Every #1 Single of the Nineties: Sammy Kershaw, “National Working Woman’s Holiday” March 3, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 1 A nineties No. 1 hit that celebrates working women.
Every #1 Single of the Nineties: Sammy Kershaw, “I Can’t Reach Her Anymore” February 11, 2022 Kevin John Coyne 2 Sammy Kershaw channels George Jones.
Every #1 Single of the Nineties: Sammy Kershaw, “She Don’t Know She’s Beautiful” November 18, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 7 An underrated nineties star tops the chart for the first time.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #90-#81 July 26, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 12 Wasting away again in Siriusville.
CMA Flashback: Horizon Award and New Artist (2020 Edition) October 16, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 9 The complete history of the CMA award for Horizon/New Artist, including a look at this year’s nominees.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #850-#841 September 5, 2019 Kevin John Coyne 5 One of these songs resulted in a huge sales increase for a particular brand of tequila.
100 Greatest Women, #34: Lorrie Morgan August 3, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 2 Second generation star Lorrie Morgan had a string of big hits in the nineties.
A Country Music Conversation, Day 24: “Whole Lotta Love On the Line” to “You Don’t Seem to Miss Me” December 22, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 8 Day 24 features tracks from Aaron Tippin, Sammy Kershaw, Donna Fargo, Kenny Rogers (with Dolly Parton), and Patty Loveless (with George Jones).
The Best of 1991: The Ballot November 18, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 7 1991 is the year that multiple Country Universe writers fell in love with country music. One look at the ballot and it’s easy to see why.
Single Review: Blake Shelton, “A Guy With a Girl” October 17, 2016 Kevin John Coyne 2 To his credit, you can always count on Blake Shelton to make competent music that is professionally done.