A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #80-#71 August 1, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 9 As we move ten entries closer to the top, we still don’t see the universal quality that is expected in the upper echelon of a list like this.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #120-#111 July 14, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 7 Remind me why we’re doing this again?
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #180-#171 June 16, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 13 The best single of the nineties appears 170+ places too soon.
Single Review: Brad Paisley, “City of Music” June 15, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 1 “City of Music” is one of Paisley’s best-written songs to date.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #250-#241 April 1, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 10 So many classics in this section that the non-classics seem more out of place than usual.
Single Review: Jimmie Allen and Brad Paisley, “Freedom Was a Highway” January 29, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 4 An unmitigated disaster.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #370-#361 December 17, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 13 Brad’s being funny, Alan’s being snarky, and the two Kenny’s are singing about the islands and…well, read on.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #440-#431 September 27, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 9 Signature nineties hits from Tracy Lawrence, Collin Raye, and Sawyer Brown brighten up this batch.
Identity Through Imaging September 10, 2020 Zackary Kephart 7 An essay on how visual representation has shaped country music.