It’s been three years since I was bored during a technology workshop, and decided to start a blog. What began as a way to kill time has evolved into a way of life. Throughout all of the personal and professional changes I’ve gone through, Country Universe has remained constant. With so many great country music blogs surfacing since I started doing this, there’s a fantastic community that I’m proud to be a part of.
Before I head out of town for the weekend, I thought it would be nice to indulge in a little nostalgia. Here are some of my favorite posts and features, what I’d personally consider the best of Country Universe. Thanks to all of you for reading and responding!
Features
Interview: A Conversation With Pam Tillis
Yesterday’s Songs: July 20, 1991
Carrie Underwood Joins the Five Million Club
Grammy Flashback: Best Country Album
Best Country Albums & Singles of 2006
Essential 80’s Singles: #25-#1
400 Best Contemporary Country Singles: #25-#1
Top Twelve Songs About America
Amy Dalley, “Let’s Try Goodbye”
Carrie Underwood, “I’ll Stand By You”
Vince Gill, “What You Give Away”
Rodney Carrington, “Show Them to Me”
Album Reviews
Miranda Lambert, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Alison Krauss, A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection
Todd Snider, Peace, Love & Anarchy
Lee Ann Womack, There’s More Where That Came From
Concert Reviews
Olivia Newton-John, North Fork Theatre, 11/8/06
Dixie Chicks, Madison Square Garden, 8/1/06
Rants, Raves & Other Miscellaneous Musings
The Never-Ending Grief I Get For Being a Dixie Chicks Fan
Contributions by Paul W. Dennis
Congrats on making it to three years, Kevin. From the looks of your list here I’ve got a lot of reading material to catch up on. Bye, bye productivity.
congrats Kevin!!! Your blog is definetly one of my must reads during the week! Keep up the amazing work!
Big props on making it to three years, Kevin. I definitely wouldn’t have even made it as long as The 9513 has been around by myself, so I have respect for you keeping this place going on your own. Here’s to another three years.
Congrats!
Congrats Kevin! CU is my favorite country music site to go to because I enjoy reading what your opinion is on different songs and finding out new things and lots more. I haven’t been going online as much lately and when I have, I’ve been stuck using dialup (or right now, going to the library for high-speed), so I haven’t been able to blog or read any blogs as much, and whenever I go back here, there’s aways tons of stuff to read and I have way too much stuff to catch up with haha. Keep it going, man!