Carrie Underwood photo by Matthew Rolston, courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Carrie Underwood is country music’s reigning Female Vocalist of the Year, and she got her big break on the pop TV show “American Idol.” But her latest single gives her a bit of a relationship to rap music.

Carrie co-wrote “Cowboy Casanova” with “Jesus, Take The Wheel” author Brett James and Mike Elizondo, whose resume includes work as a musician and/or songwriter for such acts as Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg. On the surface, it sounds like a weird mix, and that apparently worked in the three writers’ favor, since they felt no pressure.

“We basically didn’t take ourselves too seriously and wrote this song,” Carrie says. Continue Reading

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