Album Reviews – Page 30 – Country Universe

Allison Moorer, Mockingbird

December 4, 2008 Guest Contributor 6

Allison Moorer Mockingbird Allison Moorer’s latest album is an exercise in splendid restraint. Excepting the title track, a Moorer original, Mockingbird is a collection of songs written and performed by the women who serve as her musical idols. Moorer shows an overt dedication to

George Strait, Troubadour

December 3, 2008 Guest Contributor 9

George Strait Troubadour A paragon of consistency, George Strait debuted in 1981, just as the Urban Cowboy fad was fading. But Strait, a true-to-life Texas buckaroo, is no fad, and judging by his newest album, Troubadour, he’s surely not fading. Strait

Rebecca Lynn Howard, No Rules

December 2, 2008 Guest Contributor 13

Rebecca Lynn Howard No Rules Patty Loveless has proclaimed her as a thrilling voice in modern-day country. Trisha Yearwood covered two of her gorgeously sad ballads on 2001’s Inside Out. And yet, Rebecca Lynn Howard

Dolly Parton, Backwoods Barbie

December 1, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 4

Dolly Parton Backwoods Barbie Parton’s return to mainstream country wasn’t as long a wait as press materials suggested. While she has championed this as her first regular country album in seventeen years, nearly all of

The Steeldrivers, The Steeldrivers

December 1, 2008 Guest Contributor 3

The SteelDrivers The SteelDrivers With their eponymous debut, The Steeldrivers have delivered a stirring symphony of haunting rhythms and clever stories that are classified as bluegrass. But the five-piece band, a collection of veteran musicians based

Billy Ray Cyrus, Love Songs; Trisha Yearwood, Love Songs

November 28, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 1

Billy Ray Cyrus Love Songs Trisha Yearwood Love Songs If labels were as creative and resourceful in marketing the music of their artists before they left the roster as they are once they’re gone, maybe

Neal McCoy, The Very Best of Neal McCoy

November 28, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 7

Neal McCoy The Very Best of Neal McCoy Country music’s modern golden age was the nineties. The artistry was compelling, while the sales numbers were staggering. There was so much great music from so many

SHeDaisy, The Best of SHeDaisy

November 28, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 14

SHeDaisy The Best of SHeDaisy Few acts in modern country music have been as unfairly maligned as SHeDaisy. This trio of sisters are are often villified for their pop-drenched country, but what’s overlooked is just

Terri Clark, The Definitive Collection

November 28, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 4

Terri Clark The Definitive Collection Universal Music Group continues to lay claim to the strongest single-disc reissue series in country music, as Terri Clark’s The Definitive Collection plays to all of the strengths of this

Jewel, Perfectly Clear

November 26, 2008 Guest Contributor 1

Jewel Perfectly Clear It seemed to be a suave career move. An Alaskan-born woman of the wilderness, wedded to a rodeo cowboy, embraces her down-home roots and heads for Nashville to join the ranks of

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