Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Reba & More New Music: First Country
The third part in Church’s Heart & Soul trilogy focuses on the soul -- from Motown to Stax to Muscle Shoals -- that have influenced his life and music. Top cuts are the languid “Hell of a View,” about finding the perfect partner to go through life’s adventures with; the chugging, unapologetic “Break It Kind of Guy” and “Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones,” the kind of emotional storytelling song that so few artists even attempt these days, much less succeed with to the degree that Church does. Keith Urban feat. Breland & Nile Rodgers, “Out the Cage” Urban is country music’s most fasc...