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Daily Top Five: Twitter Country

June 1, 2015 Jonathan Keefe 4

We’ve been beefing up our activity on Twitter of late– for those of you not following us yet, you’ll never in a million years believe that our name is @CountryUniverse— and have been enjoying the

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

Daily Top Five: Deep Cuts

May 29, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 25

Today’s Top Five: What are five “deep cuts” of a favorite artist that you recommend to those who might only know that artist’s hits? Here’s my list for Tim McGraw: Why We Said Goodbye Tickin’

Daily Top Five: Terri Clark

May 28, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 7

Since she gave us the wonderful tweet earlier, and also put out one of the best singles of 2015 in recent weeks, it seems like a good day to share our top five Terri Clark

Say What? – Keith Hill

May 28, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 54

UPDATE: Check out the impeccably researched work of Deb B, also known as Windmills, over at MJ’s Big Blog: Country Radio & The Anti-Female Female Myth: A Data-Based Look ORIGINAL POST: Via Terri Clark’s Twitter,

Daily Top Five: Least Essential Albums

May 27, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 25

We’ve all got ’em. What are the five albums from artist you love that you try to pretend didn’t happen? (Or at least just don’t copy over to your iPod) Here’s my list: Sugarland, The

Daily Top Five: Most Essential Albums

May 26, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 27

Suggested by longtime reader and commenter Jonathan Pappalardo: What are the five most essential albums in your collection? I love this question! Here’s my list: Dixie Chicks, Home Reba McEntire, For My Broken Heart Patty

Daily Top Five: Should’ve Been Hits

May 25, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 29

Today’s Daily Top Five is loosely inspired by reader PSUMucci. What are five singles that should’ve been hits? They could be songs that ended up signature tunes for their act despite not being hits, or

Daily Top Five: Pre-Fame Releases

May 24, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 11

From longtime reader Six String Richie. What are your favorite pre-fame releases? You can pick singles and/or albums. Whatever works for you. Here’s my Top Five: Patty Loveless, “I Did” Shania Twain, “Dance With the

Single Review: Hunter Hayes, “21”

May 24, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 6

“21” Hunter Hayes Written by Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley, Hunter Hayes, and Kelly Lovelace Back in the days of cassettes, a faulty player would run the tape through a little too fast. It made the