Tim McGraw
and
Kellie
Pickler head the list of country artists releasing new albums on Tuesday (Jan. 24). McGraw's long-awaited
Emotional
Traffic, his final album for Curb Records, features his current single, "Better Than I Used to Be," and the No. 1 hit,
"Felt Good on My Lips." Pickler moves toward a stronger
traditional country sound on her third album,
100 Proof (19 Recordings/BNA). Several noted singer-songwriters have
new releases, too, including Martin Sexton's
Fall Like Rain EP (Kitchen Table), Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn's
Clear
Heart Full Eyes (Vagrant), Madi Diaz's
Plastic Moon (Small Horse) and Lauren Gibson's
Le Grande (Barsuk).
...
Janie Fricke, who scored nine No. 1 country singles in the '80s, has
re-recorded several of her hits in new arrangements for
Country Side of Bluegrass (New Music Deals). And while
Glen
Campbell continues his farewell tour, his
Live in Japan, a 1975 concert that was recorded and released only in
Japan, has finally been released in the U.S.
