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Daily Top Five: Not Better With Time

June 10, 2015 Leeann Ward 14

Just as songs can grow on us over time, songs can lose their shine just as easily. These are the songs that I once enjoyed and even loved in some cases, but have lost their

Single Review: Jake Owen, “Real Life”

June 9, 2015 Leeann Ward 5

“Real Life” Jake Owen Written by Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally, and Josh Osborne Everclear is one of the few pop bands that I liked in the late 90s/early 2000s. While a lot of

Daily Top Five: Better With Time

June 9, 2015 Leeann Ward 9

As we grow older, our tastes change and some would even say that they mature. Such is the case with me, as you’ll see in the list below. There was a time when I did

Daily Top Five: From a Forgotten Favorite

June 8, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 18

Every once in a while, I’ll rediscover an artist that I’ve liked enough to listen to extensively, but somehow worked their way out of my rotation. Hearing them again, I’ll wonder why I ever stopped

Single Review: Miranda Lambert, “Roots and Wings”

June 8, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 6

“Roots and Wings” Miranda Lambert Written by Miranda Lambert That’s right. Miranda’s so much on her game right now that a song written for a truck commercial outclasses most of the competition. This isn’t entirely

Daily Top Five: Vince Gill Albums, Songs, and Harmony Tracks

June 6, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 11

Following up on today’s Say What?, we’re going full Gill for today’s Daily Top Five. What are your favorite Vince Gill albums, songs, and harmony tracks? Here are my lists: Albums These Days High Lonesome

Say What? – Vince Gill

June 6, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 2

In a long, fascinating interview with the Houston Press, Vince Gill was asked about the recent controversy involving female artists and country radio. Here’s what he had to say: “That’s one of the greatest tragedies

Daily Top Five: Kentucky Country

June 5, 2015 Ben Foster 11

This week in 1792, Kentucky became the fifteenth state to join the union. It’s also the state that two Country Universe writers – Jonathan Keefe and myself – call home. Kentucky is well known as the

Daily Top Five: Promise Unfulfilled

June 3, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 31

Inspired by today’s Randy Houser single review, what are your top five early singles that made you think an artist was going to be way better than they ended up being? Here’s my list: Big

Single Review: Randy Houser, “We Went”

June 3, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 5

“We Went” Randy Houser Written by John King, Matt Rogers, and Justin Wilson Randy Houser released one of my favorite debut singles back in 2008. I wrote back then that he sounded like a young