Frank Kogan

Way behind in my country listening, but my top 10 is already up to 17, and this is only mid year. I'd expect Lex (and possibly Moggy and Cis) to like the womanly tracks by Sarah Buxton and Jamie O'Neal (who have even better tracks than these on their résumés); don't know who if any o' youse over in Britain will like summer breezes like "Runaway" and "Barefoot And Crazy" and "Summer Nights" and "Out Last Night" and "Sideways."

1. Love And Theft "Runaway"
2. Jamey Johnson "High Cost Of Living"
3. Sarah Buxton "Space"
4. Caitlin & Will "Even Now"
5. Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me"
6. Sarah Borges And The Broken Singles "Do It For Free"
7. Taylor Swift "White Horse"
8. Jack Ingram "Barefoot And Crazy (Double Dog Dare Ya Mix)"
9. Brooks & Dunn f. Reba McEntire "Cowgirls Don't Cry"
10. Rascal Flatts "Summer Nights"
11. Randy Houser "Boots On"
12. John Rich "Shuttin' Detroit Down"
13. Jamie O'Neal "Like A Woman"
14. Kenny Chesney "Out Last Night"
15. Dierks Bentley "Sideways"
16. Holly Williams "Keep The Change"
17. Collin Raye "Mid-Life Chrysler"

What do you guys think of Sarah Buxton? Country cutie pie with a rough'n'sweet voice, wrote Keith Urban's "Stupid Boy" which she does her own very good version of, also "That Kind Of Day," quirky country about what it's like to have a day where everything goes wrong in little ways, but she makes it sound fun, was praised and slammed in Jukebox but I'm not sure if she was noticed anywhere else. Here's her MySpace, with "Stupid Boy," "That Kind Of Day," and two of the three other songs on her EP, also these insights:

( Can you say 'therapy'? )