Tag: album reviews

  • by Michael McCarthy Kacey Musgraves continues to be one of the most unpredictable artists working in modern country and Americana. With each new release, she seems less interested in repeating herself and more interested in following wherever her songwriting instincts take her. Her newly released album, Middle of Nowhere, continues that pattern — and like…

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  • by Michael McCarthy When I heard that Gwen Stefani was making a country album, I shrieked. I was a fan of No Doubt, but Gwen Stefani’s first two solo albums are my favorite things she’s done. Both truly brilliant albums and very innovative. When I heard that Gwen Stefani was releasing a new album, I…

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  • This year Robbie Williams finally did something I’ve been waiting for him to do for over 20 years: he released a Christmas album, appropriately entitled The Christmas Present. Not only that, it’s a double album. If you get the deluxe edition, which comes with four bonus tracks, it comes to 28 tracks total.

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