“We Are Never Ever Gettting Back Together” explodes of moving on big time. Big hit, great song. What else do we have here? ”22″ is the do it all and see what happens song. This will have mixed results at best. More rock than country here. “Treacherous” is more laid back, but the edge...
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The song ”Like a Rock Star”, a duet with Tim McGraw off of Kenny Chesney’s newest release Welcome to the Fishbowl, stands out as an instant big hit. The title track paints the picture of how you can be shown in a bad way quickly in the modern world. Fortunately, there is much more variety on here...
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Missing the big Christmas music blast wasn’t a bad thing for Tim McGraw. With big name releases being few and far between early in the year, his new release ‘Emotional Traffic’ really stands out. I liked the title of this right away. “Felt Good on My Lips” has an interesting alternative guitar sound. One...
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The first single off of Miranda Lambert’s new release ‘Four the Record’ has been available for awhile. “Baggage Claim” has a pretty good beat. It is about carrying the load in a relationship. “Fine Tune” is a slow, lazy Country Blues song. I like this one quite a bit. “All Kinds of Kinds” is a...
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Rich McCready’s Ride On is my pick for obscure Country release of the year. Seeing him at the County Fair in Crawford County, Kansas a few years ago was a good time. This is feel good drinking music on a weekend. Hailing from Seneca, Missouri and never really hitting the big time, McCreaady is the...
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John Hiatt is better known as a songwriter covered by Roseanne Cash, B.B. King, Eric Clapton and Three Dog Night. Jeff Healy Band’s version of Hiatt’s “Angel Eyes” is well known as well. The straight forward rocker “Damn This Town” is a pretty awesome start to John Hiatt’s latest release Dirty Jeans and Mudlside Hymns....
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You may say “Oh no, not another cover release!”, but outside of the Christmas release ”Holiday Harmony” or “California Dreaming”, previous America efforts contain mostly the band’s own self penned songs. Back Pages starts out intriguing from the start. Joining Bad Company with a song named the same as the artist, “America” is really very well...
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Eric Church wanted to do something different while the short window of opportunity to be heard was open. There are indeed a few pushing the envelope songs here. ” Creepin’” has a nice dobro sound on it and the beat is pretty nice. “Drink in My Hand” is more mainstream Country subject drinking music....
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Neil Young’s new release A Treasure features live recordings from the mid 80′s and many songs from Old Ways. Also included are songs previously rejected by Geffen records, and there are more still in the can. “Amber Jean” is a country flavored gem that was recorded on Nashville Now. All songs except the last three are...
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It may be Brad Paisley is too good on the guitar. Never shy about doing blazing hot solos, they are in abundance on his brand new album This is Country Music. He really does shine on “Eastwood” which features Clint Eastwood. Western it is, and features a jaw dropping solo in the middle of the...
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By Kenneth E. Oquist Steve Earle’s tribute to Townes Van Zant I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive hits the street. ”Waiting on the Sky” starts the release out quite infectiously and Townes Van Zant would appreciate it immensely. “Little Emperor” is very Folk sounding, with alot of fiddles and mandolin driving this song. “The...
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The single “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not” is a good song and in heavy rotation on country stations. Don’t make an assumption based on this one song. The husband/wife duo of Keifer and Shawna Thompson are considerably deeper than this song suggests. Sure, it’s the kind of song we get on the...
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The single “Down By The Water” from the Decemberists’ new album The King Is Dead has an obvious single feel to it, that and it is simply just a darn good song. The two bareboned songs “January Hymn” and “June Hymn” have a drowsy feel to them. “Don’t Carry It All” instantly reminded me of...
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