Raleigh Keegan s new song is for anyone who feels like they always extend themselves on behalf of others, even if they don t give themselves the same grace. Handyman is set for release on Friday (March 5), but Taste of Country readers are hearing it a day early in this exclusive premiere.
Keegan co-wrote Handyman with Marshall Altman, and the lyrics offer help for everyone else, while lamenting the narrator s inability to address his own needs. I can fix a tire or a broken heart / Put it back together when it s torn apart / And I ll be there to help you hang that shelf / If you got a leak in the kitchen sink / I can fix the faucet or fix you a drink / All you gotta do is ask for help / Baby it would be easy / Wish it could be that easy for me to fix myself, Keegan sings in the chorus.
When you interview celebrities and artists you don t expect them to call you up and greet you like an old friend, but not everyone is country star Lee Brice.
As Johnny picked up the line, we assumed we would talk to Brice s manager or rep before being handed over to the singer. A few seconds after answering the phone, the studio speakers rumbled with one of the most percussive greetings I ve ever heard. Hey! Hey! It s Lee Brice!
The energy of the chart topping country singer infected the whole studio, waking both Johnny and I from that early morning wall of exhaustion that we know all too well. Luckily we were able to capture part of that moment in a video taken by Intern Aaron.
Dallas Moore celebrates the raw, exuberant spirit of live music in his new song, Every Night I Burn Another Honky Tonk Down. The track looks back on better times when we could all still get together, get rowdy and blow off some steam . but it also looks forward to better days ahead.
Moore wrote the song before the pandemic, and the hard-charging track captures the spirit of his live shows. The track features a chugging, straight-ahead drum part that drives guitars and fiddles, topped off by a rough-and-ready vocal performance from Moore. You can hear the lived experience of his years on the road in his voice when he assures,
It s been a decade since country music audiences first met Shy Carter. At 25 he helped write Sugarland s Top 5 hit Stuck Like Glue, a song remarkable for Jennifer Nettles rap break.
Later he d partner for Billy Currington to write It Don t Hurt Like It Used To and add a rap break on the hitmaker s cover of Banana Pancakes, a Jack Johnson cover. That was definitely a stretch of the genre, Carter says, smiling (always smiling) as he reflects on his early pursuits as a singer and songwriter. Putting the soulful melodies in there, it was so well embraced that as time went on, Florida Georgia Line came out, and Sam Hunt, and all these people that were stretching the genre.”