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Eagles, “Busy Being Fabulous”

January 21, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 5

One of the great success stories of 2007 was the massively popular Eagles album Long Road Out of Eden.    In the seventeen years since their previous studio album, country music essentially adopted their California rock

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Bellamy Brothers, “Drug Problem”

January 21, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 0

An unassuming morality yarn.     The Bellamys’ trademark low-key delivery make this laundry list of good drug problems easily palatable.   See, he was drug to church on Sunday morning, drug to family reunions, drug to the

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Big Machine Swiftboats Trisha Yearwood

January 12, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 13

I’m not pleased. Big Machine Records, home of new sensation Taylor Swift, has apparently decided to market Trisha Yearwood in a similar manner. That’s right, Trisha Yearwood. The most gifted vocalist of her generation has

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Josh Turner, "Another Try"

January 6, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 14

Written by Jeremy Spillman & Chris Stapleton One of the most endearing elements of Josh Turner’s style is that he takes it slow. “Another Try” has a wonderful lyric, and Turner savors it, stretching out

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