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Album Review: Reba McEntire, Love Somebody

April 27, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 8

Reba McEntire Love Somebody This is the strongest album Reba McEntire has released in more than twenty years. Listening to Love Somebody is hearing a legend of the genre rediscover her own voice. She’s always

Daily Top Five: Favorite Debut Albums

April 26, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 32

As we’re prepping our 1993 lists, there have been many debut albums in consideration. That year brought the first studio sets from big stars like Tracy Byrd, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Shania Twain, and Clay

Daily Top Five: Favorites from your Least Favorites

April 25, 2015 Leeann Ward 56

If we’re honest with ourselves, we don’t like every single music choice that even our very favorite artists make, which is what inspired us to share our least favorite albums from our favorite artists. In

Daily Five: Least Favorites from Your Favorites

April 23, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 46

We’ve been way too upbeat lately with our Daily Fives! Today, we’re asking a different question about your favorite artists. What are the five albums from artists you usually love that really disappointed you? The

Single Review: Big & Rich, “Run Away With You”

April 23, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 3

“Run Away With You” Big & Rich Written by Michael Ray and John Rich One thing’s for sure about Big & Rich: They’re pros at what they do. They’ve correctly assessed the general sound and

Single Review: Canaan Smith, “Love You Like That”

April 23, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 4

“Love You Like That” Canaan Smith Written by Brett Beavers, Jim Beavers, and Canaan Smith Do you want to write a love song or do you want to write a lust song?

Daily Top Five: Strengthen Country Radio

April 22, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 19

Actively writing single reviews again has me also looking at the radio charts again. What a bleak landscape of interchangeable singers and songs! I can’t remember things ever being this generic and bland. We flirted

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

Daily Top Five: Favorite Songs by Your Favorite Songwriter

April 21, 2015 Leeann Ward 19

There’s a cool Guy Clark documentary Kickstarter campaign happening right now that I encourage country music lovers to check out and, perhaps, make a pledge toward. Long time publicist, biographer and Guy Clark champion, Tamara

Daily Top Five: Randy Travis

April 20, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 15

Y’all know why. Here are my picks: Albums Storms of Life Always & Forever This is Me High Lonesome You and You Alone Tracks Three Wooden Crosses Promises Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart On