Miscellaneous Musings – Country Universe

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[ September 2, 2025 ] Every No. 1 Single of the Seventies: Tom T. Hall, “(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine” 1973
[ September 1, 2025 ] Album Review Roundup: Vol. 1, No. 33 Album Reviews
[ August 31, 2025 ] A Separate Peace Miscellaneous Musings
[ August 29, 2025 ] Flashback: Stacy Dean Campbell, Lonesome Wins Again Flashback
[ August 25, 2025 ] Album Review Roundup: Vol. 1, No. 32 Album Reviews
[ August 23, 2025 ] Every No. 1 Single of the 2000s: Diamond Rio, “I Believe” 2003
[ August 23, 2025 ] Every No. 1 Single of the Seventies: Joe Stampley, “Soul Song” 1973

A Separate Peace

August 31, 2025 Jonathan Keefe 8

Considerations on separating the art from the artist in 2025.

Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes? Seven Contemporary Artists Carrying on the Nineties Country Legacy

October 18, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 0

A limited series spotlighting essential new albums from artists who are moving the genre forward.

Album Review: Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album

February 3, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 22

The founding editor’s take on the latest from Morgan Wallen.

A CU Sweet 16 Celebration: Zackary’s Philosophy

October 3, 2020 Zackary Kephart 1

Zack’s take on Country Universe’s Sweet 16 celebration.

Identity Through Imaging

September 10, 2020 Zackary Kephart 7

An essay on how visual representation has shaped country music.

Where Did You Come From? Where Did You Go? 25 Years of “Cotton Eye Joe”

August 12, 2019 Jonathan Keefe 6

It’s a fool’s game trying to predict which songs will truly endure. The biggest pop hits of 1994 were Ace of Base’s “The Sign,” All-4-One’s cover of John Michael Montgomery’s “I Swear,” and Boyz II

Terri Clark’s Podcast is Pretty Much the Greatest Thing Ever

July 11, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 5

Terri Clark launched a podcast earlier this year of unedited interviews recorded for her Country Gold radio show.

Alan Jackson, Jerry Reed, and Don Schlitz to Join Country Music Hall of Fame

May 7, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 7

Some thoughts on this year’s inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Happy Veterans Day

November 11, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 9

In honor of my late father, a U.S. Navy veteran, here is his favorite soldier song.

You Can’t Play Two Women Back to Back

May 30, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 18

How could you ever tell them apart? Thank goodness we have the diversity and variety of male voices in country music to keep things fresh. With deep gratitude to country music programmers for knowing what

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