{"id":118315,"date":"2018-09-14T09:12:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T13:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=118315"},"modified":"2018-09-14T13:59:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T17:59:11","slug":"ed-sheeran-praises-caitlyn-smiths-stunning-town-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/09\/14\/ed-sheeran-praises-caitlyn-smiths-stunning-town-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran Praises Caitlyn Smith&#8217;s Stunning &#8220;This Town Is Killing Me&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While it has not yet smashed at country radio, Caitlyn Smith&#8217;s music has received rave reviews from many critics and fans.  Those who look beyond the surface of the mainstream charts recognize her &#8220;Starfire&#8221; as one of the best albums released this year.<\/p>\n<p>Ed Sheeran recently confirmed himself as a supporter.  In a Thursday night post to his Instagram story, Sheeran wrote &#8220;wow&#8221; with regard to Smith&#8217;s stunning &#8220;This Town Is Killing Me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The emotional track, which details Smith&#8217;s sacrifices, struggles and disillusionment in pursuit of country music stardom, appears on the aforementioned &#8220;Starfire&#8221; album.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you @edsheeran,&#8221; wrote Smith upon discovering the post. &#8220;You\u2019re one of my favorites in all the land!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edsheeran?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@edsheeran<\/a> \ud83d\ude0d you\u2019re one of my favorites in all the land! \ud83d\ude43\ud83d\ude43\ud83d\ude43\ud83d\ude43 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UttO4tkaZv\">pic.twitter.com\/UttO4tkaZv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CAITLYN SMITH (@caitlynsmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caitlynsmith\/status\/1040448914606964736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;Wow,&#8221; wrote Sheeran in his Instagram story.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047],"tags":[7676,314],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ed Sheeran Praises Caitlyn Smith&#039;s Stunning &quot;This Town Is Killing Me&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While it has not yet smashed at country radio, Caitlyn Smith&#039;s music has received rave reviews from many critics and fans. 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