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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: Album of the Year (2022 Edition)

November 10, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 16

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.

Single Reviews: Trisha Yearwood, “I’ll Carry You Home”; Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood, “Shallow”

October 23, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 10

It’s long past time to start talking about Trisha Yearwood as an all-time great.

Single Review: Florida Georgia Line, “God, Your Mama, and Me” (featuring Backstreet Boys)

February 21, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 8

To participate in a Florida Georgia Line record is to voluntarily lower yourself so you can fit in with them.

A Country Music Conversation, Day 13: “Just Some Girl” to “Linda On My Mind”

December 9, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 13

Day 13 features tracks from Joy Lynn White, Vince Gill, Little Big Town, Brother Phelps, and Conway Twitty.

The Best Albums of 2014

December 31, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 9

2014 was a banner year for country music albums. In addition to the predictably solid entries from the Americana, folk, and bluegrass scenes, some excellent albums also surfaced from the unlikeliest of sources: mainstream, radio-friendly