Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Earl Thomas Conley, “What I’d Say” September 3, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 10 Earl Thomas Conley scores with a devastating ballad.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Kathy Mattea, “Life as We Knew it” September 2, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 6 The best of Kathy Mattea’s largely forgotten No. 1 hits.
Bluesky Bullet Points: September 1, 2024 September 1, 2024 Jonathan Keefe 0 This week features the triumphant return of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Dan Seals, “Big Wheels in the Moonlight” August 31, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 5 Dan collaborates with Bob McDill on one of his best singles.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Rodney Crowell, “She’s Crazy For Leavin'” August 30, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 7 Rodney Crowell revives a song of his that should’ve been a hit at the beginning of the decade.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Alabama, “Song of the South” August 29, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 8 A revitalized Alabama makes an eighties hit out of an eighties miss.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: K.T. Oslin, “Hold Me” August 27, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 10 K.T. Oslin dodges the sophomore slump with the best song that she ever wrote.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Randy Travis, “Deeper Than the Holler” August 26, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 8 Randy Travis: emissary and poet.
Bluesky Bullet Points: August 25, 2024 August 25, 2024 Jonathan Keefe 3 A dozen new releases are reviewed this week.