April 2015 – Page 3 – Country Universe

Daily Top Five: Albums You’re Most Looking Forward to Purchasing

April 15, 2015 Leeann Ward 26

I’ve listened to this phenomenal Chris Stapleton performance from last night’s Late Night with David Letterman at least 8 times so far today. As I watched it last night, I was extremely proud to be

Daily Top Five: Most Recent Purchases

April 14, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 29

Today’s a fairly big release day for long time country music fans, as two legends release sets today: Reba McEntire, who returns after five years with Love Somebody, and Dwight Yoakam, who is back with

Daily Top Five: Toby Keith Songs

April 13, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 17

Today, we reviewed the latest single from Toby Keith, who has been on the mainstream country scene since 1993. That’s long enough for any fan of country music to have at least five songs they

Single Review: Toby Keith, “35 MPH Town”

April 13, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 9

“35 MPH Town” Toby Keith Written by Toby Keith and Bobby Pinson Toby Keith revisits one of his most successful ongoing themes – life in a dying small town. In this case, he lays the

Single Review: Thompson Square, “Trans Am”

April 13, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 4

“Trans Am” Thompson Square Written by Nathan Chapman, Blair Daly, Kiefer Thompson, and Shawna Thompson Dude really loves his car. Like, the way Sam Winchester loves his car. “Trans Am” has a lot of energy

Daily Top Five: First Favorite Songs by Your Favorite Artist

April 12, 2015 Leeann Ward 35

Today, let’s list our first favorite songs by our favorite artist. Vince Gill is my favorite artist and the first song that I had heard of his is “Trying to Get Over You”, which started

Daily Top Five: First Favorites

April 11, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 29

Today, we kick off a new feature: Daily Top Five. Every day, one of our writers will post their top five picks for a given category, and invite readers to share their own lists in

Single Review: George Strait, “Let it Go”

April 10, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 6

“Let it Go” George Strait Written by Keith Gattis, Bubba Strait, and George Strait George Strait is country music’s Frank Sinatra. What he does looks effortless and spawns countless imitators, but none of them can

Single Review: Thomas Rhett, “Crash and Burn”

April 10, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 11

“Crash and Burn” Thomas Rhett Written by Jesse Frasure and Chris Stapleton Thomas Rhett’s new single has backup vocals blatantly ripped off from the Sam Cooke classic, “Chain Gang.” I repeat: Thomas Rhett’s new single