Aug 4, 2011

By Jessica Shirey- gantdaily.com CLEARFIELD – A near capacity crowd of country boys and gals covered their shades of plaid with solids of rain ponchos and swapped their cowboy hats for umbrellas as Nashville recording artists Trace Adkins and Kellie Pickler performed at the grandstand stage Tuesday night at the Clearfield County Fair. Before the show got...

Scott Galupo – The Washington Post The pairing of country hitmakers Toby Keith and Trace Adkins at Jiffy Lube Live on Saturday night turned out to be an auspicious double portion for the patriotically inclined. Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Keith has made honoring bravery and service a seamless part of his work as an entertainer, logging...

Dan Aquliante – New York Post 3 stars If you’ve ever wondered what happened to the classic rock sound, one listen to hat act Trace Adkins’ “Cowboy’s Back in Town” will give you the answer: It’s retreated to country. This is redneck rock at its best, with songs about why you don’t let a preacher hold your beer, about why farmboys blow off...

By Chuck Eddy – Rhapsody Loveable country lug Trace Adkins has been on quite a roll lately. His albums used to be really inconsistent, but 2006′s Dangerous Man was a keeper (high point: an ode to a curmudgeonly grandpa called “The Stubborn One”), and 2008′s X was his strongest full-length ever. It managed to balance trashy boogie...

THIS AIN’T NO LOVE SONG (Show Dog/Universal Music) Trace Adkins’ strong first single on the Show Dog label signals a new chapter in his career and serves as the initial taste of his new album, due in August. Penned by Tony Lane, Marcel and David Lee, “This Ain’t No Love Song” describes a man coping with a relationship’s...