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Discussion: The Right to Write

November 24, 2008 Guest Contributor 10

Mary Chapin Carpenter has been tapped by the Washington Times to write a regular column in the paper’s “Show” section, and her first article appeared on Friday, November 21. A press released last week lauded

Classic CMA Awards Moments, #6: Mary Chapin Carpenter’s Opening Act (1990)

November 4, 2008 Guest Contributor 10

#6: Mary Chapin Carpenter Opening Act 1990 In a rare coup for a new artist, Mary Chapin Carpenter earned a coveted performance slot on the 1990 show, and she used it to establish her identity

Don Schlitz

October 11, 2008 Guest Contributor 4

Few songwriters in Nashville have reached the dizzying heights of Don Schlitz. His mantle full of awards and his prominence on the charts for the better part of three decades has made Schlitz an integral

Mary Chapin Carpenter, Stones in the Road

August 31, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 12

Mary Chapin Carpenter Stones in the Road I believe the essence of God is reflected in the very best art. By that standard, Stones in the Road has been my gospel, the defining record that

100 Greatest Women, #8: Trisha Yearwood

June 23, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 30

100 Greatest Women #8 Trisha Yearwood She once said that her goal is to create music that won’t make Emmylou Harris want to avoid her if she saw her coming down the street. For nearly

100 Greatest Women, #29: Mary Chapin Carpenter

June 1, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 12

100 Greatest Women #29 Mary Chapin Carpenter The list of intelligent female singer-songwriters that have made it big in country music is fairly short. Brown-educated and world-traveled by the time she performed publicly, Mary Chapin

100 Greatest Women, #41: Lucinda Williams

May 25, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 10

100 Greatest Women #41 Lucinda Williams When Time dubbed Lucinda Williams “America’s Greatest Songwriter” in 2001, it wasn’t exactly a news bulletin to those who had followed her career for the previous two decades. She

100 Greatest Women, #51: Terri Clark

May 15, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 6

100 Greatest Women #51 Terri Clark When Mercury records launched Terri Clark in 1995, they billed her as country music’s first female hat act. Over the next decade, she’d show a lot more staying power

Essential Viewing: Women of Country Special

August 15, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 11

CBS has a tendency to pull clips from this show down as soon as they’re up, so I highly recommend watching it now: the 1993 Women of Country documentary. It traces the history of women

Top Twelve Songs about America

July 4, 2005 Kevin John Coyne 2

We’ve been a bit overwhelmed in country music with patriotic songs since 9/11, and many of them have the stench of expolitation, poor taste, or just plain bad songwriting. In my opinion, the best songs