Keith Urban's new album Fuse was released today, and it unsurprisingly lived up to that name. It "fused" together so many different musical styles there is no way of knowing that it's country. With his new success as an American Idol judge it doesn't surprise me that he released an album that would appeal to the masses. I don't care as much about what he does but he dragged in Miranda Lambert and Eric Church to do duets. The ultra pop song "We Were Us" with Miranda especially irritated me. She made great country music with the Pistol Annies as well as a lot of good stuff on her own. It really saddens me to hear her sing such low level songs like this one as well as Blake Shelton's "Boys Round Here." Miranda is currently working on her next album and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried that she'll go down a bad road and turn super pop like the rest of them. Time will tell, you can only hope for the best.
Amazing Grace a George Jones Gospel album was also released today. George was a lover of Gospel music, it brought him peace during his troubled past. Most of the album was recorded in 2002 but it finally got a release date. It might not have created as big of a buzz in the country music world as the others did today, but to those loyal George Jones fans, a new record of him singing Gospel tunes is the best thing you could have asked for unless you went up to heaven to catch him perform a live show. The thing is that good music never dies, it never expires or goes bad. Even after they pass away, the music of a true legend will always be remembered in the hearts of the fans for years to come.
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