Keith Whitley – Page 3 – Country Universe

December 10, 2019 Jonathan Keefe 7

Two of the very best songs from the eighties New Traditionalist movement make disappointingly low appearances.

April 11, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 2

Earl Thomas Conley, an eighties country music hitmaker who enjoyed 18 #1 hits, has passed away.

September 24, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 15

Trisha Yearwood was the genre’s most consistently excellent recording artist during the boom years of the nineties and the decade that followed.

September 19, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 8

This legend in her own time has made an indelible mark on bluegrass, country, and Americana music.

August 3, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 2

Second generation star Lorrie Morgan had a string of big hits in the nineties.

May 27, 2018 Leeann Ward 2

Robert K. Oermann’s addictive podcast keeps it all in the family.

October 27, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 6

All fifty winners of the CMA Single of the Year, ranked. Here are the best of the best.

December 19, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 6

Day 21 features tracks from Crystal Gayle, Faith Hill, Tracy Lawrence, John Anderson, and Deana Carter.

December 6, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 5

Day 11 features tracks from Matraca Berg, Mark Chesnutt, Lee Roy Parnell, Rascal Flatts, and Keith Whitley.

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.