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To be honest, I didn’t much care for Dean Strickland’s album, Hitchhiking Guitarman. The lyrics are simple and run-of-the-mill, with Strickland singing about the usual suspects of Jesus, family and Texas. The strumming is not bad, but not terribly forceful either. All in all, the album has ...

I first put Earl Parker and the Ravens’ CD Show me the Money in my car and after two songs took it out and put in something else. After forcing myself to listen to the album one time through I figured out why I wasn’t crazy over it -- every ...

Sometimes, artists have all the talent in the world. Jason Meadows is one of those artists. But sometimes those very same artists have their careers stalled because they fail to incorporate the most important part of music into their palate: originality. Meadows, an Oklahoma native with extremely good looks, sounds ...

The album I Hear a Clock, is the third release by Jon Michaels. He's been writing music for many years and his stuff has been recorded by some big country names. His sound is professional, the production crisp, and his style is a bit country. I guess ...