Articles by Kevin John Coyne

The current issue of Entertainment Weekly, which arrived in my mailbox today, has an interesting three-page feature story on Sugarland. Titled “The Sugarland Express”, the sub-headline proclaims that “With a new album influenced by R.E.M.,

At the end of 2007, the only artists I could think of that had new albums coming out were Kathy Mattea, Alan Jackson and Dolly Parton.  But new albums came along from some of my

Today's open thread From Brad at Music City TV, via The 9513: It makes sense: The new Brooks & Dunn song is called Put a Girl in It. For the music video shot Tuesday, they

I’m not above lifting another open thread topic from Spinner. They listed what they consider The 20 Worst Song Lyrics Ever, with topping the list. Country music is represented by Shania Twain, showing up at

Josh Turner is singing the praises of Trisha Yearwood, his harmony partner on current single “Another Try”: “I had already asked Trisha face to face if she would come in and sing on this song,”

Earlier this month, I received a press release announcing Todd Snider’s upcoming set. Peace Queer, which will be released digitally on August 19. Snider’s a personal favorite of mine, as longtime readers know, and I