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Brooks & Dunn, “Put A Girl In It”

May 1, 2008 Leeann Ward 2

Brooks & Dunn crank up the electric guitars to offer up a song that will surely appeal to their female fan base. Apparently, a cool truck, a fancy house, lots of money, a day on

Carrie Underwood, “Praying For Time”

April 23, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 11

Last year, the first Idols Give Back special found Carrie Underwood transforming the Pretenders classic “I’ll Stand By You” into an immaculate country ballad. This year, she reinvents the George Michael smash “Praying For Time.”

Bucky Covington, “I’ll Walk”

April 19, 2008 Leeann Ward 14

This song by Bucky Covington has the potential to be his biggest hit to date. It has everything that mainstream country music programmers clamor to spin—an inoffensive production and an inspirational story. “I’ll Walk” is

Alan Jackson, “Good Time”

April 11, 2008 Leeann Ward 8

“Good Time” is the second single from Alan Jackson’s album of the same name. He significantly speeds things up with this rapid fire, up tempo song about having a good time after a long work

Steve Earle with Allison Moorer, “Days Aren’t Long Enough”

April 9, 2008 Leeann Ward 0

Steve Earle is well known for his controversially liberal political and social ideologies in the predominantly conservative country music genre. As a result, his political views too often overshadow his talent and creativity. On “Days

James Otto, “Ain’t Gonna Stop”

April 6, 2008 Leeann Ward 6

Coming off the heels of James Otto’s excellent and groovy “Just Got Started Lovin’ You”, his latest single, “Ain’t Gonna Stop” is rather different. As soon as it begins, the Big & Rich influence is

Neal McCoy, “Rednecktified”

April 6, 2008 Leeann Ward 2

The challenge of releasing a song that connects to one specific demographic is that it must possess something that is strong enough to redeem it so that people outside of the chosen demographic can embrace

Rodney Atkins, “Invisibly Shaken”

April 6, 2008 Leeann Ward 13

With four songs from his If You’re Going Through Hell album already reaching the top spot on the country music charts, Rodney Atkins has been enjoying amazing success with his second album. So, his record

Eric Church, “His Kind of Money (My Kind of Love)”

March 27, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 24

Eric Church returns with the first single from his upcoming sophomore album, and it’s a classic country storyline. The poor boy competing with the rich boy for a woman’s affections. He doesn’t have

Kenny Chesney, "Better as a Memory"

March 24, 2008 Leeann Ward 14

Okay, we get it. Kenny Chesney is too conflicted and free spirited to settle down. Just in case we ever doubted his commitment to staying in the singles club, here’s one more song to convince

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