Carrie Underwood photo by Matthew Rolston, courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.
Carrie Underwood’s new Play On album is perhaps the most representative of her yet as an artist. Of the 13 songs she recorded, Carrie wrote seven, including the first single, “Cowboy Casanova.”
Coming out of her win on “American Idol,” Carrie was launched straight into the life of an artist, a career she hadn’t actually planned to pursue. She picked up her earliest hits from other songwriters, but she already had a foundation to begin writing her own. After all, she’d done plenty of writing when she pursued a journalism degree before her “AI” tryout.
“I got a lot of practice writing in general, especially in college,” she said in a press conference, according to The Oklahoman. “In high school, I wrote for the school paper. In college, I wrote for the school paper and was always busy writing stories.”
It’s almost impossible to pin Carrie down musically, though. Just this year, she revived the Randy Travis-penned traditional country hit “I Told You So.” “Cowboy Casanova” is a feisty number with a rock-driven chord progression, and Play On features a number of songs with pop-style melodies.
In a way, she’s a microcosm of much of what’s going on in the genre.
It’s “a great time for a lot of different kinds of country music,” she said. “If you turn on the radio you can find something you like, whether you like things that are more kind of contemporary country, or you find more things that are traditional country or more kind of rock-influenced.”
Play On is expected to debut at No. 1 this week on the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart. On Wednesday, she’ll join Brad Paisley to co-host the 43rd annual Country Music Association Awards at the Sommet Center in Nashville.
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Carrie is the best, she didn't get a fair shack at the awards
I love her new album!!!!! She has a great voice and seems like a really
good person.
Love the new CD,and she has a great voice,this won't be her last
carrie underwood has the best down home country nusic out there that is modern and has such great emotion that it makes me want to cry. like her song "Temporary Home"
henry you are so right temporary home
is a beautiful song i get teary eyed when
i hear it carrie is amazing
carrie underwood is the BEST EVER artist right now hands down, she is so versatile and "play on" is the best i have heard from carrie so much feeling and emotion in her voice and beautifull wonderful album she touches a lot of things that need to be spoken of…i am thrilled that her album is going to #1 !!…she has grown so much and i am proud to be in this generation to grow right along with her !!!
She just all around frekin amazing!!!
i think this is carrie's best cd yet. she is getting better with each cd. carrie is the best female country singer today. she is very talented and have such a wonderful and powerful voice. i hope she wins for best female vocals because she does have the best vocals than the other nominees.
i think carrie should win best female vocalist
first of all she out sings all the other nominees
good luck carrie and brad tomorrow on hosting
the CMA!!!!!!!
Carrie is a multi-faceted artist and I'm sure this album is going to be one of many that will be coming our way and I can't wait. She is just getting started and we are all better off for it.
Carrie has a great family to back her up. Their all used to hard work and finding
a way to get the job done.
Carrie is simply perfect!!!