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In Memoriam: Earl Thomas Conley (1941-2019)

April 11, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 2

Earl Thomas Conley, an eighties country music hitmaker who enjoyed 18 #1 hits, has passed away.

CMA Flashback: Horizon Award and New Artist (2018 Edition)

October 20, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 8

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

CMA Flashback: Male Vocalist of the Year (2018 Edition)

October 20, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 5

Our CMA Flashback series continues with the Male Vocalist of the Year category.

CMA Flashback: Album of the Year (2018 Edition)

October 20, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 14

Here are all of the nominees and winners for CMA Album of the Year, starting with a look at this year’s contenders and stretching back to the first ceremony in 1967.

CMA Flashback: Single of the Year (2018 Edition)

October 20, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 9

Here’s a look back at the previous winners for CMA Single of the Year, along with a look at this year’s nominees.

100 Greatest Women, #8: Trisha Yearwood

September 24, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 15

Trisha Yearwood was the genre’s most consistently excellent recording artist during the boom years of the nineties and the decade that followed.

100 Greatest Women, #9: Alison Krauss

September 19, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 8

This legend in her own time has made an indelible mark on bluegrass, country, and Americana music.

100 Greatest Women, #34: Lorrie Morgan

August 3, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 2

Second generation star Lorrie Morgan had a string of big hits in the nineties.

Podcast Recommendation: Children of Song

May 27, 2018 Leeann Ward 2

Robert K. Oermann’s addictive podcast keeps it all in the family.

Top Fifty CMA Single of the Year Winners, Part Five: #10-#1

October 27, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 6

All fifty winners of the CMA Single of the Year, ranked. Here are the best of the best.