Country Universe

You Like What!?

January 7, 2009 Leeann Ward 37

My English Lit professor brother-in-law’s music tastes are typically very refined. To give you an idea, while he appreciates country artists like Emmylou Harris and Kasey Chambers, folky singer/songwriters such as Ani DiFranco, Jazz musicians

Review: Trace Adkins, “Marry for Money”

January 7, 2009 Kevin John Coyne 16

What can you say about a mediocre novelty song? It’s not so bad that Adkins embarrasses himself like he did with “Swing”, but it lacks the self-deprecating charm of “I Got My Game On” and

Review: John Michael Montgomery, “Forever”

January 7, 2009 Kevin John Coyne 3

Hear It Again For the First Time

January 6, 2009 Kevin John Coyne 48

Yesterday while driving, “Maybe it Was Memphis” came on the radio. Pam Tillis gets decent rotation on XM, as do all of the nineties stars. It was that song that got me into country music

Single Review: Tim McGraw, “Nothin’ to Die For”

January 5, 2009 Guest Contributor 0

Country music history is littered with stormy relationships. Hank and Audrey. George and Tammy. Tim McGraw and Curb Records. With the seventh (!) single from his 2007 album, Let It Go, Curb is milking the

Single Review: Jimmy Wayne, “I Will”

January 5, 2009 Guest Contributor 16

Miley Cyrus’ boyfriend, Justin Gaston, survived two rounds of NBC’s Nashville Star this past summer; the L.A. underwear model failed to turn his golden-boy good looks into a John Rich recording session. If Gaston’s sniffing

Single Review: Keith Anderson, “She Could’ve Been Mine”

January 5, 2009 Guest Contributor 7

A slow-tempo song rehashing an old romance, “She Could’ve Been Mine” is an exhibition of Keith Anderson’s range; his falsettos that accompany its final fade are impressive, if superfluous. But a little dollop will do

Recommend A Track

January 4, 2009 Leeann Ward 23

Being someone who really doesn’t appreciate instrumental albums as much as I probably should, Brad Paisley’s latest instrumental project really hasn’t left a deep impression on me. I don’t hate it, but I don’t especially like

iPod Check: They Call it Country

January 3, 2009 Kevin John Coyne 32

We’re making iPod Check a weekly discussion feature this year, with a bit of a different spin each week. This week, check out the “Country” genre on your music list and post the first ten

Who Should We Discover in 2009?

January 2, 2009 Kevin John Coyne 25

Recommend an artist for us to discover in the early weeks of 2009, when releases are weak and resolutions are strong. I recommend Kim Richey: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPvOyCr5wYo