One of country’s new crop of modern traditionalists, Warner Music Nashville artist Randall King has never lived outside the endless plains of West Texas – and his sound is steeped in their timeless beauty, both gritty and graceful at the same time. He grew up singing in the back of a ‘93 Chevy Suburban, joyfully … Continue reading
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Interview with Dustin Lynch: A Track-by-Track Guide to his new Album (‘Tullahoma’)
Dustin Lynch has always been one of Parcbench’s favorite country stars. We’ve had the pleasure of interviewing him ever since his first single (“Cowboys and Angels”) hit back in 2012. It’s a new decade now and he’s got a new album, but it’s still the same well-crafted, solid, country music. Here’s Dustin’s take on the … Continue reading
Brandy Clark’s New Single — “Who You Thought I Was”
Brandy Clark’s ‘Your Life Is A Record’ Out March 6 Grammy-nominated and CMA Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Brandy Clark will release her highly anticipated new album, Your Life is a Record, March 6 on Warner Records. In advance of the release, the first single, “Who You Thought I Was,” is out today. The song … Continue reading
parcbench.live’s Ten Best Country Songs of the 2010s
[Songs released between Jan. 2, 2010 and Dec. 31, 2019 were considered.] Well, what do you know? The 2010’s weren’t such a bad decade for country music after all. If you don’t count Ken Burns’ trite PBS documentary. And especially if you don’t count the Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival attack — a massive … Continue reading
DUSTIN LYNCH COMES HOME TO TULLAHOMA, FOURTH ALBUM OUT JANUARY 17
DUSTIN LYNCH’S STAY COUNTRY TOUR 2020 STARTS JANUARY 30 Broken Bow Records hitmaker Dustin Lynch is using his fourth album to recount the Country saga of a true “Small Town Boy,” setting January 17 for the release of TULLAHOMA. Named after the acclaimed star’s Tennessee hometown, the ambitious self-portrait comes after eight years of sustained … Continue reading
New Country Classic: Mandy Barnett — ‘The End of the World’
Mandy Barnett — The End of the World To purchase this song on iTunes, click here. Well, if there is anything good to come out of the recent highly problematic PBS Ken Burns-directed documentary on country music, maybe, just maybe there will be a brief, fleeting moment when a simple, straightforward country classic can make … Continue reading
Zac Brown Band’s New Album — The Worst of New Country?
Zac Brown Band’s New Album — The Worst of New Country? A disappointment arrives due to expectation. My expectations were obviously misplaced. The new album from Zac Brown Band, The Owl, is a very sad reminder of the state of country music in 2019. Just when the Ken Burns documentary is healing most wounds from the … Continue reading
