Article posted: 2/6/2013 6:00 AM

McGraw enters new phase in his music

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Tim McGraw's latest album, "Two Lanes of Freedom," is his first with new label Big Machine Records.

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Tim McGraw is free. The country star has moved on from a troubling label, quit drinking and grown up a bit, and all that has given McGraw a new energy he says you can hear on his latest album, "Two Lanes of Freedom." "I think this record is definitely sort of a flag in the ground for me," McGraw said.