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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.

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.

CMA Flashback: Horizon Award and New Artist (2022 Edition)

November 10, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 9

The complete history of the CMA award for Horizon/New Artist, including a look at this year’s nominees.

Single Review Roundup: October 11, 2022

October 11, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 7

A Shakespearean ballad from Emily Scott Robinson and a resurrected classic from Jo Dee Messina are the consensus picks from this batch.

A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #360-#351

January 13, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 16

Several signature, award-winning hits show up here, along with a couple of loud clunkers from artists not nearly in the same league as the ones that the share this section with.

Discussion: Twenty Albums That Shaped Your Musical Tastes

July 11, 2020 Zackary Kephart 20

If your life is a record, it’s got to have a soundtrack.

The Best Albums of the Decade, Part One: #100-#76

February 9, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 7

Our Best Albums of the Decade list kicks off with its first 25 entries.

Sunday Selections: May 22, 2016

May 22, 2016 Jonathan Keefe 4

We’re really, really, really tired of having taglines about music legends who have died.

Sunday Selections: January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016 Ben Foster 7

The final week of January was a big one for Aubrie Sellers, who gave her first television performance, released her first album, and appears poised for an outstanding 2016. Elsewhere a fairly light news week which includes a short but solid list of new releases as well as troubles for Jamey Johnson, Tyler Farr and Katie Armiger.

Single Review: Dierks Bentley, “Somewhere On a Beach”

January 24, 2016 Sam Gazdziak 7

Dierks Bentley has, in a quiet and underrated way, become one of the most consistent hitmakers in country music today. He’s also one of the few singers out there who’s unafraid to color outside the established lines for country singers in the 2010s.