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Easton not western but certainly country.
If you’ve been a country fan for a fair while now you’ll have noticed that where as one time you could hear a steady flow of recognizable names in the charts, it seems now that the steady flow becomes a conveyor belt of virtual unknowns.
One such ‘virtual unknown’ not only debuted with his first album release in Britain at the beginning of the week but he already holds the number nine placing in the Billboard Hot Country Songs Charts after only twenty eight weeks.
Florida born Easton Corbin is making his presence felt across Music City USA with his debut single ‘A Little More Country Than That’ and having signed with Mercury Records only eight month ago has just released his debut self titled album.
Influenced by the sounds and songs of his heroes ,Keith Whitley, George Jones and Merle Haggard he takes songs back to their roots but gives a brilliant modern feel to them.
Imagine the styling of modern contemporary music mixing George Strait with Randy Travis and Clint Black and you may find Easton Corbin.
That however is not to say that Corbin is a soundalike of any of those already mentioned as he takes his own individual stamp and plants it firmly on all the eleven tracks covered.
Of that eleven he penned four.
It’s one of the best debut albums I’ve heard in a long while and although he may be a new name to many I’m sure he’s an artist that will become as familiar and as popular as some of those who have become household names.
If you like me want to discover a new breath of fresh air in the country treat yourself to Easton Corbin.
Easton Corbin Mercury Records
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