A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #530-#521 July 8, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 7 I’ve got eighteen curse words about the placement of #521, and a dozen of them are too explicit to print.
2020 Academy of Country Music Awards: Complete List of Nominees February 27, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 2 The show airs live on Sunday, April 5, with reigning Entertainer of the Year Keith Urban as the show’s new host.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #720-#711 December 1, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 7 A remarkably inessential run of hits, despite the presence of so many essential artists.
2020 Grammy Awards: The Nominations November 20, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 8 Here are the 2020 Grammy nominees in the general, country, and country-adjacent categories.
2019 CMA Awards Picks & Predictions November 3, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 8 The 53rd Annual Country Music Association Awards are fast approaching. Here are our predicted winners and personal picks!
2019 CMA Awards: Full List of Nominees August 28, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 2 This year’s CMA Nominations have been announced.
Where Did You Come From? Where Did You Go? 25 Years of “Cotton Eye Joe” August 12, 2019 Jonathan Keefe 6 It’s a fool’s game trying to predict which songs will truly endure. The biggest pop hits of 1994 were Ace of Base’s “The Sign,” All-4-One’s cover of John Michael Montgomery’s “I Swear,” and Boyz II
2019 ACM Awards: Complete List of Winners April 8, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 0 Dan + Shay, Kacey Musgraves, Thomas Rhett, and Keith Urban were among the big winners this year.
The Twenty Best Singles of 2018 December 30, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 7 Four Country Universe writers pick the twenty best singles of 2018.
2018 CMA Awards: Full List of Winners November 15, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 5 A big night for Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves, Keith Urban, and Carrie Underwood.