Thom Jurek, All Music Guide If you didn’t know better, the blasting guitar riff on “Sweet,” the opening track on Trace Adkins’X (Ten), might be mistaken for one off a .38 Special track from the late ’70s. The track has the single potential of one of Adkins’ many hits. The song has an infectious hook in its refrain — and...

The Nashville City Paper by Ron Wynn The bombastic Trace Adkins baritone has been responsible the past couple of years for a number of sparkling hits, and his latest, which will be released Tuesday, continues his string. Besides the hit “Muddy Water,” Adkins shows off his soulful/balladeer side with “I Can’t Out Run You,” blazes away with power and...

By BRIAN DUGGER Earlier this month, Trace Adkins was walking the red carpet in Nashville before the Country Music Association Awards show when a TV crew stopped him and asked how his tour with Alan Jackson was going. Adkins, who along with Jackson is one of the shyest guys in country music, deadpanned: “It’s been quiet.” It’s interesting...