2008 – Page 64 – Country Universe

100 Greatest Women, #72: Nanci Griffith

April 23, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Women #72 Nanci Griffith The eighties brought a mini-folk revival to Music Row, with coffeehouse artists scoring major label deals. Of this group, only Mary Chapin Carpenter went on to mainstream country success,

100 Greatest Women, #73: Melba Montgomery

April 21, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 4

100 Greatest Women #73 Melba Montgomery Ask most contemporary country fans about who George Jones sang all of those classic duets with, and they’ll say Tammy Wynette. Ask a fan with a deep love for

100 Greatest Women, #74: Shelby Lynne

April 20, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 10

100 Greatest Women #74 Shelby Lynne She was only eighteen years old when she scored a major label record deal, but Shelby Lynne had already had enough life experience to be a convincing singer of

Bucky Covington, “I’ll Walk”

April 19, 2008 Leeann Ward 14

This song by Bucky Covington has the potential to be his biggest hit to date. It has everything that mainstream country music programmers clamor to spin—an inoffensive production and an inspirational story. “I’ll Walk” is

100 Greatest Women, #75: Sharon and Cheryl White

April 19, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 2

100 Greatest Women #75 Sharon and Cheryl White (The Whites) One of the coolest success stories of the eighties. The Whites are a family bluegrass group made up of father Buck and daughters Sharon and

100 Greatest Women, #76: SHeDaisy

April 18, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 14

100 Greatest Women ong> #76 SHeDaisy When SHeDaisy hit the scene in 1999, they seemed like a quirky pop-country hybrid, two parts Shania Twain and one part Dixie Chicks. From the beginning, they were used

Discussion: Favorite Artists Outside the Country Universe

April 18, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 24

It’s a bit too quiet around here, so I’m thinking we need a discussion thread. I’d say my iPod is about 65% country. I have more than 13,500 songs on it, though. so as you

100 Greatest Women, #77: Helen Cornelius

April 17, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 9

100 Greatest Women #77 Helen Cornelius The grand tradition of the male-female duet is a long and storied one in country music history. Porter & Dolly. Johnny & June. Loretta & Conway. If you look

100 Greatest Women, #78: Goldie Hill

April 16, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 3

100 Greatest Women #78 Goldie Hill The feminist ideal is often described as freedom of choice. It’s interesting to think about that ideal when considering the career of Goldie Hill. In the early fifties, she

100 Greatest Women, #79: Margo Smith

April 15, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 7

100 Greatest Women #79 Margo Smith One of the long-held beliefs in the country music industry was that a woman couldn’t be too sexual with her image. If she did, the female audience that made