Lee Brice is a happy man
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 – Lee Brice is a happy man. After all, he found out Tuesday he was nominated for three Academy of Country Music awards.
"Wow," Brice said Tuesday. "What a way to start the day. I'm out on the west coast deep in dreamland and my hotel phone starts ringing at 5:30 a.m., and it's my manager screaming 'Wake up.! We got 3 ACM nominations!' I grinned from ear to ear. It's such an honor just to be nominated and such a boost personally after putting so much time and work into this."
Brice's nominations include Song of the Year for Love Like Crazy and as both an artist and producer for Single Record of the Year for the song. The single was written by Tim James and Doug Johnson, who also produced.
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Hard to Love
Lee Brice had a dream run of success with his debut, "Love Like Crazy" - the title track became the most-played song on country radio in 2010. While that set the South Carolina native up for a doozy of a sophomore slump, he sidesteps it with ease. Brice simply has too many weapons - a songwriter's ear, soulful voice and some very able co-writer friends (Rhett Atkins, Eric Church) to veer far off course.
A Woman Like You has already topped the country single charts. »»» |
Love Like Crazy
What is now Lee Brice's first long-play record once went by the moniker "Picture of Me," and he still refers to it as the "spiritual title." Along with a song by that name, there are slices of life aplenty about growing up smack dab in the center of South Carolina. For those that didn't have the privilege, it sounds like a whole lot of fun.
The showpiece is the title track, which lays out the guidelines to make relationships last and life worthwhile - it's a »»» |
Editorial: Walking the talk –
When names like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon and the Hag are invoked, you're talking hard core country. These are the touchstones of country , the guys who made country music what it was and still is (or maybe can be). When these folks would sing about being down-and-out and the rough-and-tumble, they knew of what they were singing about. Fast forward a few years to the country singers of today. »»»
Concert Review: Music City goes (Boston) Pop(s) –
On the face of it, the idea of top shelf country songwriters coming up from Nashville to play with the Boston Pops may seem incongruous. The idea of the venerable Boston institution and fixture on the July 4 scene, playing patriotic songs doesn't have all that much to do with country.
The idea isn't without precedent, of course.... »»»
Concert Review: O'Donovan goes home –
Aiofe O'Donovan had plenty of reason to be filled with good cheer. This was a hometown gig, after all, and only three days before the release of her first full-length solo debut, "Fossils."
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