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Toby Keith, 35 Biggest Hits

May 21, 2008 Leeann Ward 11

Toby Keith 35 Biggest Hits As the title suggests, Keith’s third greatest hits package collects 35 of his biggest hits. It is a two disc set that spans his career starting with his very first

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The Best Country Albums of 2007

December 24, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 8

  #15 Let it Go Tim McGraw Tim McGraw’s previous album, Live Like You Were Dying, topped my first year-end album list back in 2004. Let it Go strays from the musical formula that Dying

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Josh Turner, Everything is Fine

December 9, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 7

Josh Turner Everything is Fine Josh Turner’s talent may not be very broad, but it sure as hell runs deep.    From the start, the man has been the master of the traditional country music

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Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride

November 4, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 16

Carrie Underwood Carnival Ride Carrie Underwood’s been spending a lot of her time lately rebutting her detractors, or as she calls them, “the haters.”  Let me go on the record and say, I’m not a

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Gary Allan, Living Hard

October 26, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 3

Gary Allan Living Hard Country music is long on love song singers but short on philosophers. Too many albums released feature interchangeable romances and ruminations, tales of love gone wrong, love gone right and everything

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Suzy Bogguss, Sweet Danger

October 8, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 0

Suzy Bogguss Sweet Danger Four years after exploring Western swing on the appropriately titled Swing, Suzy Bogguss delves into contemporary jazz on her latest independent release, Sweet Danger, and once again, the title fits. While

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Faith Hill, The Hits

October 7, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 4

Faith Hill The Hits As I’ve made the case before, a good compilation must have a strong focus and concept about what it is trying to accomplish. Is it trying to be a definitive collection

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