DARYLE SINGLETARY - STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART
. For Daryle Singletary’s hand-picked collection of country-classic covers, he has chosen some songs that are so closely linked to stars of yesteryear that they’re tough to do justice to — but Singletary isn’t trying to top the originals. He’s merely paying tribute, and in that respect he succeeds. Highlights include his duet with Ricky Skaggs on Buck Owens’ “Tiger by the Tail” and his take on Mel Street’s “Lovin’ on Back Streets” and Conway Twitty’s “Fifteen Years Ago.” The whole album is on target, but he sounds most at ease on Keith Whitley’s “Miami, My Amy.” The lone original tune, “I Still Sing This Way,” is no classic, but as a tale of an artist who resists the temptation to abandon his roots, it fits right in.(Shanachie) Billboard
