Single reviews

Single Review: ‘Headphones’ – Matt Nathanson

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Headphones’ – Matt Nathanson
Songwriter: Matt Nathanson Matt Nathanson is starting the countdown to his ninth studio album, due in the fall, with the release of new single, ‘Headphones.’ In the song, Nathanson describes a young woman’s arrival in New York City, where she promptly dons her headphones and escapes to the safety of her favorite music – “I Read More

Single Review: ‘Cold One’ – Eric Church

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Cold One’ – Eric Church
Songwriters: Eric Church, Luke Hutton, Jeff Hyde I could get used to this. Amid what I started to fear would be an endless stream of meaning-free drinking songs, Eric Church‘s ‘Cold One,’ along with Dierks Bentley‘s ‘Drunk on a Plane,’ reminds us that there is another way. Expertly wielding the triple entendre, Church alternatively lets Read More

Single Review: ‘Honk (If You’re Tonky)’ – Joshua Scott Jones

10 years ago Brittany Fisher Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Honk (If You’re Tonky)’ – Joshua Scott Jones
‘Honk (If You’re Tonky)’ is the first single off of a debut album from Joshua Scott Jones. Although it’s Jones’ first solo album, he’s no stranger to country music. You may recognize him as the second half of once-duo Steel Magnolia. After a called-off engagement from Steel Magnolia band mate Meghan Linsey, the two continued Read More

Single Review: ‘Donkey’ – Jerrod Niemann

10 years ago Liv Carter 1
Songwriters: Kyle Jacobs, David Tolliver, Fred Wilhelm With many of country music’s male stars trying to out-dudebro each other which each new single release, it really was just a matter of time before Jerrod Niemann, and Sea Gayle/Arista, were going to dig a little closer to rock bottom with ‘Donkey.’ First to deserve scorn are Read More

Single Review: ‘Drunk on a Plane’ – Dierks Bentley

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Drunk on a Plane’ – Dierks Bentley
Songwriters: Josh Kear, Chris Tompkins, Dierks Bentley From what is arguably Dierks Bentley‘s most accomplished collection to date, Riser, comes the third single, ‘Drunk on a Plane.’ It is, as Eric Paslay taught us, of course not really about drinking but about a woman. Left at the altar holding honeymoon tickets to Cancun, the devastated Read More

Single Review: ‘Meanwhile Back at Mama’s’ – Tim McGraw

10 years ago Liv Carter 1
Songwriters: Jeffrey Steele, Jaren Johnston, Tom Douglas Following his tolerate-it-or-detest-it single, ‘Lookin’ for that Girl,’ Tim McGraw turns from modernity to tradition. And brand new song ‘Meanwhile at Mama’s’ practices what it preaches. Written by Jeffrey Steele, Jaren Johnston, and Tom Douglas, the song longs for quieter, simpler times in our fast-paced world…and then leaves Read More

Matt Gary – Coconuts

10 years ago Sara Irvin Comments Off on Matt Gary – Coconuts
I have to admit I was a little confused on the first listen through of this song. I was expecting a fun little summer grove, with Matt singing about spending days at the beach watching beautiful girls in bikini’s who were working on their tans, but in fact, it is a play on words. His Read More

Single Review: ‘Helluva Life’ – Frankie Ballard

10 years ago Brittany Fisher 1
Michigan is home to Great Lakes, the Detroit Lions and a helluva country star. That’s right, the oh-so-talented (and chiseled) Frankie Ballard hails from none other than Battle Creek, Michigan. Thirty-one year old Ballard was formerly signed to Reprise Records with whom he released his first single ‘Tell Me You Get Lonely’ in 2010. Personally, Read More

Single Review: ‘Miles and Mud Tires’ – Granger Smith

10 years ago Brittany Fisher Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Miles and Mud Tires’ – Granger Smith
Songwriter: Granger Smith Sometimes there’s more to a song than its lyrics, instruments, or vocals. Only a select group of songs are authentic, have a real story behind them, and possess depth. It’s those things that make a song come to life. It’s those things that make the melody flow through your veins. When I Read More

Single Review: 'Wild Child' – Dakota Bradley

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: 'Wild Child' – Dakota Bradley
Songwriters: Dakota Bradley, Preston Brust, Jaron Boyer Dakota Bradley is following up his country music debut, ‘Somethin’ Like Somethin’,’ with new single, ‘Wild Child.’ Built on an irresistible R&B groove, ‘Wild Child,’ tells the story of a chance encounter after a party is broken up by the cops. Bradley’s youthful vocal sells every word of Read More