Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. Just in time for summer, hot country newcomer Frankie Ballard sets his guitar to sizzle in honor of girls who look good, break hearts, and have a good time. A Michigan resident, Ballard is shaking up country’s foundation through hard work and good songs. His 100-watt smile helps, too. “A Buncha Girls” appears on Ballard’s self-titled debut album.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. The Texas-bred, Nashville-based country crooner Sunny Sweeney is a straight shooter. The onetime aspiring comedienne gets serious on this twang-tinged tune that pulls at heartstrings with confessional lyrics and a moody balance of pedal steel and orchestral accents. The title says it all — when a rocky relationship has hit rock bottom, “Staying’s Worse Than Leaving.”
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Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. The son of a Nashville tunesmith who’s penned hits for the likes of Garth Brooks, Jo Dee Messina, and Sara Evans, singer/songwriter Randy Montana has been building his own songbook with music that’s rooted as much in country’s rock and Western past as its popular present. Referencing both contemporary coffeehouse lingo and timeless interpersonal themes of love and locale, “1000 Faces” details a compelling narrative amid a swirl of guitars and crescendos.
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