A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #480-#471 August 25, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 16 A few nuggets from the goldmine in this section, but the rest of it should’ve gotten the shaft.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #560-#551 June 10, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 11 Classics from Alabama, John Conlee, and Tracy Lawrence are among the highlights this time around.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #790-#781 October 13, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 8 Some big crossover hits meet up with successful country covers of big pop records.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #830-#821 September 13, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 3 Hall of Famers Alabama, Patsy Cline and Emmylou Harris are among the many veteran artists on this part of the list.
100 Greatest Women, #33: Pam Tillis August 3, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 3 Pam Tillis found commercial success as well as critical acclaim throughout the nineties.
Top Fifty CMA Single of the Year Winners, Part Two: #40-#31 October 24, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 9 All fifty winners of the CMA Single of the Year, ranked. Here are the next ten.
The Best Singles of 1991, Part Two: #20-#1 January 10, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 4 Our Best Singles of 1991 list concludes with our twenty favorites from a great year of country music.
A Country Music Conversation, Day 21: “The Sound of Goodbye” to “Strawberry Wine” December 19, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 6 Day 21 features tracks from Crystal Gayle, Faith Hill, Tracy Lawrence, John Anderson, and Deana Carter.
The Best of 1991: The Ballot November 18, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 7 1991 is the year that multiple Country Universe writers fell in love with country music. One look at the ballot and it’s easy to see why.
Daily Top Five: Second Singles July 2, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 7 So now it’s the second day of the month. What are your favorite second singles from albums or compilations? I’ll pick different artists this time around: Patty Loveless, “Here I am” John Anderson, “Straight Tequila