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CMA Flashback: Album of the Year (2020 Edition)

September 8, 2020 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.

Worth Watching: Ken Burns, Country Music – Episode 6: Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1968-1972)

September 24, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 1

Against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and major social movements, legendary artists like Merle Haggard, George Jones, and Tammy Wynette become superstars.

100 Greatest Women, #76: Paulette Carlson (Highway 101)

May 1, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 5

Few vocalists better illustrate the transition from the new traditionalist revival of the mid-eighties to the country boom in the early nineties than Paulette Carlson.

Year-End Rodeo 2016: Individual Ballots

January 3, 2017 Jonathan Keefe 6

Lists of lists!

Sunday Selections: October 2, 2016

October 2, 2016 Jonathan Keefe 5

No one-star reviews here.

Sunday Selections: August 13, 2016

August 14, 2016 Jonathan Keefe 15

Country radio needs to be “Fix”ed.

Sunday Selections: February 7, 2016

February 7, 2016 Jonathan Keefe 5

We just kind of can’t with this year’s ACM nominees.

100 Greatest Men: #53. Brooks & Dunn

June 28, 2012 Kevin John Coyne 15

100 Greatest Men: The Complete List

The very definition of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts, two struggling solo artists came together in the nineties and became the most c0mmercially successful duo in music history.

Twelve Songs of Christmas: Day Nine

December 23, 2011 Sam Gazdziak 1

Song #9: “We Three Kings.”

100 Greatest Men: #86. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

September 18, 2011 Kevin John Coyne 6

100 Greatest Men: The Complete List

They’ve been around in various incarnations for more than four decades, but the common thread has always been a deep respect for, and desire to preserve, the history of country music.