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.
Country Music Hall of Fame Class of 2022: Keith Whitley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Joe Galante May 17, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 12 The Country Music Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #30-#21 August 30, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 16 It’s a great day to be two posts away from the end of this list.
Every #1 Country Single of the Nineties: Keith Whitley and Earl Thomas Conley, “Brotherly Love” August 13, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 7 A beautiful duet about brotherhood brings the hitmaking runs of two eighties legends to a close.
Every #1 Country Single of the Nineties: Joe Diffie, “Home” June 28, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 8 Another week, another fantastic new artist launching their career with a classic No. 1 single.
Every #1 Country Single of the Nineties: Lorrie Morgan, “Five Minutes” June 9, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 7 A second generation country star scores her first No. 1 hit.
Every #1 Country Single of the Nineties: Paul Overstreet, “Seein’ My Father in Me” June 4, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 8 For a few years, an unassuming songwriter became a chart-topping country artist.
Every #1 Country Single of the Nineties: Keith Whitley, “It Ain’t Nothin'” May 25, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 7 Keith Whitley scores a posthumous No. 1 hit on both sides of the decade turnover.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #320-#311 February 18, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 13 A stretch of the list that has caused enough saltiness on Kevin’s part to put Morton’s out of business.