Leeann Ward

Single Review: Pat Green, “While I Was Away”

July 19, 2015 Leeann Ward 3

“While I Was Away” Pat Green Written by Zane Williams Pat Green forgoes the big productions of his big label days and blessedly revisits a more organic sound on “While I Was Away.”

Daily Top Five: Single Fathers

July 19, 2015 Leeann Ward 3

What are some of your favorite songs about single fathers? The songs that I’m listing for this post are specifically about situations where mothers are no longer in the picture, but don’t feel that you

Daily Top Five: Favorite YouTube Finds

July 18, 2015 Leeann Ward 15

What are some of your favorite music Youtube finds? Here are five of mine. 1. Vince Gill & Patty Loveless, “Go Rest High on that Mountain” This is from George Jones’ memorial service from a

Daily Top Five: Sophomore Successes

July 9, 2015 Leeann Ward 10

We’ve all heard of the Sophomore Slump. It’s the phenomenon where an artist’s second album isn’t as good as their first album. This presumably happens because they’ve had more time to choose or write songs

Daily Top Five: Songs with Social Commentary

July 8, 2015 Leeann Ward 17

The last few weeks have been full of discussions, debates and even steps and leaps toward major social changes. Songs that most easily hit my sweet spot are songs with thoughtful social commentary. Happily, even

Daily Top Five: Murder Monday

June 22, 2015 Leeann Ward 29

Not only is the alliteration kind of fun, Murder Monday seems appropriate, because who doesn’t want to murder Monday? What are some of your favorite murder songs? The murder came as a delicious surprise in

Daily Top Five: Not Better With Time

June 10, 2015 Leeann Ward 14

Just as songs can grow on us over time, songs can lose their shine just as easily. These are the songs that I once enjoyed and even loved in some cases, but have lost their

Single Review: Jake Owen, “Real Life”

June 9, 2015 Leeann Ward 5

“Real Life” Jake Owen Written by Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally, and Josh Osborne Everclear is one of the few pop bands that I liked in the late 90s/early 2000s. While a lot of

Daily Top Five: Better With Time

June 9, 2015 Leeann Ward 9

As we grow older, our tastes change and some would even say that they mature. Such is the case with me, as you’ll see in the list below. There was a time when I did

Album Review: Kristian Bush, Southern Gravity

May 23, 2015 Leeann Ward 3

Kristian Bush Southern Gravity Although there is already a long list of great albums that have been released this year, Southern Gravity, Kristian Bush’s first solo album apart from Sugarland, just may end up being