Kevin John Coyne

Daily Top Five: Toby Keith Songs

April 13, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 17

Today, we reviewed the latest single from Toby Keith, who has been on the mainstream country scene since 1993. That’s long enough for any fan of country music to have at least five songs they

Single Review: Toby Keith, “35 MPH Town”

April 13, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 9

“35 MPH Town” Toby Keith Written by Toby Keith and Bobby Pinson Toby Keith revisits one of his most successful ongoing themes – life in a dying small town. In this case, he lays the

Single Review: Thompson Square, “Trans Am”

April 13, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 4

“Trans Am” Thompson Square Written by Nathan Chapman, Blair Daly, Kiefer Thompson, and Shawna Thompson Dude really loves his car. Like, the way Sam Winchester loves his car. “Trans Am” has a lot of energy

Daily Top Five: First Favorites

April 11, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 29

Today, we kick off a new feature: Daily Top Five. Every day, one of our writers will post their top five picks for a given category, and invite readers to share their own lists in

Single Review: George Strait, “Let it Go”

April 10, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 6

“Let it Go” George Strait Written by Keith Gattis, Bubba Strait, and George Strait George Strait is country music’s Frank Sinatra. What he does looks effortless and spawns countless imitators, but none of them can

Single Review: Thomas Rhett, “Crash and Burn”

April 10, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 11

“Crash and Burn” Thomas Rhett Written by Jesse Frasure and Chris Stapleton Thomas Rhett’s new single has backup vocals blatantly ripped off from the Sam Cooke classic, “Chain Gang.” I repeat: Thomas Rhett’s new single

Single Review: Joe Nichols, “Hard to Be Cool”

March 29, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 29

“Hard to Be Cool” Joe Nichols Written by Rob Hatch and Jason Sellers I’m always rooting for Joe Nichols. He’s got a smooth twang, two qualities that usually don’t go together. He’s made some solid

Single Review: Terri Clark, “I Cheated on You”

March 28, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 8

“I Cheated on You” Terri Clark Written by Brent Anderson, Brandy Clark, and Forrest Whitehead “I Cheated on You” is likely to be the best country single of 2015 that barely gets heard south of

Single Review: Blake Shelton, “Sangria”

March 28, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 7

“Sangria” Blake Shelton Written by J.T. Harding, Josh Osborne, and Trevor Rosen This is Shelton’s best single an a good long while. It’s smooth and seductive, without sounding overly coy or even the least bit

Single Review: Jason Aldean, “Tonight Looks Good on You”

March 25, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 19

“Tonight Looks Good on You” Jason Aldean Written by Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, and Ashley Gorley Great artists start trends, and when everybody else is catching up to what they started, they’ve already moved on