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CMA Flashback: Single of the Year (2024 Edition)

November 20, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 0

Here’s a look back at the previous winners for CMA Single of the Year, along with a look at this year’s nominees.

Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: George Strait, “If You Ain’t Lovin’ (You Ain’t Livin’)”

August 24, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 6

George Strait is a fantastic pop singer.

CMA Flashback: Single of the Year (2022 Edition)

November 10, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 8

Here’s a look back at the previous winners for CMA Single of the Year, along with a look at this year’s nominees.

A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #80-#71

August 1, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 10

As we move ten entries closer to the top, we still don’t see the universal quality that is expected in the upper echelon of a list like this.

A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #380-#371

December 14, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 8

Clint Black, Willie Nelson, and Ernest Tubb are the blue skies here.

A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #980-#971

June 9, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 8

Hall of Famers George Jones, Tammy Wynette, and Alan Jackson kick off the next ten entries.

100 Greatest Women, #7: Patsy Cline

September 24, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 5

Patsy Cline was one of the few women who transcended her country singer status and become a pop culture icon.

#100 Greatest Women, #59: Jeannie Seely

June 14, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 2

Jeannie Seely has been one of the most forceful personalities on the country music scene since she had her first big hit in 1966.

Single Review: LeAnn Rimes, “How to Kiss a Boy”

October 28, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 6

This song is absolutely gorgeous, and so is LeAnn Rimes’ tender and vulnerable reading of it.

100 Greatest Men: #3. Willie Nelson

August 15, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 1

100 Greatest Men: The Complete List He started out as an unconventional songwriter trying to be a conventional artist. But when Willie Nelson let his hair down, he became a country legend for the ages.