Earl Scruggs – Country Universe

Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Ricky Skaggs, “Crying My Heart Out Over You”

March 14, 2023 Kevin John Coyne 1

Hall of Famer Ricky Skaggs earns his first No. 1 country hit.

Every #1 Country Single of the Nineties: Sawyer Brown, “The Dirt Road”

August 24, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 7

An eighties band finds their artistic voice in the nineties.

Sunday Selections: September 11, 2016

September 11, 2016 Jonathan Keefe 8

It’s Trio Collection release week, y’all!

The Best Singles of 2015, Part One: #40-#21

December 19, 2015 Jonathan Keefe 5

Our first Best of 2015 list kicks off today with the lower half of our top forty singles of 2015. Check back for part two tomorrow!

Single Review: Robert Earl Keen, “Hot Corn, Cold Corn”

March 30, 2015 Jonathan Keefe 6

“Hot Corn, Cold Corn” Robert Earl Keen Written By Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Robert Earl Keen has spent the past three decades as one of the most venerated singer-songwriters in country music, particularly within

100 Greatest Men: #13. Bill Monroe

August 13, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 1

100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Few artists can claim creative ownership over an entire genre of music. Bill Monroe is one of those few artists, as the Father of Bluegrass led the way for

2014 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees: Hank Cochran, Ronnie Milsap, and Mac Wiseman

April 27, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 3

Good news for three legends of the genre, one of whom we lost to cancer only four years ago: