Features – Page 18 – Country Universe

100 Greatest Women, #3: Maybelle and Sara Carter

June 28, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 8

100 Greatest Women #3 Maybelle and Sara Carter (The Carter Family) Just over eighty years ago, a family act from Appalachia traveled to Bristol, Tennessee. Behind the wheel was A.P. Carter, and on board were

100 Greatest Women, #4: Emmylou Harris

June 27, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 27

100 Greatest Women #4 Emmylou Harris The living embodiment of artistic integrity, Emmylou Harris has been creating acclaimed music for more than three decades, building up the most consistent catalog in the history of country

100 Greatest Women, #5: Tammy Wynette

June 26, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 20

100 Greatest Women #5 Tammy Wynette The First Lady of Country Music, and the Heroine of Heartbreak. Tammy Wynette sang with a tear in her voice, a classic country wail that perfectly complemented the desperate

100 Greatest Women, #6: Reba McEntire

June 25, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 43

100 Greatest Women #6 Reba McEntire Her rise to the top was slow, with four years passing before her first top ten single and a decade before she earned her first gold album. But with

100 Greatest Women, #7: Patsy Cline

June 25, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 27

100 Greatest Women #7 Patsy Cline There are few women in the history of popular music as revered as Patsy Cline, one of the few country legends who has transcended the status of a singer

100 Greatest Women, #8: Trisha Yearwood

June 23, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 30

100 Greatest Women #8 Trisha Yearwood She once said that her goal is to create music that won’t make Emmylou Harris want to avoid her if she saw her coming down the street. For nearly

100 Greatest Women, #9: Kitty Wells

June 22, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 13

100 Greatest Women #9 Kitty Wells She was called the Queen of Country Music, the genre’s first major female solo star. In the fifties and early sixties, her string of hits were unprecedented for a

100 Greatest Women, #10: Wynonna (The Judds)

June 21, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 12

100 Greatest Women #10 Wynonna (The Judds) One of the most extraordinary voices in the history of recorded music belongs to Wynonna Judd. As the lead singer of mother-daughter duo The Judds, she was part

100 Greatest Women, #11: Alison Krauss

June 19, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 17

100 Greatest Women #11 Alison Krauss The history of country music has long included women who have sought the crossover audience, tailoring their music so it will be more palatable to pop and adult contemporary

100 Greatest Women, #12: Dixie Chicks

June 18, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 37

100 Greatest Women #12 Dixie Chicks They went from being the one act everyone could agree on to the most controversial country band in history, but despite the changes in the climate surrounding them, one