Country Universe

Discussion: Hey, I’ve heard that before!

March 14, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 19

The 9513 notes in its review of the new Carrie Underwood single, “Last Name”: The song is similar in theme to Alan Jackson’s “I Don’t Even Know Your Name,” but this time, the roles are

100 Greatest Women, #98: Jeannie Kendall

March 12, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 8

100 Greatest Women #98 Jeannie Kendall (The Kendalls) A father-daughter duo from St. Louis, Missouri, The Kendalls had an impressive twenty-year chart run, which featured many big hits and two indisputably country classics. Singing lead

100 Greatest Women, #99: Sugar

March 11, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 5

100 Greatest Women #99 rong> Sugar (Dave & Sugar) Few acts have illustrated the imbalance between the sexes in country music history than Dave & Sugar. The act was formed in the mid-seventies by Dave

John Berry, “The Balloon Song”

March 11, 2008 Leeann Ward 4

John Berry, who has been off the country music radar since his moderate success of the nineties, is attempting to get his unique voice heard on the radio once again. Songs like “Your Love Amazes

100 Greatest Women, #100: Jennifer Nettles

March 10, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 20

100 Greatest Women #100 Jennifer Nettles (Sugarland) One of the strongest female voices to emerge in the past few years was already a fixture on the local music scene in Atlanta, long before she broke

100 Greatest Women: Introduction

March 10, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 5

100 Greatest Women An Introduction The story of women in country music tells the story of women in America over the past century. As we begin counting down the 100 Greatest Women in the history

Gary Allan, “Learning How To Bend”

March 4, 2008 Leeann Ward 12

Gary Allan’s raw and powerful delivery on his second single, from his Living Hard album, is a great reason to turn on your radio! “Learning How To Bend” is a realistic, honest love song that

2008 ACM Nominations

March 4, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 33

Apparently, Entertainer of the Year will be fan-voted. Seriously. Analysis to come, but let me briefly say “Woo-hoo! Miranda Lambert!” ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley Rascal Flatts George Strait Keith Urban TOP

Heidi Newfield, “Johnny And June”

March 2, 2008 Leeann Ward 35

Heidi Newfield, the former lead singer of Trick Pony, tries her hand at a solo career with a song that drops the names of one of country music’s most beloved couples, Johnny and June Cash. When

Toby Keith, “She’s a Hottie”

March 1, 2008 Kevin John Coyne 7

It’s interesting that Toby Keith and Shania Twain started out on the same cross-country bus tour together. Both of them have become superstars on the strength of their con How Do I Get My Ex