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Single Review: Pam Tillis & Lorrie Morgan, “I Know What You Did Last Night”

June 11, 2013 Kevin John Coyne 10

Great singers. Great title. Great song.

Would you expect anything less from a collaboration between Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan, especially one that has them officially being billed as Grits & Glamour?

100 Greatest Men: #27. Bill Anderson

June 9, 2013 Kevin John Coyne 2

100 Greatest Men: The Complete List

An impressive run of hit singles and his visible Opry stardom gave him tremendous success as a singer, but it’s been Bill Anderson’s songwriting that’s kept him topping the country charts for decades longer than even his most successful contemporaries.

100 Greatest Men: #28. Hank Williams, Jr.

June 9, 2013 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Men: The Complete List

The ultimate icon of Southern country rock, Hank Williams Jr. emerged from the long, influential shadow of his father to become one of the genre’s most distinctive personalities.

Single Review: Keith Urban, “Little Bit of Everything”

May 31, 2013 Ben Foster 9

Keith Urban launches his upcoming new album Fuse with a little ditty called “Little Bit of Everything,” written by The Warren Brothers with pop singer-songwriter Kevin Rudolf.

Single Review: Kellie Pickler, “Someone Somewhere Tonight”

May 28, 2013 Ben Foster 8

A new chapter begins in Kellie Pickler’s career as she prepares to release her first music on her new record label Black River Entertainment. She kicks things off with a true beauty of a song with the Dave Raines – Walt Wilkins ballad “Someone Somewhere Tonight.”

Single Review: Jana Kramer, “I Hope it Rains”

May 26, 2013 Kevin John Coyne 6

The coolest thing “I Hope it Rains” has going for it is a piano melody that is mildly reminiscent of Bonnie Tyler’s cover of “Have You Ever Seen the Rain.”

Single Review: Justin Moore, "Point at You"

May 16, 2013 Ben Foster 3

A song about a narrator whose woman completes him is a worthwhile concept, so long as one avoids pouring on the syrup. But in this case, the execution falls very flat.

Single Review: Hunter Hayes, "I Want Crazy"

May 11, 2013 Kevin John Coyne 7

Hunter Hayes just scored a decently big pop hit with “Wanted”, which was initially his first big country hit. Perhaps that’s why he’s taking a cue from the pop market, and re-releasing his first album in an expanded edition called (Encore) this summer.

Single Review: Chris Young, "Aw Naw"

May 11, 2013 Kevin John Coyne 8

It’s hard not to root for Chris Young. He can really sing and his music would sound identifiably country if it was released twenty years ago, making it sound like Hank Williams in comparison to what’s passing for it these days.

Win a Copy of Randy Rogers Band’s Trouble

May 1, 2013 Ben Foster 15

UPDATE: Contest closed. Congratulations to winner Brandy!