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Discussion: All-Female Country Tour

September 16, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 44

This topic was suggested by reader “vp”, who figured that Country Universe would be a good place to discuss this quote from Carrie Underwood: Meanwhile, Underwood has plans. Maybe these plans will even include Faith

Harlan Howard

August 23, 2008 Guest Contributor 0

“I like to give artists a song they have to sing the rest of their lives. Songwriting is both my living and my pleasure, so I’m a happy man.” ~ Harlan Howard The dean of

Favorite Songs by Favorite Artists: Pam Tillis

August 3, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 20

Pam Tillis was the artist that made me a fan of country music. There were songs and artists I had liked before, but hearing “Maybe it Was Memphis” was an epiphany, a sudden realization that

100 Greatest Women, #35: Pam Tillis

May 28, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 14

100 Greatest Women #35 Pam Tillis She grew up the daughter of a country music icon. As a baby, she’d nap in his guitar case. But Pam Tillis resisted her musical heritage for many years

100 Greatest Women, #56: Matraca Berg

May 10, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 14

100 Greatest Women #56 Matraca Berg When women became the dominant creative force in country music during the mid-nineties, it wasn’t just on the strength of their vocal talents, but also because of their excellent

The Best Country Albums of 2007

December 24, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 8

#15 Let it Go Tim McGraw Tim McGraw’s previous album, Live Like You Were Dying, topped my first year-end album list back in 2004. Let it Go strays from the musical formula that Dying

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

Pam Tillis, “The Hard Way”

July 28, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 0

This is Pam’s first single in eleven years that she’s had a hand in writing, and it’s easily the most personal song she’s ever released. She had referred on record before to the car crash

A Conversation With Pam Tillis

June 13, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 13

As regular readers know, Pam Tillis released the best album of her career earlier this year: Rhinestoned. I had the wonderful pleasure of talking to her about this project that is so close to her

Pam Tillis, Greatest Hits

May 28, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 2

Greatest Hits June 3, 1997 Ah, the nineties. What seemed so perfect back then, time has taken the shine away from. Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not talking about the quality of