2017 ACM Awards: Predictions and Personal Picks April 2, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 11 Brothers Osborne, Lori McKenna, Maren Morris, and Jon Pardi are already winners. Here are our predictions and picks for the rest of this year’s ACM ballot.
2017 ACM Award Nominations February 17, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 10 The nominations have been announced for the 2017 Academy of Country Music Awards.
Single Review: Sam Hunt, “Body Like a Back Road” February 6, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 10 This song is ridiculous.
The Twenty Best Singles of 2016 December 31, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 9 Our Best of 2016 retrospective begins with a look at the year’s best singles.
Single Review: Billy Currington, “Do I Make You Wanna” November 16, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 4 What’s going on with Billy Currington?
Single Review: Dierks Bentley, “Black” November 14, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 4 A disappointing entry from an artist who is capable of so much more.
Single Review: Blake Shelton, “A Guy With a Girl” October 17, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 2 To his credit, you can always count on Blake Shelton to make competent music that is professionally done.
Single Review: Brad Paisley, “Today” October 13, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 4 For me, Brad Paisley has always come off more as a studious observer of country music than a truly great artist within it.
Single Review: Carrie Underwood, “Dirty Laundry” October 5, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 5 The warmest country singer of her generation turns in the coldest record of the year.
Single Review: Cole Swindell, “Middle of a Memory” October 4, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 2 Dudebro’s sense of entitlement leaves him confusing blatant rejection with a missed opportunity.