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Top Fifty CMA Single of the Year Winners, Part Four: #20-#11

October 26, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 6

All fifty winners of the CMA Single of the Year, ranked. Here are the almost but not quite top ten.

Terri Clark’s Podcast is Pretty Much the Greatest Thing Ever

July 11, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 5

Terri Clark launched a podcast earlier this year of unedited interviews recorded for her Country Gold radio show.

Artist Spotlight: Barry Zito

February 28, 2017 Sam Gazdziak 4

The latest crossover into country music comes by way of Barry Zito, the Cy Young Award-winning pitcher for the Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants.

A Country Music Conversation, Day 21: “The Sound of Goodbye” to “Strawberry Wine”

December 19, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 6

Day 21 features tracks from Crystal Gayle, Faith Hill, Tracy Lawrence, John Anderson, and Deana Carter.

Daily Top Five: Promise Unfulfilled

June 3, 2015 Kevin John Coyne 31

Inspired by today’s Randy Houser single review, what are your top five early singles that made you think an artist was going to be way better than they ended up being? Here’s my list: Big

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,

In Memoriam: Kevin Sharp, 1970-2014

April 22, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 2

Nineties country star Kevin Sharp has passed away at the age of 43 from complications relating to cancer.

Single Review: Tim McGraw, “Lookin’ for that Girl”

January 20, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 12

It’s hard for me to not like a song that uses “Funky Cold Medina” and “Strawberry Wine” as adjectives.

Single Review: Jamie Lynn Spears, “How Could I Want More”

January 7, 2014 Ben Foster 6

So… this is coming from pop idol Britney Spears’ 22-year-old younger sister who starred in a teen sitcom on Nickelodeon, and who became a tabloid favorite thanks to a controversial teen pregnancy. By all immediate expectations, her debut country single should be a disaster, and I should be making a stale pun out of the song’s title, right?

Single Review: Jake Owen, "The One that Got Away"

July 22, 2012 Kevin John Coyne 6

It took me until nearly the end before I realized who Jake Owen was reminding me of on this one.