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NEW MASHUP VIDEO!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buYdWHfzPGMThey're tryin' to come back, all my senses push
Untie the weight bags, I never thought I could
Steady feet, don't fail me now
I'ma run 'til you can't walk
Something pulls my focus out
And I'm standing down
Thinkin’ about you sittin’ there sayin’ I hate this, I hate it
If you couldn't stand livin’ here why'd you take it, take itGive me back my hometown
'Cause this is my hometown#MashupMonday #music #video #mashup #country #rock #OneRepublic #EricChurch
Do remember, I am open to some mashup requests! So, if you've got an idea, lemme know!
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Field & Stream TV, Backed by Country Stars Morgan Wallen and Eric Church, Is Coming to Streaming Platforms
#Variety #News #EricChurch #FieldStreamTV #MorganWallen #OutdoorAmericahttps://variety.com/2025/tv/news/field-and-stream-tv-morgan-wallen-eric-church-streaming-1236575438/
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New ‘Contemporary’ Distinction Could Blow 2026 Country Grammys Wide Open
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Zach Top Will Likely Live Up to His Surname in Best Traditional Country Album Grammy Race
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The 2026 Grammys’ Best Country Song Nominees Will Rebuff AI
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Eric Church Was Replaced by Taylor Swift on a Rascal Flatts Tour. Why She Gave Her First Gold Record Plaque to Him
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Eric Church Recalls Being Gifted Taylor Swift’s First Gold Record: ‘Just an Artist’
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Eric Church: Evangeline vs. the Machine
I don’t write much about music these days. If you’re not using the proper terminology, it’s hard to say anything about it without trotting out clichés, like When the drums kick in and so on. The other thing, of course, is that I am very out of touch, and though I might be as willing as I ever was to discover new music in my favoured genres, the algorithms have made it just about impossible. We’re hamstrung, hogtied, caught in the maw of the machine, unable to escape.
I think back to how I used to discover new music. It was so analogue and organic: I’d browse record shop bins (yes, like one of those guys) and I’d read magazines and I’d watch the CMA awards every year, hoping for something new to catch my ears. But as I wrote a while ago, the CMA awards are now wall-to-wall face tattoos and stunt duets hoping to capture the Chris Stapleton/Justin Timberlake magic. There are no magazines*, and the few record shops that exist seem to be carrying the same selection they had 30 years ago.
And then there are politics. Since the Dixie Chicks Incident, it has been a positive minefield, and it has only got worse since half of America lost its mind. I love country music/americana, but I tend to steer clear of paying attention to the actual words, most of the time. I avoid the face tattoos, the redcaps, the dixie cups, the rappers, the beer-and-truck guys, all the signifiers of Problematic Views.
Which doesn’t leave much else.
You hope with all your heart that Jason Isbell was right and that there can’t be more of them than us, but there’s little evidence that is true. I didn’t feel moved, anyway, to write anything about Jason Isbell’s divorce record (though, in hindsight, weren’t the last couple divorce records?). And the fact is that there aren’t enough Amanda Shires and Brandi Carliles in the world to compensate for the overwhelming tidal wave of N-word spouting white dudes.
Which brings us to Eric Church. I posted a while ago about a few of his songs that get heavy rotation in my ears. In 2021, I posted about his two-albums-and-an-EP collection Heart & Soul. I’ve been living with those records for years now, and they still get played more than almost anything else in my collection. Even the ampersand EP, &, got a wider release eventually.
His new record is Evengeline vs. The Machine, which features the greek letter Sigma on its cover. On apple music, this 𝚺 rotates so that it is sometimes an E and sometimes and M. Evangeline/Machine. The use of sigma is also a nod to the yoof, of course, who use the word to refer to a certain personality type: the self-reliant lone wolf. Not an Alpha, who relies on the pack for status, but Sigma. Anyway, once you’ve fought your way out of that rabbit hole you have just 8 tracks to come to terms with. The album is just 36 minutes long (which is actually a little bit longer than the individual Heart & Soul albums).
The notable thing about this record is that the arrangements make extensive use of orchestra and choir. If you like, it sounds even less like a “country” album than Church’s previous work, which already didn’t really sound like a country album. He just doesn’t. I’d call this rock, except rock as a genre has something completely different going on these days. But the thing I’d say to you about Eric Church is that, when I have music on in the car or at home and there are people around, he is the one people ask about. ‘Who is this please?’ they want to know. It’s Eric Church. He’s very good.
Anyway, Church doesn’t need my endorsement. I think he’s very popular in his home nation. I suspect, he said, with a measure of contempt, there might be a lot of “Born in the USA” syndrome going on. I think there are an awful lot of his audience pumping their fists along to songs like “Stick That In Your Country Song” not realising that it’s an implicit critique of all the other stuff they pump their fists to.
Anyway, as you might expect with its title and it’s rotating sigma symbol, this is an album about duality. It’s about staying human and creative in the face of the machinery of capitalism and, you know, BIG TECH. The combination of a choir with Church’s voice, is interesting, and a musical direction he has used before, on “Mistress Named Music” on his 2015 album Mr. Misunderstood. The effect he’s going for is the contrast between the cool silkiness of the choir and the hot gravel of his voice. It works. It’s a good album, and you’ll hear echoes here of lots of other stuff that you probably like. On “Evangeline”, for example, you’ll hear “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, and there are references to Dylan, AC/DC, Elton John, and more, and more. In that, he reminds me a bit of Kevin Rowland, and the way he would try to evoke soul/emotion by referring to songs that had soul and emotion. Which is not to say that Church is a fake, or producing mere pastiche. This is not the place for those tired old authenticity arguments. I just think it means that Church is thoughtful and deliberate in what he does.
But you do wonder. How much of his audience is turning up to hear “Springsteen” and pump their fists to “Stick That In Your Country Song” and aren’t really paying attention to the message? Because, with AI coming for everybody’s jobs, we are all Evangeline vs. the Machine.
Evangeline
On a banjolin, light bleeding in
Through the stained glass of my heart
Song she humsStuck in my head could raise the dead
Bring a blind man out of the dark
https://youtu.be/-jz9owb08qA?si=vzqONCEFzlIBvF__
#americana #country #CountryRock #EricChurch #Music #reviews #rock #soul
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Country Superstar Eric Church on Wanting His Adventurous New Record, ‘Evangeline vs. the Machine,’ to ‘Have Its Own Vibe, Like “Pet Sounds”… Where You Know Which Album the Songs Are From’
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Amazon Prime Video Taps Eric Church, John Fogerty for NASCAR Theme Based on Retooled CCR Smash
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Lainey Wilson, Blake Shelton, Eric Church Set as Performers for May’s ACM Awards Show
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CMA Awards EP on Post Malone, Why Beyoncé Is Always Invited and That Epic Justin Timberlake-Chris Stapleton Duet
#MusicNews #News #AlanJackson #Beyonce #ChrisStapleton #CMAAwards #EricChurch #JustinTimberlake #Music #PostMalone #RobertDeaton -
Going to this show tomorrow at The Forum in Inglewood, California. If you're at the ultimate jam see yah there. 🎵🔥☯️
https://www.songkick.com/concerts/42093435-trey-anastasio-at-kia-forum
#Thursday #October17 #Forum #lineup #TreyAnastasio #RyanBingham #MikeCampbell #EricChurch #EricClapton #ElvisCostello #WarrenHaynes #BruceHornsby #JimJames #JameyJohnson #NoahKahan #DanielLanois #TajMahal #VanMorrison #MargoPrice #RobertRandolph #NathanielRateliff #AllisonRussell #MavisStaples #BenmontTench #DonWas #BobWeir #LucindaWilliams #MartinScorsese
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𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗯𝘀 𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗻𝗮 𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗮𝗮𝗻
Countryster Luke Combs en singer-songwriter Eric Church organiseren een benefietconcert naar aanleiding van de ravage die orkaan Helene onlangs aanrichtte in het westen van de staat North Carolina. Aan Billboard vertellen de zangers, die zijn opgegroeid in de regio, dat ze erg zijn...
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Sweet
I'll be watching the #debate tonight but this is something to stream later:
#AngeliqueKidjo, #BeBeWinans, #CarleneCarter, #ChuckLeavell, D-Nice #DNice, Drive-By Truckers #DriveByTruckers, #DuaneBetts, #EricChurch, #GROUPLOVE, #IndiaArie, #LalahHathaway, #RickeyMinorBand, #SpelmanCollege Glee Club, The B-52’s, #TheWarAndTreaty and #TheAtlantaSymphonyOrchestra Chamber Chorus
100th #Birthday #Party for Jimmy #Carter #President #PresidentCarter
in 30 min:
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Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Journalists - by Stephen Macaulay
Let’s see.
The Los Angeles Times laid off >20% of the people who work in its newsroom. Line up five people. One is given a cardboard box. About 115 people got boxes.
Over at Time magazine, the CEO sent out a memo to staff that says, in part, “We must continue incre...
Read more: https://gloriousnoise.com/2024/dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-journalists
#country #EricChurch #GQ #journalism #MorganWallen #Pitchfork #music #blog
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Eric Church and Morgan Wallen Join Team to Relaunch Field & Stream Brand, Including Fall Music Festival, Print Magazine Revival
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10 Country Artists Who Are Inspired By Metal
"Hellraisin' Redneck Metalheads!"https://metalinjection.net/lists/10-country-artists-who-are-inspired-by-metal
#countrymusic #metallica #JohnnyCash #IronMaiden #merlehaggard #blackstonecherry #hankwillaims #steenryders #ericchurch #gretchenwilson #tobykeith
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Something Borrowed, Something New A Tribute to #JohnAnderson
https://wormhole.app/2YvLq#v_1rboyuEbZywp9nr4YvZw
#music #country #countryMusic #classicCountry #SturgillSimpson #GillianWelch #TylerChilders #JohnPrine #LukeCombes #BrothersOsborne #AshleyMcBride #EricChurch @music
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Stagecoach 2024 Lineup to Feature Morgan Wallen, Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Post Malone, Willie Nelson, Jelly Roll
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Friday night soldiers.
The evening is beautiful, the book is good, & the company is great.
PS. The quote on my cup is from an Eric Church song that I love. The other side has a quote from The Silence of the Lambs—so take your pick😉
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Tom is now listening to Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die - Live
https://open.spotify.com/track/5iis9J2sptrUy0VIpFVIg1#WillieNelson #JimmyBuffett #EmmylouHarris #SherylCrow #EricChurch #GeorgeStrait #DaveMatthews #ChrisStapleton #DerekTrucks #KrisKristofferson #TheAvettBrothers #BobbyBare #JackJohnson #JameyJohnson #LeeAnnWomack #LukasNelson #LyleLovett #MargoPrice #MicahNelson #NathanielRateliff #NorahJones #TheLittleWillies #RayBenson #SteveEarle #SusanTedeschi #VinceGill
