Miranda Lambert’s 10th studio album, “Postcards From Texas,” is a sonic road trip across her home state. That extends from the steel guitar-led ballad “Looking Back on Luckenbach” to the funny, trash-talking divorce anthem “Alimony,” with its not-so-thinly veiled lyrical geography, writes Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman in her review.
Miranda Lambert , left, and Brendan McLoughlin arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. Miranda Lambert , left, and Brendan McLoughlin arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. Miranda Lambert , left, and Brendan McLoughlin arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y.
“I called that lawyer up in Dallas,” she sings in the chorus. “If you’re gonna leave me in San Antone / Remember the alimony,” the last word teased out to turn “Alamo” into “alimony.” It’s such a rewarding lyric reversal, it feels almost prototypical — as if plucked from some great country music songbook instead of written into it.
Texas Divorce David Allan Coe Music Arts And Entertainment E
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Miranda Lambert discusses new album, Texas roots and living her dreamsThe country singer’s 10th studio album, ‘Postcards from Texas,’ is due out Sept. 13.
Read more »
Miranda Lambert Brings It All Back Home on ‘Postcards From Texas’Miranda Lambert's 'Postcards From Texas' shows an artist happy to reconnect with the home that made her.
Read more »
Music Review: Foster the People delight and frighten with outstanding 'Paradise State of Mind'When you put on Foster the People’s new album and you’re happily bopping along to the infectious funk-disco beat of the first track, you might hardly notice the growing sense of dread in the lyrics, says Associated Press reviewer Mark Kennedy.
Read more »
Texas Attorney General Paxton sues to block gun ban at the sprawling State Fair of TexasTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a ban on firearms at the sprawling State Fair of Texas, one of the state’s biggest annual celebrations.
Read more »
Texas Attorney General Paxton sues to block gun ban at the sprawling State Fair of TexasTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a ban on firearms at the sprawling State Fair of Texas, one of the state’s biggest annual celebrations. Fair organizers earlier this month announced a ban on guns after a shooting last year on the fairgrounds in the heart of Dallas.
Read more »
Texas Attorney General Paxton sues to block gun ban at the sprawling State Fair of TexasTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a ban on firearms at the sprawling State Fair of Texas, one of the state’s biggest annual celebrations.
Read more »