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A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #600-#591

May 14, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 15

Roy Clark’s finest moment makes an appearance as we inch closer to the halfway mark of the list.

A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #750-#741

November 11, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 4

Sugarland refuses to settle for less, while some outright country classics are forced to during this section of the list.

CMA Flashback: Entertainer of the Year (2019 Edition)

September 16, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 12

Our CMA Flashback series concludes with the biggest honor of them all: Entertainer of the Year.

A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #840-#831

September 9, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 7

It’s easy to get musical whiplash during this section of the list!

CMA Flashback: Male Vocalist of the Year (2019 Edition)

September 7, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 7

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

CMA Flashback: Album of the Year (2019 Edition)

September 4, 2019 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 (2019 Edition)

September 1, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 8

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

Country Music Hall of Fame Class of 2019: Brooks & Dunn, Ray Stevens, and Jerry Bradley

March 19, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 11

This year’s inductees have been announced.

The Best of 1991: The Ballot

November 18, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 7

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.

Single Review: Artists of Then, Now & Forever, “Forever Country”

September 24, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 11

What should be little more than an exercise in nostalgia is the most unexpectedly moving country recording in recent memory.