Monthly Archives: August 2010 »
Ashley Gearing – “What You Think About Us”
At this point, Ashley Gearing epitomizes the phrase "a product of Nashville." been reared under the watchful eyes of one of the industry's most nefarious labels, and it shows
Read More »James Otto – “Soldiers and Jesus”
When you write about country music for a living, giving a song called “Soldiers and Jesus” an unfavorable review is a special type of masochism
Read More »Album Review: Joey + Rory – Album Number Two
Joey’s sweet, understated voice is as smooth and genuine as ever as she sings about faith, family and fans---the three elements that make up the bulk of the album’s material
Read More »Margarete Durante – “Mississippi’s Cryin’”
Durante smartly avoids trying to do too much with a chorus that tempts singers to go full-throttle, choosing instead to settle in and let her voice compliment the song
Read More »Jaron & The Long Road To Love – “That’s Beautiful To Me”
If there’s one thing his new single proves, it’s that despite his commercial reinvention as a country artist, Jaron Lowenstein is still a pop singer---if not because of marketing then because of musical soul
Read More »Album Review: Little Big Town – The Reason Why
The Reason Why may be Little Big Town’s most focused, most consistent album to date, but the group has yet to determine how make the best use of its abundance of talent. That’s evidenced
Read More »Gary Allan – “Kiss Me When I’m Down”
Allan’s singing on “Kiss me When I’m Down” is emotionally charged, and brilliantly draws out the song’s embedded masochism. He’s addicted to this woman like a junkie’s stuck on dope
Read More »Jason Aldean – “My Kinda Party”
Aldean tackles Gilbert’s obtuse, throwaway lyrics with an abrasive, aggressive vocal that pushes every bit as hard as the full-fledged rock guitar licks that dominate the track
Read More »Brad Paisley – “Anything Like Me”
In the end, we’re left with something that looks more like a high-quality reprint than an original work of art
Read More »Album Review: Trace Adkins – Cowboy’s Back In Town
Some of these songs are a stretch even by Adkins’ standards, like "Hold My Beer," a simply ridiculous trailer-trash wedding anthem in which the groom asks the preacher to hold his can of beer
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