CMA Flashback: Entertainer of the Year (2020 Edition) October 17, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 12 Our CMA Flashback series concludes with the biggest honor of them all: Entertainer of the Year.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #450-#441 September 11, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 11 The best entries in this run come from the slick countrypolitan era. The backside of the seventies, if you will.
CMA Flashback: Female Vocalist of the Year (2020 Edition) September 9, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 18 Our CMA Flashback series continues with a look at Female Vocalist of the Year.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #760-#751 October 29, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 7 Early hits from Alabama, Eric Church, and the Dixie Chicks are among this batch of entries.
Hall Worthy: The Veteran Era (2019 Edition) March 24, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 6 Our look at who belongs in the Hall of Fame is updated with both a new artist and a new #1.
100 Greatest Women, #5: Emmylou Harris September 27, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 10 Emmylou Harris remains among the most influential and substantive country artists in history.
100 Greatest Women, #27: Crystal Gayle August 9, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 11 Crystal Gayle scored 34 top ten hits during her impressive run at country radio.
100 Greatest Women, #38: Lynn Anderson July 27, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 7 The “Rose Garden” singer was one of the first big crossover acts of the seventies.
100 Greatest Women, #55: Olivia Newton-John June 26, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 3 Her mere presence in country music infuriated traditionalists, but Olivia Newton-John’s pop-flavored country foreshadowed the boundary blurring recordings of future genre-straddling stars.
Hall Worthy: The Veteran Era May 9, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 16 These are the ten Veteran Era artists who are most worthy of induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.