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If We Ran the CMA Awards… (2020 Edition)

August 9, 2020 Jonathan Keefe 11

Five of the CU crew attempt to find the diamonds in a very rough second ballot of CMA nominees.

Sunday Selections: January 29, 2017

January 29, 2017 Jonathan Keefe 3

Could it be we’re finally hearing what we’ve been hoping for?

Single Review: Michael Ray, “Think a Little Less”

November 9, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 18

Imagine a second rate Jason Aldean record, then think of something a little less, and you’ll be left with this one.

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It’s a super-sized Sunday Selections for this week!

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It’s rare that something comes along that manages to be both so inept in its execution and so appalling in its context and implications that it’s hard to know where even to begin to dissect its failings.

Single Review: Michael Ray, “Real Men Love Jesus”

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Its title is lifted from a bumper sticker, and the song itself offers just as much depth.

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Single Review: Michael Ray, “Kiss You in the Morning”

March 18, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 9

“Kiss You in the Morning” Michael Ray Written by Larry Michael White and Justin Tyler Wilson Launching a new artist with this generic a single does a tremendous disservice to their budding career. “Kiss You

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