LBT, Killer put out new music
Little Big Town is out with "Pain Killer." Comprised of Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook, the foursome co-wrote 8 of the 13 tracks, including the hit "Day Drinking." Jay Joyce, who produced the group's 2012 release "Tornado," also was at the helm for the new disc.
Jerry Lee Lewis may be nearing 80, but he shows no signs of slowing down on "Rock & Roll Time." The 11-song disc includes Chuck Berry's "Little Queenie" and Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues."
Darius Rucker and LeAnn Rimes both dish out music for the holiday. Rucker is out with "Home for the Holidays," a dozen songs including "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch." He wrote one of the songs, "Candy Cane Christmas."
Rimes previously released a holiday CD, and is back with a six-song release, "One Christmas, Chapter 1." The set is mainly traditional songs, but there is one entitled "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas."
More news for Little Big Town
- 04/08/24: LBT, Sugarland tour together
- 03/07/24: Lynne signs with Monument; "I Am Shelby Lynne" reissue coming
- 09/12/23: Strait, Stapleton, LBT team up for stadium shows in '24
- 12/16/22: "Rich Man" from LBT drops
- 08/12/22: LBT looks to "Better Love"
- 07/19/22: LBT's "Mr. Sun" coming in September
- 07/01/22: Little Big Town do it "All Summer"
- 01/07/22: Lambert, LBT jump on The Bandwagon
CD reviews for Little Big Town
Little Big Town has always been one of the more consistently good modern country groups. This latest album, not surprisingly, is also good. However, it's not exceptional. Sure, the quartet explores the happy and sad sides of love and romance, as per usual, but few tracks rise far above the merely good level.
Karen Fairchild sings lead on "Three Whiskeys and the Truth," and is a dead ringer for Lady A's Hillary Scott. This is somewhat ironic, as Lady A is probably the ...
Little Big Town gets billed as a country music vocal group, but "Nightfall" plays out more like a four-headed singer-songwriter effort. Many of these songs hearken back to some of the best '70s introspective songwriter efforts. The album opens with "Next to You," which builds from a gentle meditation, into a full-on anthemic ode to the comfort and strength of fidelity.
"Questions" interestingly finds an ex asking questions via song lyrics, which she can never ...
Anyone who missed Little Big Town's remarkable 2012 Unplugged performance on CMT should seek it out online. When they sing their monster hit "Pontoon," four hypnotic voices combine to harmonic perfection with no studio tricks - pick from any of the microphones, and it works as the song's lead vocal. But now that the group has ascended to the upper rung of stardom, different challenges arise. How do you compete with yourself fresh from a Grammy for Best Country Song ...
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