Deborah Allen – Country Universe

A Separate Peace

August 31, 2025 Jonathan Keefe 21

Considerations on separating the art from the artist in 2025.

CMA Flashback: Horizon Award and New Artist (2024 Edition)

November 12, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 0

The complete history of the CMA award for Horizon/New Artist, including a look at this year’s nominees.

Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Janie Fricke, “Let’s Stop Talkin’ About It”

August 14, 2023 Kevin John Coyne 2

Janie Fricke scores another uptempo hit.

Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: John Conlee, “I’m Only in it For the Love”

June 27, 2023 Kevin John Coyne 2

Kix Brooks scores his first No. 1 hit.

Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Janie Fricke, “Don’t Worry ’bout Me Baby”

March 26, 2023 Kevin John Coyne 5

Janie Fricke earns her first solo No. 1 hit.

CMA Flashback: Horizon Award and New Artist (2022 Edition)

November 10, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 9

The complete history of the CMA award for Horizon/New Artist, including a look at this year’s nominees.

The Best Singles of 1991, Part Two: #20-#1

January 10, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 4

Our Best Singles of 1991 list concludes with our twenty favorites from a great year of country music.

The Best Singles of 1993, Part One: #40-#31

July 25, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 2

How strong a year for country music was 1993? Well, if our Best Albums list revealed how many great artists were overlooked, our Best Singles list reveals why there is so little room at the

Grammy Flashback: Best Female Country Vocal Performance

January 25, 2009 Kevin John Coyne 23

Revised and Updated for 2009 While the Grammys have honored country music from the very first ceremony in 1959, they did not begin honoring by gender until 1965, when the country categories were expanded along