It’s no surprise that the catalog releases just keep getting better each year. Labels have learned that the best way to lift up their sagging bottom lines is to repackage their old material, and
#15 Let it Go Tim McGraw Tim McGraw’s previous album, Live Like You Were Dying, topped my first year-end album list back in 2004. Let it Go strays from the musical formula that Dying
When I did this list in 2006 and in 2004, I knew the number one song before I started. This year was more like 2005, where the song revealed itself to me as I was
I have to say that any one of these songs could have been in my top ten in years past. It’s just been a great year for country singles. #20 George Strait, “How ‘Bout Them
We’re getting closer to the top. Here’s the next ten: #30 Amy Dalley, “Let’s Try Goodbye” The latest attempt from Dalley pulls yet another excellent song from her long-shelved debut album, and it rivals “I
Sometime last night, while I slept, Country Universe hit 500,000 in page views, according to the handy little stat box that WordPress provides. The fact that people read this site at all used to surprise
The countdown continues, with #40-#31. #40 Rick Trevino, “Separate Ways” After watching his parents divorce, a love that went “from great to good to bad to worse”, he’s still picking up the pieces years later,
All this week, Country Universe will be counting down the fifty best singles of the year. It’s been a great year for country singles, and this is the most diverse list compiled yet for this
“Gunpowder & Lead” Miranda Lambert Songwriters: Miranda Lambert & Heather Little Listen There are two villains in country music songs about spousal abuse: the man who does the abusing, and the society that allows