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A vibrant guitar comes bursting to life with the charm of a late summer breeze as Greg Moses lays into the stunning new single “Good Ol Country Raisin,” an impeccable that the country crooner has released in 2023 alongside a new music video. Having established his sound ahead of this cut, Moses comes into “Good Ol Country Raisin” with a tried and true blueprint for transforming sweet country music into larger-than-life stadium fodder fit for a generation of Nashville fans who have been hungry for someone of his caliber to come around for a while now.
Driven by a smashing six-string backbone that harmonizes with an adjacent lead vocal from our leading man, this track is structured around a colorful melody that just keeps growing until the stereo can hardly handle its girth any longer, and if old school, American harmonies are what’s topping your cravings this year, you can’t go wrong with this country anthem from a singer/songwriter on the cusp of breaking into the mainstream.
Moses is very meticulous with his delivery of the lyrics here, but this isn’t to suggest my detection of any hesitance on his part – quite the contrary. His execution is spot-on from start to finish, and while his swagger is curbed by a humble lyrical narrative to which he offers a lot of organic emotionality, there’s scarcely a moment in this song where it isn’t obvious just how talented the man behind the microphone truly is.
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Through his commanding performance at the forefront of the mix, everything on the backend is essentially tied together in a neat, radio-friendly package that doesn’t prioritize virtuosic vocal showmanship over instrumental catharsis for a second; even though it would have been remarkably easy to do so. It’s a rather conservative means of making a homerun harmony from Greg Moses the most engaging component of a multilayered single, but to be frank, I would expect this kind of a move from him at this stage of his career. After all, he’s got nothing to prove in “Good Ol Country Raisin;” if anything, he’s establishing himself as a consistent player in this track, and reaffirming a genuine commitment to his craft as he prepares for 2024.
“Good Ol Country Raisin” does everything that a good country jam should in that it provides us with a relatable story told through both instrumental and vocal poeticisms, it gets us grooving to a beat right out of the gate, and perhaps most important of all, it reminds us of a vintage tonality we’ve come to know and love without wholly borrowing from country music’s stylistic forerunners. While Greg Moses still has some room for growth as a songwriter and a performer, there’s no disputing that he’s got the moxie, the muscle, and the melodies to do some great things with this sound, and of everything that I took away from “Good Ol Country Raisin,” this was probably the most significant article. Moses has quite a future ahead of him, and I highly doubt that I’m the only critic saying so this fall.
Adam Vickers
