Music Reviews

Live Review: Lucero – Delta Country Jam – Southaven, MS

10 years ago Brittany Fisher Comments Off on Live Review: Lucero – Delta Country Jam – Southaven, MS
I’ve been a Lucero fan for quite some time. So when I saw they were listed as part of the line-up for this year’s Delta Country Jam alongside acts such as Florida Georgia Line and Cole Swindell, I was a little confused. Don’t get me wrong, I can appreciate all three artists. But Lucero doesn’t Read More

Live Review: Charlie Worsham – Delta Country Jam – Southaven, MS

10 years ago Brittany Fisher Comments Off on Live Review: Charlie Worsham – Delta Country Jam – Southaven, MS
The sun was beating down hard on the crowd at this weekend’s second annual Delta Country Jam festival in Southaven, MS. Just as the sweat trickled down our backs and audience members began crafting fans out of pretty much anything they could find (including cardboard boxes), Charlie Worsham stepped out onto the stage. He made 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

Album Review: The Outsiders – Eric Church

10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Album Review: The Outsiders – Eric Church
The Outsiders – Eric Church (EMI, 2014) After a strange, and at times sociopathic, marketing campaign, Eric Church dropped his fourth studio album, The Outsiders, today. Anyone enjoying the privilege of recording for EMI with a six-figure budget cannot by any definition be considered to be an outsider, but Church has done his best to Read More

Live Review: Drake White – 1884 Lounge – Memphis, TN

10 years ago Brittany Fisher Comments Off on Live Review: Drake White – 1884 Lounge – Memphis, TN
On Friday evening, a light snow slowly began to fall, but things inside 1884 Lounge were just heating up. Drake White took the stage to perform to an intimate group of about forty people. The crowd wasn’t big in number, but they were big in spirit. Ninety percent of the audience knew every word to Read More

Live Review: Jake Bugg – Minglewood Hall – Memphis, TN

10 years ago Brittany Fisher 1
At first glance, you might think 19-year-old Jake Bugg is one of those kids who gained fame from some Disney television show. I know I did, but I was oh so incorrect. I felt a slight tinge of hesitation when I walked into the concert venue, which was packed full of kids with big black 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