Holy early eighties, Batman. Tim McGraw revives a smooth ballad from the catalog of Urban Cowboy deity Eddie Rabbitt with satisfying results. It’s not exactly difficult to imagine McGraw suspecting that every guy in
Kenny Chesney singing about the monotony of shiftwork, and it still manages to end up a song about getting drunk in the Caribbean. Strait’s presence livens things up a bit, and the “big ol’ pile
This is smart, in a nineties grunge kind of way. It has a melancholy undercurrent that pulsates throughout the track. There’s almost a Rubber Soul quality to the melody, and the vocal goes for authenticity
I like the driving beat and the tight vocals. The grammar in the chorus (“Not a day go by”) makes me shudder. This is the kind of radio filler that never goes out of style,
Martina McBride deserves a tremendous amount of credit. She’s one of the only mainstream country artists, male or female, who consistently seeks out material that deals with issues beyond love found and lost. We
Talk about your accurate titles. This is the ultimate distillation of that in-your-face element of Big &a mp; Rich’s music. If you enjoy that element, you’ll love this record. If you’re like me, and you
How lucky a parent is to give life to a country music legend. To have your life story told by a master storyteller, to be immortalized on record by someone who can take your everyday
Musically, this is great. Entertaining to listen to because of a fantastic performance from the band, I’d be giving it an enthusiastic review if Jennings himself had shown the same energy and charm with his
It’s not the embarrassing disaster that “Dirty Girl” was, but it’s not quite a return to form, either. She’s already done this before with “I Wanna Do it All”, only now it’s a list of
Travis Tritt channels his inner Joe Cocker, and with satisfying results. He doesn’t use his lower register nearly enough, so it’s so wonderful to hear him doing so here. The song builds with intensity without