Mo Pitney Ain't Lookin' Back (CD)

(Curb Records) 13 tracks

While recording this album, I tried to keep an open mind," said Mo Pitney about his second album, "Ain't Lookin' Back," which was produced with the help of a large number of authors including Bobby Tomberlin, Paul Overstreet, Tim Nichols, Matt Jenkins, Trevor Rosen, Matt Ramsey, Matt Alderman, Billy and Randy Montana, Jimmy Yeary, Mark Nesler, and Tom Douglas. For me," he adds, "it was important to incorporate all my earlier influences in the hope of creating something new.

The 27-year-old from Illinois has a clear head, and this is confirmed on this record, which combines the traditional country style of Ray Price, Buck Owens and Roger Miller with bluegrass, blues with soul veins and the sensitivity of songwriters like Randy Newman and James Taylor.