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A Conversation with Beth Nielsen Chapman

May 16, 2018 Ben Foster 2

The past and present come together on Beth Nielsen Chapman’s new album Hearts of Glass. She discusses the journey that led her to this release in our interview with the 2016 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee.

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

May 1, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 2

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.

2018 Grammy Awards: Staff Picks and Predictions

January 27, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 8

The Country Universe staff predicts the Grammy winners, and shares our personal picks, too.

The Best Albums of 2017

December 29, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 3

The writing staff picks its twenty best albums of the year.

The Best Singles of 2017, Part Two: #20-#1

December 28, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 2

Our countdown of the year’s best singles concludes with a look at the twenty best releases of 2017.

CMA Flashback: Male Vocalist of the Year (2017 Edition)

October 8, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 5

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

CMA Flashback: Album of the Year (2017 Edition)

October 7, 2017 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 (2017 Edition)

October 6, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 9

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

New Favorites: 2017 Album Roundup

June 8, 2017 Leeann Ward 14

Leeann Ward shares five of her favorite albums from the first half of 2017.

Hall Worthy: The Veteran Era

May 9, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 19

These are the ten Veteran Era artists who are most worthy of induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.