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 Escribí esta entrada a principios de diciembre de 2025 y la publiqué en Substack (perdón por el retraso en ponerla por aquí). Llevaba varios años queriendo escribir sobre The Mavericks . Éste es mi pequeño homenaje a Raúl Malo .  ------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MAVERICKS, EL COUNTRY DE LOS 90 Y SU ÁLBUM En Español . The Mavericks son un grupo de country formado en 1989 en Miami . Después de un primer trabajo lanzado de forma independiente, en 1994 lanzaron su álbum debut,  What A Crying Shame , al que le seguiría  Music For All Occasions  en 1995. Ambos conjuntos r ecogen un sonido propio y capturan el esplendor que experimentó el género en la década de los 90 . Debo decir que estos dos trabajos me han acompañado toda mi infancia y casi toda mi vida, dado el gusto de mi padre por el country. Pese a poder ser un grupo conocido dentro del género, su trabajo me parece digno de un mayor reconocimiento. What A Crying Shame ,...

  Maren Morris vuelve a sus inicios con The Tree. Hacía tiempo que Maren Morris no sacaba nada tan country. La cantante lanzó ayer The Tree , que recuerda mucho a My Church , su primer single y que se movía entre el country y el gospel .   The Tree repite las claves del éxito de My Church y es casi lo más tradicionalmente country que hemos podido escuchar en años -al menos, en sus singles- . Con su anterior disco, Humble Quest , se pretendía dar a una vuelta a las raíces, al country tradicional, pero tardaba en encontrarse . Ni la title-track ni el single con el que se avanzaba el disco lo eran ( Circles Around This Town ). Y recordando, tampoco era country Girl (single), con pinceladas de R&B, ni la claramente pop The Bones, pese a su categorización repetida como country. Ahora , según Variety , la canción podría dar respuesta al rechazo que ha recibido Maren Morris por posicionarse en temas como la inclusión , los derechos de las personas LGTBIQ+ y el feminismo, ...

 In an interview with Spanish music website  JENESAISPOP , published last week, Parcels talked about the term ' cowboy disco ' and how it defines their latest album 'Day/Night'.  Cowboy disco seems to be the defined genre for the band's second album (their first new project since their self-titled debut in 2018). The term alludes to a disco-funk sound and country or folk lyrics. In the interview, Jules gave as an example their single Theworstthing. The lyrics on this song are gloomy and moving, while the groove drives it to disco.  Some of the feelings and lyrics on this album portrait a dramatic melancholic and sadness, that better relates with country and folk.  What the term shows is the union of the two genres with an evident setting, Australia: Jules Crommelin says in the interview that this album was written before the pandemic, missing and remembering Australia while the band was in Berlin. The closeness to the countryside that exists in Australia drove P...

 Carly Pearce released her third album on Friday. The album comes as a following part of her 29 EP, dropped in February. The album includes the 7 songs from the EP and eight new tracks.This extension of 29 the EP melts perfectly with the songs unveiled back in February.  It feels like the rest of the chapter, a part of her healing told with all the authenticity.  One of the new songs  is Never Wanted To Be That Girl   with Ashley Mcbride. There 's no  other artist that could drive the song with that honesty than Ashley Mcbride. In her Genius commentary to her song One night standards , she described the song as 'an exercise in honesty'  and that is what  Never Wanted To Be That Girl  is about : Speaking your feelings in such a difficult situation in a relationship;being the other girl. The album starts with the funny and country-rock  Diamondback (cowritten with Kelsea Ballerini , among others), which has some of  the  Before...

 The nominations for the CMA Awards came out three days ago. The ceremony will take place on November 10th awarding the best country artists, singles and albums of the year (the eligibility period is from July 1,2020 to June 30, 2021). Let's get into the nominations: ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR: This is the biggest award of the night. Eric Church and Chris Stapleton earn a nomination in this category. Both lead the nominations with five each.  Eric Church Luke Combs Miranda Lambert Chris Stapleton Carrie Underwood Church and Stapleton nominations seem reasonable. Both have released projects this year, which could be candidates to 'Album Of The Year'. Luke Combs gets a nomination too. He is one of the biggest country stars nowadays and he has had great chart success with 'Forever After All'.  The only nomination that is a little disappointing for me is Miranda Lambert's. Despite releasing The Marfa Tapes, she's been living by the success of 'Settling down...

 Midland dropped ' The Last Resort ' a few weeks ago. It's the second project from the band this year: In March, they released The   Sonic Ranch , an album made of their old and unreleased songs.  Now, The Last Resort is the first collection of new songs since their second album , Let it Roll in 2019. Despite the EP only includes five tracks, it's a pleasant listening.  The sound contains some rock and electric guitars that melt with Midland's classic country sound. The result is delicious.  The first piece is the post-break-up And Then Some , with mellow sadness. This start is much closer to their origins on The Sonic Ranch . There is a bittersweet feeling in every song (except from Two To Two Step , that will get you dancing), which is far from the debauchery and living to the max of the 21st Century Honky Tonk American Band... That's also shown in the first single and second track, Sunrise tells the story. It brings back cheating to the narrative, but i...

 The second chapter of Eric Church's seventh album was released last Friday. Soul is also made of nine songs, but the energy totally changes from one part to another. This is funnier to listen to and The Chief seems to be enjoying it too while singing and playing these songs. This album is all about energy , sound and performance. Eric Church carries a vivid, soulful and wild show, exhibiting a wide vocal range (falsetto and deeper voice) throughout the whole album . This time the lyrics aren't personal or even deep . They are funny, getting in the 'bad guy' character or the 'break it kind of guy' . The only exceptions may be Lynird Skynird Jones( that is about the tragic life of  a biracial man born after an affaire in a concert of the band Lynird Skynird ) and Hell of a View , the most chart successful song from the project (top 5 on the billboard hot country songs chart). This the best attempt for a love song. It's a love letter to his lover and to what...