Meghan Trainor, “Timeless.” Timeless is a fitting album title for pop hitmaker Meghan Trainor. While the album is firmly rooted in pop, the nods to doo-wop and classic vocal standards permeates almost all the material. Trainor has always fused these worlds musically to some degree, but the synthesis feels…

Meghan Trainor, “Takin’ It Back.” It’s been a couple of busy years for Meghan Trainor. She hosted a reality TV cooking show, launched a podcast and had her first child since 2020. On her fifth album, Takin’ It Back, Trainor largely sticks to what she knows. Through this 15-track offering, she…

Meghan Trainor, “Treat Myself.” Best known for her 2014 anthem to ampleness, “All About That Bass,” which currently has over 2 billion views on YouTube, Massachusetts singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor added futuristic synthesizers along with a roster of big name collaborators to her latest album, Treat Myself. Treat Myself Meghan Trainor Epic…

Caitlyn Smith photographed at BottleRock Napa Valley on May 25, 2018. Photos: Martin Lacey. For every star Music City churns out, there are 100 other artists struggling to break through. Even many of the success stories have rough beginnings, like Chris Stapleton, Margo Price or Maren Morris, all of…