Album Review: Garth Brooks – Gunslinger

Against this backdrop of success, it is difficult to believe that Gunslinger is only Brooks’ tenth studio album – well, eleventh if we count Greatest Hits, released under the Chris Gaines moniker. With just ten tracks, and a duration of 35 minutes, Gunslinger is a tight little album – for the most part. BANG! BANG!,

Album Review: Kenny Chesney – Cosmic Hallelujah

By virtue of being the album’s lead single, Noise acts as Cosmic Hallelujah’s mission statement, with the song lamenting modern society’s addiction to technology and constant stimulation, labelling these things as “noise” that individuals must contend with and add to. Yet the rest of the record is full of beer and whiskey, bars

Single Review: The Band Perry – Comeback Kid

After splitting from their label, Republic Nashville, and signing with Interscope early in 2015, rumours began circulating that The Band Perry were ditching their country roots and going pop; rumours the group has attempted to dispel.  Despite leaning into country and folk instrumentation, Comeback Kid, is hardly a

Single Review: Kenny Chesney featuring P!nk – Setting The World On Fire

They say that there is no accounting for taste but, after listening to Setting Fire To The World, the second taste of Kenny Chesney’s forthcoming album, Cosmic Hallelujah, it feels like someone has let the bean-counters out of the back-office to have a crack at it.   Seeking to apply some pop flare to Chesney’s brand of country-rock,

Album Review: case/lang/veirs – case/lang/veirs

case/lang/veirs has a strong focus on the everyday, the unextraordinary, and the relatable, with some of the album’s strongest emotional punches arising from the simpler compositions that set their focus on the lyrics and their delivery.  Blue Fires contemplates unrequited love, with the lines “why do blue flames burn in