Sunny Sweeney, “If I Could” I don’t know who she is, but I want the whole album. I haven’t heard anything quite like this before, traditional country thrown in a blender with Alvin & The
Darryl Worley, “Living in the Here and Now” I’m a big fan of Worley, though I tend to prefer his ballads. I absolu tely loved his last single, “I Just Came Back From A War”,
Carolyn Dawn Johnson, “Got a Good Day” Is it too much to ask for a frickin’ melody these days? Carolyn Dawn Johnson has a decent voice, but you’d never know it as she whispers and
Lance Miller, “She Really Loves Me” First off, I love his voice. He’s got a John Conlee style with a twist of Haggard thrown in for good measure. Second, it’s a darn good song. Clever
Lee Brice, “She Ain’t Right” “God shook His head the day he built her”, he sings, and it’s all downhill from there. Brad Paisley has some competition in the backhanded love song category. Come to
Big & Rich, “Lost In This Moment” This doesn’t sound like Big & Rich at all, as we’ve come to know them. John Rich is singing out front, there’s nothing off-beat going on. Just a
Kenny Rogers with Don Henley, “Calling Me” This Grammy-nominated collaboration sounds like the very best Adult Top 40 of the mid-eighties, the type of song that Bruce Hornsby, Steve Winwood or Henley himself would’ve dominated
Little Big Town, “A Little More You” Their last pair of singles have been weighed down by a muddy production, but “A Little More You” sounds much cleaner, and the harmonies are given a chance
Pat Green, “Dixie Lullaby” Memories of childhood are specific to each individual person, yet somehow the more specific they’re described in song, the more universal they feel when listening to them. Green’s romanticizing of his
Little Texas, “Missing Years” Starts off promising, until the chorus hits and it becomes a painfully obvious retread of Tim McGraw’s “Everywhere.” Young guy leaves small town, then we get a geographical tour of where