CMA Flashback: Album of the Year (2024 Edition) November 20, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 0 Here are all of the nominees and winners for CMA Album of the Year, starting with a look at this year’s contenders and stretching back to the first ceremony in 1967.
CMA Flashback: Female Vocalist of the Year (2024 Edition) November 16, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 4 Our CMA Flashback series continues with a look at Female Vocalist of the Year.
A Conversation with Kasey Chambers October 6, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 2 Country Universe speaks with Kasey Chambers about her landmark new album and accompanying book.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Earl Thomas Conley with Emmylou Harris, “We Believe in Happy Endings” August 3, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 7 Emmylou Harris tops the charts for the last time.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris, “To Know Him is to Love Him” April 20, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 8 A classic trio’s quiet launch.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Ricky Skaggs, “Don’t Cheat in Our Hometown” August 7, 2023 Kevin John Coyne 4 Ricky Skaggs revives a track that he originally recorded with Keith Whitley.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Emmylou Harris, “(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date” May 2, 2023 Kevin John Coyne 3 Emmylou Harris brings a Conway Twitty hit back to No. 1.
Single Review Roundup: Vol. 2, No. 5 March 30, 2023 Kevin John Coyne 1 The best of this batch is Billy Gilman’s bluegrass debut.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Ricky Skaggs, “I Don’t Care” March 28, 2023 Kevin John Coyne 3 Ricky Skaggs goes No. 1 for the second time, as does the song that gets him there.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Emmylou Harris and Don Williams, “If I Needed You” February 13, 2023 Kevin John Coyne 4 Two of the era’s best team up for a wonderful Townes Van Zandt cover.