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Song review: There She Goes by The Dirt Drifters

Since I just did a post talking about why everyone should listen to The Dirt Drifters, it only seemed fitting that I do a review of their brand new single "There She Goes", which was released to radio on the 13th of this month. This is another song that I was happy to see become a single because it happens to be a favorite of mine of the CD it's on, This Is My Blood . Sticking with the format I used on my first review, I'm going to start by talking about the lyrics. Because we all know this is the most important part of any song. I find this to be a great piece of songwriting. I love the visual of the first verse  and all the storm imagery being used to describe this girl who has just left. One of my favorite lines in the song in general, after that first verse? "You ain't nothin' but a 'used to be', another memory. There she goes." I don't know what it is about that line. There's a finality about it; whatever happened, this relatio...

Artist you should be listening to: The Dirt Drifters

This is the first post of what's going to be an ongoing series. There's so many fantastic artists out there that deserve to be listened to who you may or may not be familiar with. Maybe it'll be someone you have never heard of or maybe it'll be a person or group whose name you might know, but that's about it. And sometimes I might focus on a more well known artist and talk about why I believe they deserve their fame. Whatever the case may be, this is where I'll be sharing my thoughts on why you should listen to the person or people in question. All of the people I talk about are going to be current artists and is the first of what'll end up being multiple ongoing series of post. I'm also going to be doing one highlighting various artists from the past who aren't with us any longer - a series that is currently untitled, so if anyone has any suggestions, let me know. To kick off this series, I've decided to focus on a group of guys who call the...