Lori McKenna – Country Universe

September 9, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 4

Mainstream country music is steadily improving, and it’s reflected in the nominees for this year’s CMA Awards.

June 4, 2023 Kevin John Coyne 2

Two of the best singles of the year are part of this roundup, courtesy of Jessye DeSilva and Rhiannon Giddens.

January 30, 2023 Kevin John Coyne 8

Here’s who will win and should win at this year’s ceremony.

August 12, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 6

Chris Stapleton, Kane Brown, Ashley McBryde, and Carly Pearce lead the Country Universe dream ballot for this year’s CMA Awards.

July 18, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 2

Our take on a batch of summer singles from Nikki Lane, Cole Swindell, Banditos, Sunny Sweeney, Carly Pearce, and Roberta Lea.

August 15, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 4

I have no interest in assessing the overall quality of “Fancy Like,” but I do want to talk about it.

March 14, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 7

Here are the 2021 Grammy Winners in the general, country, and country-adjacent categories.

December 30, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 0

There are 40 albums on our Best of 2020 list. Here are the first twenty!

December 30, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 2

Our look back at 2020 begins with the twenty singles that make up the lower half of this year’s singles list.

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Our Best of the Decade feature comes to a close with a look at the very best singles from the past ten years.