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Month: October 2017

Top Fifty CMA Single of the Year Winners, Part Six: Individual Ballots

October 29, 2017 Jonathan Keefe 1

One of us didn’t rank “Cruise” dead last. But which one of us was it?

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.

Top Fifty CMA Single of the Year Winners, Part Four: #20-#11

October 26, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 6

All fifty winners of the CMA Single of the Year, ranked. Here are the almost but not quite top ten.

Single Review: Alan Jackson, “The Older I Get”

October 25, 2017 Jonathan Keefe 6

Alan Jackson offers a meditation on aging that should become a genre standard.

Top Fifty CMA Single of the Year Winners, Part Three: #30-#21

October 25, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 10

All fifty winners of the CMA Single of the Year, ranked. These ten make up the middle of the pack.

Single Review: Chase Rice, “Three Chords and the Truth”

October 24, 2017 Jonathan Keefe 1

Chase Rice goes almost four full minutes without actively debasing women or country music, but don’t mistake that achievement alone for greatness.

Top Fifty CMA Single of the Year Winners, Part Two: #40-#31

October 24, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 9

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

Single Review: The Last Bandoleros, “Fly With You”

October 23, 2017 Jonathan Keefe 0

Yes, that comparison to Hanson is meant as a very high compliment.

Top Fifty CMA Single of the Year Winners, Part One: #50-#41

October 23, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 10

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

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