried origins. That might be why the album's name is so appropriate. Fans have gotten to know the country-folk band, but a deviant creeps in on all 16 tracks of its fourth album. And, like the classic story, Hyde stands out as more interesting.
It hits hard, too. The opener, "Beautiful Drug," has an electric-pop ...
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