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 Miranda Lambert was born and reared in Lindale, Texas. She began singing in various talent contests, and by the age of sixteen she was making appearances on “Johnnie High’s Country Music Review” in Arlington, Texas. At age 17, Miranda formed a band named “Texas Pride” and landed her first professional singing engagement at the “Gypsy Tea Room” in the Deep Ellum district of Dallas. She also fronted the house band at the legendary “Reo Palm Isle Ballroom” in Longview while still in high school, and placed two songs on the local Texas charts from an independent, self-titled CD. However, it was when she was just 19 years old that the veritable doors to stardom swung wide open for Miranda Lambert. In 2003, out of 8,000 initial contestants, she placed third in the finals on the “Nashville Star” talent contest. That led to a record deal with Sony, and her national debut album titled “Kerosene” was hot enough to go platinum. Her second album, titled “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” yielded her first top ten hit, “Gunpowder and Lead.” Miranda has often voiced a desire to be different, and many are saying that drive is clearly reflected in her new album scheduled for release on September 29th, Revolution. Her second single from that album is titled, “White Liar,” and it wouldn’t need “ML” stamped on it for people to recognize it as a Miranda Lambert song. With strong country-bluegrass underpinnings, it is well produced. The vocal harmonies are excellent, and her voice has that same credible edge to it we heard in “Kerosene,” and “Gunpowder and Lead,” albeit with a little more subtlety. Confronting her lover with the multitude of “white” lies that she says slip off of his tongue “like turpentine,” she lets him in on a little secret…she’s been telling a few white lies of her own. If “White Liar” is any indication of the quality of music remaining to be revealed from her new album, all the hype and anticipation are well warranted. |