No Picture

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

No Picture

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

No Picture

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

No Picture

Brooks & Dunn, Cowboy Town

October 7, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 1

Brooks & Dunn Cowboy Town The time has come for Ronnie Dunn to step aside. Not from Brooks & Dunn, mind you, but as the default lead singer of the duo. For the past sixteen

No Picture

Reba McEntire, Reba Duets

October 6, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 4

  Reba McEntire Reba Duets Fans of Reba McEntire who have been following her for the past two decades or so know that two things are true. One, she’s an effortlessly outstanding vocalist, who stands

No Picture

Kim Richey, Chinese Boxes

October 6, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 4

    Kim Richey Chinese Boxes It’s been five years since Rise, Richey’s final major label studio album. That alone would make it notable, as this is the longest Richey has gone between projects. Throw

No Picture

Trisha Yearwood, Greatest Hits

September 23, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 5

  Trisha Yearwood Greatest Hits Just a little more than ten years ago, Trisha Yearwood released her first hits collection. Entitled Songbook, it was a massive hit, selling more than four million copies to date.

No Picture

Halfway to Hazard, Halfway to Hazard

August 24, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 2

Halfway to Hazard Halfway to Hazard Shrieking diva syndrome.  It’s an affliction that has corrupted many a talented female vocalist.   They mistake screaming for singing, intensity for interpretation.   They errantly believe that the louder

1 31 32 33 34 35 36