{"id":124521,"date":"2026-05-08T19:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/disclaimer-single-reviews-hudson-westbrook-claims-disc-of-the-day\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T19:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:36:21","slug":"disclaimer-single-reviews-hudson-westbrook-claims-disc-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/disclaimer-single-reviews-hudson-westbrook-claims-disc-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"DISClaimer Single Reviews: Hudson Westbrook Claims Disc Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Country music groups and collaborations vie for our attention today in DISClaimer.<\/p>\n

The Red Clay Strays, Midland and 49 Winchester are representing country bands in this week\u2019s column. Our collabs include Russell Dickerson with Fetty Wap, Rodney Crowell with the late Guy Clark, and this week\u2019s DISCovery Award winners ALeeN Rose with Willie Nelson.<\/p>\n

The Disc of the Day is \u201cBackwards\u201d by Hudson Westbrook.<\/p>\n

Sunday is Mother\u2019s Day. I have four suggestions for the holiday\u2019s soundtrack. Danny Kensy offers \u201cMama\u2019s Recipe.\u201d Camille Harrison is issuing \u201cI Miss You, Mother.\u201d Alex Miller has \u201cJust a Mom.\u201d Canadian Abigail Lapell has an entire collection with the day\u2019s theme. Her Shadow Child<\/em> is \u201can album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation,\u201d or so it says here.<\/p>\n

McCOY MOORE<\/strong> \/ \u201cNot Even Close<\/strong>\u201d
Writers: Blake Pendergrass\/McCoy Moore\/Sam Ellis; Producer: Will Bundy; Label: Sony Music Nashville\/Cervidae Records<\/em>
\u2013 Dishing out compliments to his lover. In his eyes, she\u2019s the ultimate best.<\/p>\n

THE RED CLAY STRAYS<\/strong> \/ \u201cDemons In Your Choir<\/strong>\u201d
Writers: Brandon Coleman\/Dakota Coleman\/Matthew Coleman; Producer: Dave Cobb; Label: RCA Records<\/em>
\u2013 It\u2019s a slow-burn, gospel-flavored anthem with moody, minor-key drama about spiritual deliverance. An absolutely searing lead vocal, righteous piano chords and an uplifting church choir. Somebody say, \u201cAmen.\u201d<\/p>\n

ALYSSA MICAELA<\/strong> \/ \u201cBorn In Boots<\/strong>\u201d
Writers: Alyssa Micaela\/Olivia Rudeen\/Tori Tullier; Producers: Stormy Cooper, Will Braun; Label: Azteca Ranch Music<\/em>
\u2013 Bouncing and bubbly. She\u2019s a proud cowgirl who chose boots over dolls and never looked back. Innocent fun.<\/p>\n

RODNEY CROWELL & GUY CLARK<\/strong> \/ \u201cAre You One of Us?<\/strong>\u201d
Writer: Rodney Crowell; Producers: Rodney Crowell, Steuart Smith; Label: New West Records<\/em>
\u2013 Crowell explores the \u201cus-versus-them\u201d attitudes of today with the late Clark interjecting fatherly wisdom. It starts off with a hushed series of statements underscored by insistent electric guitar, then builds to a rocking crescendo. The whole thing is utterly haunting and poetic. The song (and the previously reviewed \u201cGo Light a Candle\u201d) will appear on Crowell\u2019s long-lost Then Again<\/em><\/a> LP, which drops June 26. I\u2019m buyin\u2019 a copy.<\/p>\n

ALeeN ROSE & WILLIE NELSON<\/strong> \/ \u201cThey\u2019re There<\/strong>\u201d
Writers: Amy Lee Nelson\/Tina Rose Bridges\/Willie Nelson; Producers: ALeeN Rose, Jeff Klein, Matt Hubbard; Label: Luna Wolf<\/em>
\u2013 This duo is comprised of Willie\u2019s daughter, Amy Nelson, and Tina Rose Bridges, who is Leon Russell\u2019s daughter. Their country ballad invokes Amy\u2019s late brother Billy and Tina\u2019s late father, stating that their spirits walk alongside them every day. Willie provides his distinctive guitar as the instrumental solo, then chimes in with a third harmony part. Lovely listening.<\/p>\n

MIDLAND<\/strong> \/ \u201cShooting Memories With Tequila<\/strong>\u201d
Writers: Joe Clemmons\/Mike Walker\/Ryan Beaver; Producer: Trent Willmon; Label: Blue Highway Records<\/em>
\u2013 Give these guys a gold star for singing songs with actual melodies. Breezy heartaches, laced with creamy vocal harmonies and lilting steel guitar characterize this one. Riffs and lyrics in the production lend the track a Latin accent. Wonderfully tuneful and effortlessly engaging. By all means, play it.<\/p>\n

JENNY TOLMAN<\/strong> \/ \u201cShow Pony<\/strong>\u201d
Writers: Dave Brainard\/Jenny Tolman\/Matt Willis; Producer: Dave Brainard; Label: Old Sol Records<\/em>
\u2013 Tolman gallops a sprightly country rocker around the track at a lickety-split pace. The lyric warns a guy that his gal \u201cain\u2019t nothin\u2019 but a show pony you been trotting around<\/em>\u201d and not the thoroughbred he thinks she is.<\/p>\n

DON WILLIAMS<\/strong> \/ \u201cHow Can I Miss What I Never Had<\/strong>\u201d
Writer: Bob McDill; Producers: Garth Fundis, Tim Williams; Label: Craft Recordings<\/em>
\u2013 Previously unheard performances by Country Music Hall of Famer Don Williams will be issued next month on a collection titled Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes<\/em><\/a>. This one is a sad, resigned ballad about a dead relationship that\u2019s infused with his trademark vocal warmth. Tunesmith McDill was also behind such Don Williams classics as \u201cAmanda,\u201d \u201cIt Must Be Love,\u201d \u201cLove Me Tonight\u201d and, unforgettably, \u201cGood Ole Boys Like Me.\u201d<\/p>\n

HUDSON WESTBROOK<\/strong> \/ \u201cBackwards<\/strong>\u201d
Writers: Hudson Westbrook\/Lukas Klingensmith\/Nicolette Hayford\/Reid Haughton; Producers: Lukas Scott, Ryan Youman; Label: River House Artists\/Warner Records Nashville<\/em>
\u2013 Her leaving turned his world upside down. ACM New Male Vocalist nominee Westbrook delivers the midtempo meditation in a plaintive, expressive, softly aching fashion that\u2019s mighty affecting.<\/p>\n

RUSSELL DICKERSON & FETTY WAP<\/strong> \/ \u201cBoots<\/strong>\u201d
Writers: Dylan Marlowe\/Matt Dragstrem\/Russell Dickerson; Producer: none listed; Label: Triple Tigers<\/em>
\u2013 Top showman Dickerson lights up Ascend Amphitheater<\/a> tomorrow (May 8). Don\u2019t have tickets? Party-on anyhow by listening to his latest, a country-trap mash-up with million-seller Fetty Wap. The bopping singer sees a gal on the dance floor wearing boots and a sundress and is smitten. Beats abound.<\/p>\n

49 WINCHESTER<\/strong> \/ \u201cSlowly<\/strong>\u201d
Writers: Chris Tompkins\/Isaac Gibson\/Jessie Jo Dillon; Producer: Dave Cobb; Label: New West Records\/Lucille Records\/MCA<\/em>
\u2013 I caught these guys on a recent Opry TV broadcast and was stunned by what a tight band they are. From organ sighs to steel-guitar pinpricks, from note-perfect harmony vocals to acoustic ripples and taut drumming, 49 Winchester has it all goin\u2019 on. The band\u2019s latest single is a strummy country toe tapper about moving forward despite feeling like crap. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n

KACEY MUSGRAVES<\/strong> \/ \u201cMiddle of Nowhere<\/strong>\u201d
Writers: Daniel Tashian\/Ian Fitchuk\/Kacey Musgraves; Producers: Daniel Tashian, Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves; Label: Lost Highway<\/em>
\u2013 Shifting time signatures, moaning steel and a male duet harmony vocal characterize the title tune of Musgraves\u2019 new album<\/a>. Like the rest of the collection, the wafting sound leans back toward her Texas country roots.<\/p>\n

ERNEST<\/strong> \/ \u201cWhat\u2019s a Little Rain<\/strong>\u201d
Writers: David Garcia\/Ernest Keith Smith\/Rodney Clawson; Producers: ERNEST, Jacob Durrett; Label: Big Loud Records<\/em>
\u2013 An airy, beach-y production paints this as a watercolor wash while the singer exudes romance and dreamy relaxation. Irresistibly pretty.<\/p>\n

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