Single Review: Brothers Osborne, “Younger Me” April 23, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 5 Country music for grownups is making a comeback, and thank God for that.
Single Review: Amythyst Kiah, “Wild Turkey” April 21, 2021 Zackary Kephart 4 Amythyst Kiah’s “Wild Turkey” looks inward – and in doing so, delivers a pain and yearning that’s universal.
Album Review: Kane Brown, Mixtape Vol. 1 April 21, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 10 Kane Brown’s latest release gives renewed hope for what contemporary country music can be.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #220-#211 April 19, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 17 Some of these are wonderful. Some’ll have to go.
2021 Academy of Country Music Awards: Complete List of Winners April 19, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 0 Here is a complete list of winners for the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
Academy of Country Music Awards 2021: Predictions & Personal Picks April 16, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 0 Here are the CU staff’s personal picks and predicted winners for Sunday’s ACM Awards.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #230-#221 April 15, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 16 The closer we get, the further we fall…
Single Review: Alan Jackson, “Where Have You Gone” April 8, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 11 A deeply disappointing record from an artist who is much better than this.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #240-#231 April 5, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 7 Several all-time classics show up too early, alongside a record that has no business crashing this particular party.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #250-#241 April 1, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 10 So many classics in this section that the non-classics seem more out of place than usual.