A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #80-#71 August 1, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 10 As we move ten entries closer to the top, we still don’t see the universal quality that is expected in the upper echelon of a list like this.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #120-#111 July 14, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 7 Remind me why we’re doing this again?
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #180-#171 June 16, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 13 The best single of the nineties appears 170+ places too soon.
Single Review: Brad Paisley, “City of Music” June 15, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 1 “City of Music” is one of Paisley’s best-written songs to date.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #250-#241 April 1, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 10 So many classics in this section that the non-classics seem more out of place than usual.
Single Review: Jimmie Allen and Brad Paisley, “Freedom Was a Highway” January 29, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 4 An unmitigated disaster.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #370-#361 December 17, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 13 Brad’s being funny, Alan’s being snarky, and the two Kenny’s are singing about the islands and…well, read on.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #440-#431 September 27, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 9 Signature nineties hits from Tracy Lawrence, Collin Raye, and Sawyer Brown brighten up this batch.
Identity Through Imaging September 10, 2020 Zackary Kephart 7 An essay on how visual representation has shaped country music.