Single Review: Ashton Shepherd, “Where Country Grows”

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1. I don’t necessarily mind this song, but I really wished she released “Beer on a Boat” instead, given this is summer and all. And it’s a much better song than this one.

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2. The one base she doesn’t touch here is drinking. I guess she saved that for “Beer on a Boat”?

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3. Yep, ‘fraid so. I wanted to like what Ashton Shepherd releases, and I do enjoy the breezy mandolin-laced sound of this record, but there’s just not enough lyrical substance to keep me interested.

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4. Hahaha! Ditto to the Toby review.:)

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5. I absolutely adored Ashton Shepherd’s last album, and have been sorely looking forward to this new one. But based on what I’ve heard so far, I won’t even be buying it.

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6. It’s songs like this with this loud “I AM COUNTRY!” ring to them that make me consistently dubious of the country genre, and it shouldn’t have to be this way.

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7. I’m worried for this album. It’s like they’ve run her through a Generic filter.

   (Though I dig the new ‘female Robin Hood’ look)

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8. You can listen to the whole album several places online. NPR for one. I like some of the slower songs on the album better than the ones on the EP, and even those are growing on me. I think the album will do fine. She’s only a couple of years older than Taylor Swift. Still one of my favorite artists.

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9. Yeah, having listened to it over at NPR, I’m more positive than I was initially after hearing the singles. Still prefer her first album though.

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