Posted on December 31, 2008 by Chris
These are my favorite album cuts from albums released in 2008. I decided to do it for all genres, but there are only 3 songs that aren’t country, so I hope you guys like it! (I also shortened my comments to just a few sentences.)
10. “Strawberry Swing” – Coldplay
- The great looping guitar in the [...]
Filed under: Year In Review | Tagged: Coldplay, Crystal Shawanda, Duffy, Jazmine Sullivan, Joey + Rory, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson, Kathy Mattea, Lee Ann Womack, Patty Loveless, Sugarland | 4 Comments »
Posted on December 26, 2008 by J.R. Journey
20. Heidi Newfield – Johnny & June
Epic. That’s the only word to describe this song. Newfield’s performance is perfection, but the production – a throwback to the Meatloaf power ballads of the 80s – could have easily fallen into cheesy name-dropping semantics. I am usually the first one to spit at a Johnny Cash or [...]
Filed under: Year In Review | Tagged: Dolly Parton, Gary Allan, George Strait, Heidi Newfield, Jake Owen, Jamey Johnson, Josh Turner, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson, Lady Antebellum, Lee Ann Womack, Little Big Town, Randy Houser, Reba McEntire, Sugarland | 4 Comments »
Posted on December 26, 2008 by J.R. Journey
10. Ashton Shepherd – Sounds So Good
Stone country. Shepherd wrote or co-wrote every track on this superb debut album. She’s singing about the things in everybody’s life – universal themes delivered with a thick Alabama accent. And, man, am I a sucker for an Alabama drawl.
9. Patty Loveless – Sleepless Nights
One of the finest singers [...]
Filed under: Year In Review | Tagged: Ashton Shepherd, Dolly Parton, Faith Hill, George Strait, Heidi Newfield, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson, Lee Ann Womack, Patty Loveless, Sugarland, Trisha Yearwood | 12 Comments »
Posted on December 24, 2008 by Chris
This is my 2008 top-30 singles post! First, about my singles list, I attempted to avoid songs that could still impact the charts more, songs like Miranda Lambert’s “More Like Her” or Little Big Town’s “Good Lord Willing”. I made some exceptions as you’ll soon see, but I tried to keep it to songs that [...]
Filed under: Year In Review | Tagged: Alex Woodard, Ashton Shepherd, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley, Emily West, Gary Allan, Heidi Newfield, Jamey Johnson, Jamie O'Neal, Jennifer Hanson, Joey + Rory, Josh Turner, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, LeAnn Rimes, Lee Ann Womack, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, Sara Evans, Sara Watkins, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Trisha Yearwood | 7 Comments »
Posted on December 24, 2008 by Chris
This is my post for my top albums of 2008! I was looking at the new albums I had bought this year, and I only bought around 12 new country albums, most of which I thought were undeserving of being on my year-end list. So, I narrowed it down to 8 worthy candidates. I’m warning [...]
Filed under: Year In Review | Tagged: A Place To Land, Ashton Shepherd, Call Me Crazy, Coal, Joey + Rory, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson, Kathy Mattea, Lee Ann Womack, Little Big Town, Love On The Inside, Patty Loveless, Rattlin' Bones, Sleepless Nights, Sounds So Good, Sugarland, The Life Of A Song | 31 Comments »
