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Daily Top Five: Favorite Songs by Your Favorite Songwriter

April 21, 2015 Leeann Ward 19

There’s a cool Guy Clark documentary Kickstarter campaign happening right now that I encourage country music lovers to check out and, perhaps, make a pledge toward. Long time publicist, biographer and Guy Clark champion, Tamara

The Twenty Best Albums of 1994

December 26, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 5

The twenty best albums of 1994.

Best Singles of 1994, Part 4: #10-#1

December 16, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 20

Alan Jackson is the MVP of our top ten singles of 1994.

The Best Singles of 1994, Part 1: #40-#31

November 28, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 7

Six Hall of Famers appear in the opening entry of our Best Singles of 1994 list.

CU10: What a Turkey! The Worst Singles of the Last Ten Years

November 27, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 14

Country Universe has reviewed more than a thousand singles during its ten year run. Some of them have been real turkeys. Here are some of the worst, with highlights and links to the original reviews.

2014 CMA Nominations

September 6, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 49

This year’s CMA nominees are the best in years, with multiple nominations for Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves, and Brandy Clark. Country radio may still be shunning women, but their embrace by CMA voters suggests that

100 Greatest Men: #1. Merle Haggard

August 15, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 14

100 Greatest Men: The Complete List The Poet of the Common Man. Merle Haggard emerged from the Bakersfield music scene in the mid-sixties, and over the course of time, became the greatest man in the

Single Review: Jason Aldean, “Burnin’ It Down”

August 9, 2014 Leeann Ward 29

“Burnin’ it Down” Jason Aldean Written by Rodney Clawson, Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, and Chris Tompkins Country music isn’t historically prudish. It covers the topical gambit of love, drinking, cheating, murder and, yes, even passion.

100 Greatest Men: #22. Alan Jackson

July 6, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 11

100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Since arriving on the country music scene in 1989, Alan Jackson has become one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful superstars to ever call country music home.

100 Greatest Men: #25. Tom T. Hall

June 29, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 5

100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Tom T. Hall is known as the Storyteller, a fitting title for a man whose ability to spin a musical yarn led to some of the greatest country story