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Single Review: Josh Dorr, “Save Your Breath”

April 22, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 5

“Save Your Breath” Josh Dorr Written by Josh Dorr and Jason Mizelle An fairly egregious example of subject-verb disagreement in the start of the chorus distract from the overly bold lyrics being sung by an

Single Review: Old Dominion, “Break Up With Him”

April 17, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 7

“Break Up With Him” Old Dominion Written by Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Whit Sellers, Geoff Sprung and Brad Tursi Any song that starts with, “Hey, girl! What’s up?” gets off to a bad start right

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

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: Sunny Sweeney with Will Hoge, “My Bed”

March 30, 2015 Jonathan Keefe 7

“My Bed” Sunny Sweeney with Will Hoge Written By Ashley Monroe, Angaleena Presley, and Sunny Sweeney Both Sunny Sweeney and Will Hoge have flirted briefly with mainstream success: Sweeney cracked the top 10 at radio

Single Review: Robert Earl Keen, “Hot Corn, Cold Corn”

March 30, 2015 Jonathan Keefe 6

“Hot Corn, Cold Corn” Robert Earl Keen Written By Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Robert Earl Keen has spent the past three decades as one of the most venerated singer-songwriters in country music, particularly within

Single Review: David Fanning, “Doin’ Country Right”

March 30, 2015 Jonathan Keefe 15

“Doin’ Country Right” David Fanning Written by Heather Morgan, Josh Osborne, and Jimmy Robbins Seems safe to bet that the irony of this single’s title is lost on everyone involved in inflicting it upon a

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

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