Dolly Parton – Country Universe

100 Greatest Women, #46: Skeeter Davis

July 16, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 2

This Grand Ole Opry legend recorded classics both with her sister and on her own.

100 Greatest Women, #47: Cousin Emmy

July 14, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 1

Cousin Emmy was a multifaceted performer who could play more than a dozen instruments, and she had a more outsized personality than any woman in country music history.

100 Greatest Women, #52: Jennifer Nettles (Sugarland)

July 7, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 2

Through her work with Sugarland and her more recent solo efforts, Jennifer Nettles has been a defining female voice in country music during the 21st century.

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.

An Olivia Newton-John Retrospective, Part Five: 1976-1977

June 19, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 4

Olivia Newton-John breaks big in Japan, produces a hit network television special, sues her record label, and sells platinum in America for the first time.

100 Greatest Women, #58: Rhonda Vincent

June 14, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 3

For nearly two decades, Rhonda Vincent has remained the leading female ambassador of bluegrass music.

A Conversation With Tami Neilson

May 21, 2018 Jonathan Keefe 1

Talking SASSAFRASS!, #TomatoGate, Miss Sharon Jones, and more with the incomparable Tami Neilson.

100 Greatest Women, #77: Norma Jean

April 26, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 0

Popular sixties singer Norma Jean is the first of two women on this list who are alumni of the Porter Wagoner Show.

Retro Single Review: Dolly Parton, “You’re the Only One”

March 15, 2018 Ben Foster 7

The last of five consecutive #1 singles during Dolly’s first big crossover peak.

100 Greatest Women, #96: Rhiannon Giddens

March 8, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 6

In recent years, no other artist has emerged who more fully embodies both the past and present of American Roots music as well as Rhiannon Giddens.