Year-End Rodeo 2016: Individual Ballots
Lists of lists!
Dolly Parton
The Twenty Best Singles of 2016
Our Best of 2016 retrospective begins with a look at the year’s best singles.
A Conversation with Rhonda Vincent
Ben Foster chats with the bluegrass legend about her recent live release Rhonda Vincent and The Rage: All the Rage, Volume 1.
A Country Music Conversation, Day 24: “Whole Lotta Love On the Line” to “You Don’t Seem to Miss Me”
Day 24 features tracks from Aaron Tippin, Sammy Kershaw, Donna Fargo, Kenny Rogers (with Dolly Parton), and Patty Loveless (with George Jones).
A Country Music Conversation, Day 17: “9 to 5” to “Now I Know”
Day 17 features tracks from Dolly Parton, Iris DeMent, Radney Foster, Kim Richey, and Lari White.
Album Review: Jennifer Nettles, To Celebrate Christmas
To Celebrate Christmas is a nice blend of joyfulness and reverence.
The Best of 1991: The Ballot
1991 is the year that multiple Country Universe writers fell in love with country music. One look at the ballot and it’s easy to see why.
2016 CMA Winners
A historic night at the CMAs. The organization celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a star-studded show that reminded the audience of the genre’s rich history, […]
Sunday Selections: October 30, 2016
We love the guy, but Sturgill Simpson sure can be a grumpy sumbitch at times.
Sunday Selections: October 16, 2016
We’re only 23 days away from the election, y’all.