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Entertainment Weekly Loves Porter Wagoner, Hillary Lindsey

June 26, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 2

Entertainment Weekly has posted the music segment of their annual EW 100 Must List, showcasing the artists and entertainers that they are digging the most this year. Two country-related artists made the cut: songwriting powerhouse

Awesome Album Art: Nicolette Larson

June 26, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 1

Nicolette Larson, All Dressed Up and No Place to Go (1982)

Porter Wagoner, “Committed to Parkview”

June 25, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 5

Porter Wagoner, “Committed to Parkview” While Amy Winehouse sings about not going to rehab, country legend Porter Wagoner does a sympathetic roll call inside the walls of the Parkview mental hospital. Recorded by the Highwaymen

Awesome Album Art: Porter Wagoner

June 25, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 1

Porter Wagoner, Skid Row Joe – Down in the Alley (1970)

Yesterday’s Songs: June 25, 1994

June 25, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 3

Here’s a feature I’ve been wanting to start for a long time, since the good folks at Entertainment Weekly do it so well with the pop charts. How do yesterday’s hits sound today? Lets’ take

Awesome Album Art: J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers

June 24, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 0

J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers, Last Kiss (1964)

Clint Black, “The Strong One”

June 21, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 3

Clint Black, “The Strong One” So this is much better than all those treacly love songs that were Clint’s bread and butter in the mid-nineties. He’s much more effective singing about the perfect woman in

Emerson Drive, “You Still Own Me”

June 21, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 2

Emerson Drive, “You Still Own Me” So about six months ago, “Moments” was sent to radio, and after hearing it, I pretty much had to take back everything mean that I’d ever said about this

Alison Krauss & Union Station, “Simple Love”

June 17, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 4

Alison Krauss & Union Station, “Simple Love” All of the new tracks from the recent Alison Krauss compilation A Hundred Miles or More are worth hearing, but this is one of the best. It’s

A Conversation With Pam Tillis

June 13, 2007 Kevin John Coyne 13

As regular readers know, Pam Tillis released the best album of her career earlier this year: Rhinestoned. I had the wonderful pleasure of talking to her about this project that is so close to her