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You Like What!?

January 7, 2009 Leeann Ward 37

My English Lit professor brother-in-law’s music tastes are typically very refined. To give you an idea, while he appreciates country artists like Emmylou Harris and Kasey Chambers, folky singer/songwriters such as Ani DiFranco, Jazz musicians

Hear It Again For the First Time

January 6, 2009 Kevin John Coyne 48

Yesterday while driving, “Maybe it Was Memphis” came on the radio. Pam Tillis gets decent rotation on XM, as do all of the nineties stars. It was that song that got me into country music

Recommend A Track

January 4, 2009 Leeann Ward 23

Being someone who really doesn’t appreciate instrumental albums as much as I probably should, Brad Paisley’s latest instrumental project really hasn’t left a deep impression on me. I don’t hate it, but I don’t especially like

iPod Check: They Call it Country

January 3, 2009 Kevin John Coyne 32

We’re making iPod Check a weekly discussion feature this year, with a bit of a different spin each week. This week, check out the “Country” genre on your music list and post the first ten

Who Should We Discover in 2009?

January 2, 2009 Kevin John Coyne 25

Recommend an artist for us to discover in the early weeks of 2009, when releases are weak and resolutions are strong. I recommend Kim Richey: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPvOyCr5wYo

Discussion: New Year’s Resolutioning

January 1, 2009 Guest Contributor 13

Is the art of the New Year’s resolution still alive and well? Do these January 1 dreams ever come true? Questions that I won’t answer for you, but I know that quite many CU readers

Discussion: Favorite Country Music Moments of 2008

December 31, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 9

Expanding on Blake’s discussion last night, let’s end 2008 with a look back on our favorite country music happenings in 2008. My personal favorite was this year’s stunning Country Music Hall of Fame inductee list.

Discussion: Awards Show Recap

December 30, 2008 Guest Contributor 15

With 2008 nearing completion, let’s take a trip down memory lane to the major awards shows of the year. The ACM Awards, the CMA Awards and the Grammys all provided their share of surprises and

Discussion: 2009 Wish List

December 29, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 33

Anybody looking forward to particular releases next year? Country Music Central is my go-to place for upcoming releases, and it looks like things are typically slow for the first quarter. I’m looking forward to the

Discussion: Legacy Recordings

December 27, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 2

Tonight, I turn over our discussion to one of our readers. He suggested I write about this topic myself, but his suggestions were already far better than anything that I would have come up with.