George Strait: “Love Is Everything”
GEORGE STRAIT Love Is Everything MCA Nashville In his 32nd year of recording hit after smash-hit, does the 62-year-old George Strait really need to be …
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HalleyAnna: “HalleyAnna”
HALLEYANNA HalleyAnna www.halleyanna.com Given her stubborn first-name-only shtick, compounded with her decision to self-title her second album and spell it on the cover with a …
Courtyard Hounds: “Amelita”
COURT YARD HOUNDS Amelita Columbia Long before Natalie Maines turned the Dixie Chicks into a runaway freight train without brakes, they were a roots band …
Blue Bear: “Santa Fe”
BLUE BEAR Santa Fe www.bluebearband.com Still-new Austin band Blue Bear plays exactly the sort of indie rock you’d both expect and hope would spring from …
Aaron Allan: “Satisfaction”
AARON ALLAN Satisfaction Red Nickel Records Aaron Allan was just another songwriter I wasn’t familiar with the first time I heard him at Cheatham Street …
Statesboro Revue: “Ramble on Privilege Creek”
THE STATESBORO REVUE Ramble on Privilege Creek Shalley Records/Vision Entertainment If Stewart and Garrett Mann had created the Statesboro Revue in the ’70s, they almost …
The O’s: “Thunderdog”
THE O’S Thunderdog Punch Five Records The O’s — the Dallas duo comprising Taylor Young on acoustic guitar and kick drum and John Pedigo on …
Mike Stinson: “Hell and Half of Georgia”
MIKE STINSON Hell and Half of Georgia Popular Cove Recording Company In the pantheon of so-called “neo” honky-tonkers, Mike Stinson already loomed rather large when …
Bonnie Whitmore: “There I Go Again”
BONNIE WHITMORE There I Go Again This Is American Music With There I Go Again, Austin’s Bonnie Whitmore continues to provide greater proof of the …
Courtney Patton: “Triggering a Flood”
COURTNEY PATTON Triggering a Flood Classic Horse Label Triggering a Flood is Courtney Patton’s second album, but it’s such a leap in confidence over 2008’s …
