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.
Vince Gill
CMA Flashback: Entertainer of the Year
Our CMA Flashback series concludes with the biggest honor of them all: Entertainer of the Year.
CMA Flashback: Male Vocalist of the Year
Our CMA Flashback series continues with the Male Vocalist of the Year category.
CMA Flashback: Single of the Year
Here’s a look back at CMA Single of the Year, starting with this year’s nominees.
CMA Flashback: Album of the Year
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.
Sunday Selections: October 2, 2016
No one-star reviews here.
Single Review: Artists of Then, Now & Forever, “Forever Country”
What should be little more than an exercise in nostalgia is the most unexpectedly moving country recording in recent memory.
Sunday Selections: September 18, 2016
This week, we had to type the word, “songwriterly,” because some country stars are bad at talking and having opinions.
Sunday Selections: June 26, 2016
2016 has claimed yet another icon in “Doctor” Ralph Stanley.
Sunday Selections: May 1, 2016
Merle Haggard passed away on April 6th, and it has taken just about 20 days for people to try to politicize his death.