In the late eighties, Californian Tim McGraw moved to Nashville to conquer a place in the country scene. After a while in the club circuit he succeeded in this beginning in 1994 with the song Not A Moment To Soon. He is now America's greatest country singer with a multitude of platinum albums on the wall of the spacious hut he shares with the blond country chick Faith Hill. With his ninth album Let
… It Go, he effortlessly consolidates the modern Nashville sound that he co-designed: southern rock, full of macho cowboy romance, solid and indestructible like his inseparable Stetson hat. Yet McGraw also has a fragile side, which he shows in elaborate country ballads, with leading parts for his warm voice and a howling steel guitar. Let It Go offers country that moves effortlessly towards the pop charts. In this he is traditionally assisted by Dancehall Doctors, known as the best modern country accompaniment band. McGraw may not be an adventurous cowboy, but he knows his trade on this next, undisputed piece of platinum. (MR)more
