Pardi, Kristofferson release CDs
Kris Kristofferson gathered in June 2014 at a studio in Austin to record for 3 days. The result is "The Cedar Creek Sessions," recordings of his favorite songs with Shawn Camp (guitar), Kevin Smith (bass), Michael Ramos (keys) and Mike Meadows (drums) aboard. Sheryl Crow sang a duet of 'The Loving Gift,' a song done by Johnny and June Carter Cash.
Sarah Jarosz's fourth release, "Undercurrent," marks a few changes for her. It's her first disc since she moved to New York and also is her first where she wrote all the material. While her previous discs had a bluegrass feel, this release is more of the confessional folk variety.
Locash, formerly LoCash Cowboys, releases its third disc, "The Fighter," on Reviver. The duo is Chris Lucas and Preston Brust. The disc contains the hit "I Love This Life" and the single "I Know Somebody." The pair co-wrote Keith Urban's 2011 single "You Gonna Fly" and Tim McGraw's 2012 single "Truck Yeah."
More news
- 04/18/25: I'm With Her is "Standing on the Fault Line"
- 04/14/25: Pardi extends tour into fall
- 04/11/25: Pardi, Muscadine Bloodline, Stuart and The Fabulous Superlatives Turnpike Troubadours release music
- 01/17/25: Pardi announces "Honkytonk Hollywood"
- 01/07/25: Pardi's "Friday Night Hearbreaker" gets video treatment
- 12/04/24: Pardi returns to the road
- 09/29/24: Kris Kristofferson passes away
- 10/27/23: It's Xmas in October with Pardi plus Judds tribute, Flatland Cavalry, Springsteen deluxe
CD reviews
You know from the first notes of Jon Pardi's "All I Want For Christmas" that this is going to be good album as it starts off with a steel guitar intro. Later, there is also a twin fiddle solo. These elements reveal how this track is a true country version. It's also executed well, which makes this old holiday warhorse of a song somehow sound fresh and new. It's one of 12 winners and proves once again what a gift Pardi is to us all.
The content is consistently secular, ...
Jon Pardi's "Mr. Saturday Night" sounds as though most of its stories take place on the weekend at an idealized country honky tonk. Many of these drinking holes also feature swinging doors and jukeboxes. They don't seem like citified bars, but they perfectly fit Pardi's enjoyable neo-traditional song cycle.
Although the drums pound much harder on the single "Last Night Lonely" than they do on truly traditional country music, Pardi incorporates far more fiddle ...
Jon Pardi may sing about heartache medication with this collection of songs, but his focus on arrangements filled with traditional musical elements (fiddle, steel guitar and twangy electric guitar) is joyfully medicinal for anyone sickened by so much mainstream country music that lacks many (if not all) of these essential country instruments.
These songs read as well as they sound, though. For example, the drinking song "Me and Jack" begins with a thumping, Johnny Cash-inspired country groove. ...
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