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Sunday Selections: September 11, 2016

September 11, 2016 Jonathan Keefe 8

It’s Trio Collection release week, y’all!

Sunday Selections: July 31, 2016

July 31, 2016 Jonathan Keefe 18

You say, “tomato,” we say… actually, we’ll let Margo Price fill in the rest.

Sunday Selections: May 22, 2016

May 22, 2016 Jonathan Keefe 4

We’re really, really, really tired of having taglines about music legends who have died.

Single Review: Jake Owen, “Real Life”

June 9, 2015 Leeann Ward 5

“Real Life” Jake Owen Written by Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally, and Josh Osborne Everclear is one of the few pop bands that I liked in the late 90s/early 2000s. While a lot of

Starter Kit: Jason Isbell

February 17, 2015 Jonathan Keefe 9

In early February, Zac Brown Band kicked off a brief cycle of Twitter Outrage when they performed a cover of Jason Isbell’s “Dress Blues,” which they are rumored to have cut for their upcoming album,

The Best Singles of 2014, Part 2: #20-#1

December 30, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 15

The countdown concludes with our top twenty singles of 2014. Check out the first twenty entries here, and look for our countdown of the year’s twenty best albums tomorrow. #20 “The Devil is All Around”

Single Review: Jake Owen, “What We Ain’t Got”

August 7, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 16

“What We Ain’t Got” Jake Owen The power of simplicity is on full display here. Jake Owen’s new single is a powerful ballad because it’s not a power ballad. He pairs an intimate and quite

Single Review: Jake Owen, “Days of Gold”

October 26, 2013 Kevin John Coyne 4

It sounds like even Jake Owen got bored singing songs about girls and trucks and summer days and nights.

How else to explain the rapid fire delivery and fierce banjo and guitar on “Days of Gold”, which has him spitting out every country summer song cliché as quickly as he can get them out of his mouth?

Single Review: Jake Owen, "Anywhere with You"

January 25, 2013 Ben Foster 14

If a song has nothing to say beyond what’s said in its title phrase, what’s the point of writing the song in the first place?

Single Review: Andy Gibson, "Summer Back"

August 6, 2012 Ben Foster 26

Coming on the heels of Top 30 debut hit “Wanna Make You Love Me,” Andy Gibson’s new single “Summer Back” continues to build him a reputation as a cliché machine.