Sometimes an album can be a surprising experience and Josh Kelley's newest project, the digital release "Backwoods" is one of those. It's surprising because it showcases him at his roots, the way he started his career. It's a completely acoustic album with memorable melodies and lyrics that never fails to satisfy.

Keith Urban has scored three huge hits from Defying Gravity yet not one of them has featured lyrical content that went beyond whimsy.  With his fourth single off the record, did the Aussie superstar manage to release a meaty lyric and melody?

For their first Holiday themed release, Sugarland presents something that feels like the best of both worlds.  Composed of 10 tracks, the album features five standard "classics" with five newly written originals.

Even though "It's America" went #1 on the charts and the follow-up single "Fifteen Minutes" scored a Top 15 hit for Rodney, he seemed to be losing his charming homespun likeability.  That has changed as this single returns him to exactly what made him a star, relatability.

Love and Theft scored a Top 10 hit, the only new artist of 2009 to do so (so far),  with first single “Runaway” off of their debut album World Wide Open and now the trio has moved on to their follow-up single in “Dancing In Circles.”  Will the song be a hit?

Live In Europe is the second live recording from country rocker James McMurtry in the last six years but it also shows a confident artist firmly in his element with a stellar backing band.

Danny Gokey scored with American Idol audiences with his tender yet gravelly voice.  Now signed to a country deal with 19/RCA Nashville, Danny is set to release this song, produced by Mark Bright, to country radio.  Will Danny Gokey become the latest Idol country star?

It's no secret that modern country music has taken a turn towards pop-leaning sounds of past decades.  This new Republic Nashville trio has that pop-leaning sound but they do it with an organic, fresh flair that is highlighted with this debut single.

Corb Lund is well-known in Canada as the best western 'alternative country' artist the country has.  With this album he has entered the United States for the first time with his new record deal on New West Recordings.

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For everything that he was or wasn't Hank Williams sure left a lot of unreleased recordings.  For the first time ever these recordings are available on a 3 disc box set from Time Life.  Is it worth purchasing?