Single Reviews – Page 131 – Country Universe

Lori McKenna, “Unglamorous”

October 10, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 0

Simply put, one of the best songs of the year. A glorious rundown of the mundane – wine in jelly glasses, threadbare rugs, bathtub rings – which elevates the no-frills existence of a family with

Lee Brice, “Happy Endings”

October 10, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 5

Lee Brice’s second single is leaps better than his first. “Happy Endings” finds a man in Myrtle Beach watching his woman walk out on him. She’s hopping in the car and driving to California. He’s

Luke Bryan, “We Rode in Trucks”

October 10, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 0

I guess that when you’re still young and want to write a nostalgic song, you have to do it about your childhood. The problem is, unless you’re wise before your time, there isn’t much to

Cowboy Crush, “Miss Difficult”

October 10, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 0

Enough already. I am so tired of “attitude songs” always being coupled with loud, obnoxious production. The drumbeat is too in-your-face and the poor singers have to scream to be heard over it. What stinks

Cole Deggs & The Lonesome, “Girl Next Door”

October 10, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 3

Long story short: the girl next door that he falls for is really a hell-raiser. Cookie-cutter faux-Southern Rock, competently performed. There has to be more to this band than what we’ve heard so far, but

Billy Joe Shaver featuring Marty Stuart, “Winning Again”

October 10, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 1

Ever wonder what the Benny Hill music might sound like if it was twanged up from here to hog heaven? I do believe it would resemble the relentlessly addictive hillbilly jam that backs “Winning Again,”

Vince Gill, “How Lonely Looks”

September 29, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 1

Good Lord, this man is good. This year’s Hall of Fame inductee turns in his third straight stellar single from his four-disc opus These Days, and he’s never delved this deeply into the Eagles realm

Patty Griffin, “No Bad News”

September 29, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 1

So who the hell is Patty Griffin, anyway? If you’re asking that question, I highly recommend clicking through and hearing one of Americana’s most consistently interesting and incisive songwriters. Here, she emphatically rejects fear and

Steve Earle, “City of Immigrants”

September 22, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 6

“Living in a city of immigrants, I don’t need to go traveling.” Steve Earle has apparently become a New Yorker, and has taken it upon himself to celebrate everything that makes this city great. Celebrations

Dwight Yoakam, “Close Up the Honky Tonks”

September 22, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 4

Shortly before his death, Johnny Cash was asked who he thought the best male vocalist in country music was. His response: Dwight Yoakam. Anyone wondering where Cash was coming from need only spin “Close Up

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