Alan Jackson is still THE singer to match!!

Alan Jackson : Sissy's Song
My PICK OF THE WEEK!

Crystal clean production; the tightest of harmonies; lyrics with meaning. And resonating above all of this? Alan Jackson's pure Country vocals.

This is another surefire number one for Jackson from his "Good Time Album.

If ANYONE out there wants to know how to be a Country singer, how to make a Country song, how to reach an audience outside Country music, they should us this man and this song as their template.

Because, though they wouldn't like to hear it at "Country" radio, this is Country music as it should be.

Jackson wrote it after a long-time member of his staff died in an accident. If only so more money-hungry employers related to their staff like this, the world WOULD be a better place.

Eric Church : Love Your Love The Most

Eric Church is the best known "undiscovered" Country star of the past five years.

I don't know whether the guy prefers a low profile or not, but he writes and sings some of the best Country the USA has produced in that time while staying largely unrecognised by the industry!

This is "just" another Eric Church classic: beautifully produced, brilliantly sung and perfectly constructed.

I'd like to say it will top the charts, but reality means it'll make the top ten.

If you haven't heard much of Church's work, get out and buy one of his albums. The music is all top notch.

Lance Miller : George Jones and Jesus

This guy has what he needs to make it as a Country superstar.

Problem is, radio doesn't want Country superstars these days. They want pop singers with a "country lilt", or a "country feel".

I was about to write that such ideas would make ol' George turn in his grave - but that's consigning the great man to his grave before he's actually gone. But you get the idea.

Miller's vocals are - deliberately, I'm sure - reminiscent of Jones as he compares the singer to the saviour.

Jones would never claim to be a deity, but the comparison does have merits.

Great song, great singer. Now "Country radio" ... I dare you to PLAY IT!

Todd Fritsch : Texas Talkin'

Todd Fritsch is a real life cowboy and a real Country singer too!.

"Texas Talkin'" is all about the best of the Lonestar State's good manners - you know: calling ladies "Ma'am"; opening doors for people, talking big: that kind of thing!

Delivered in  an almost stately swing style, the song seems - at first - to drag - but as Fritsch draws you in with his vocals, you get lost in a real picture of Texas people.

His gigs sell really well and his music is fresh with an old-style feel. I wish the guy success!