US American country musician Miranda Lambert will release a new album in June. It will include a duet with Carrie Underwood, the singer described by music critics as ‘Country Music’s reigning Queen’.<br /><br />Thirty-year-old Lambert put out the feelers and is thrilled that Underwood has accepted her invitation to sing with her.<br /><br />“Singing with Carrie Underwood is very, very intimidating. I mean, I’ll be honest. She is an amazing vocalist. I am a big fan of hers. To me this is a big deal and I hope that other people think it’s a big deal. But it’s a big deal to me.<br /><br />“Two girls from Texas and Oklahoma are living their dreams right now. We’re really rocking in country music and we’re coming together as a force. To me, if you’re sitting on the front row, you might want to scoot back. It’s a force. You know what I mean? It just feels exciting to me and I am ready to rock you. And singing with Carrie really pushes me,” she said.<br /><br />‘Mama’s Broken Heart’ is one of the tracks in what is Miranda Lambert’s fifth album. Its called ‘Platinum’ and is due out in June. <br /><br />Newcomer Dan Croll at home with his grandma<br /><br />The song ‘From Nowhere’ was first published in September 2012 by Dan Croll.<br /><br />The 23-year-old is a graduate of Sir Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts and has been hailed by the critics as one of the country’s most promising newcomers.<br /><br />‘Home’ is the latest of his songs and the video to accompany it features the singer at home with his grandmother in Liverpool. <br /><br />He explained the influence for the tracks: “ ‘From Nowhere’ was very kind of indie, guitar led; ‘Home’ is folky; ‘Compliment your Soul’ has kind of African influences and stuff. I think that just carries on through the album really. There are songs that are quite R ‘n B, hip-hop inspired, ones that go even more classical with string arrangements and brass arrangements, and so I think it just kind of keeps going and keeps exploring other genres and influences that I’ve had growing up and in the past few years.” <br /><br />‘Sweet Disarray’ is the debut album from Dan Croll and it is out now. The indie rock newcomer is currently on his first headline UK tour.
