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, #140-#131 July 4, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 8 Help us make it through the rest of this list.
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.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #190-#181 June 12, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 7 Ten of the biggest country artists of all time are on this section of the list, an indication that we’re getting closer to the top.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #320-#311 February 18, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 13 A stretch of the list that has caused enough saltiness on Kevin’s part to put Morton’s out of business.
Identity Through Masculinity and Femininity: Johnny Cash, Tanya Tucker, Dolly Parton, and Puzzling Paradoxes January 20, 2021 Zackary Kephart 2 A continuation of a previous essay, exploring identity formation through masculinity and femininity, and exploring the paradoxes and audience perceptions that come with both.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #400-#391 November 17, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 7 Sirius must have hired a wino to write this mess of a list.
Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 Edition) September 24, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 6 Rolling Stone updates its all-time list, with many new additions from the worlds of country and Americana.
Identity Through Imaging September 10, 2020 Zackary Kephart 7 An essay on how visual representation has shaped country music.