Single Reviews

John Mellencamp, “The Americans” Proof positive that songs with meaningless liberal platitudes are just as boring and uninspiring as songs with conservative ones. This stinks. Grade: C- Listen: The Americans Buy: The Americans

Miranda Lambert, “Famous in a Small Town” This is interesting. Lambert has crafted a song around how life in a small-town basically results in everybody being famous, since everyone knows what everyone else is doing.

Pam Tillis, “Band In The Window” There are a lot of songs about Nashville, but they always seem to focus on the music industry, whether celebrating it (“16th Avenue”) or demonizing it (“Murder On Music

Vince Gill, “What You Give Away” This is why I love country music.  This is why I wade through all the songs about redneck pride and checking for ticks.    I keep coming back for

Rodney Carrington, “Show Them to Me” This could’ve been an absolute train wreck, since it’s just a comedian running down euphemisms for breasts as he implores the woman to “show them to me.”   However,  it’s

Jamie O’Neal, “God Don’t Make Mistakes” The song is decent enough. Nothing spectacular, especially when compared to Loretta Lynn’s “God Makes No Mistakes”, which was a far more interesting song. My real issue with this

Terri Clark, “Dirty Girl” Gotta say, as soon as I heard the opening guitar, I knew it was a Terri Clark record. There aren’t that many artists I can say that about. That said, I

Trent Tomlinson, “Just Might Have Her Radio On” The opening fiddle grabbed my attention immediately, and I was hooked all the way through. The conceit isn’t new – the last Sugarland album had a similar