Byrne, Baby, Byrne

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No one said you can’t write a good country song living in the urban Northeast, but it may be true that you’ll find more fodder on Southern terrain. Singer-songwriter Shawn Byrne make the pilgrimage from Boston to Nashville in pursuit of a career as a country artist, writing songs for the bright stars of Nashvegas and earning a SESAC award along the way. His music is canny, upbeat and polished to perfection. Tough As This Town celebrates the quiet nobility of small town life with big hooks and a vivid, visceral chorus you’ll want to sing along to. Simpleton is another romp and roll. Harmonicas wheeze and basses thump like a jug band that’s just getting warmed up. We happen to like the moodier stuff, from the driving, full-tilt gallop of That Train Keeps Me Up All Night to the dusty blues shuffle of Ol’ Cook Pot. Byrne’s a great songwriter ¦ it’s only a matter of time before his rep spreads beyond Nashville city limits.