Single Review: Kane Brown, “One Mississippi” August 25, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 3 Creative production and contagious energy power up the stellar new single from Kane Brown.
Album Review: Kane Brown, Mixtape Vol. 1 April 21, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 10 Kane Brown’s latest release gives renewed hope for what contemporary country music can be.
Single Review: Lady A(ntebellum), “Like A Lady” March 17, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 29 An aggressively mediocre band sinks to a new low.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #290-#281 March 2, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 16 Any list of ours would have a better sense of country music history than this one has demonstrated, especially in this section.
CU Archives: Ben’s Favorite Songs by Sara Evans, Faith Hill, and Shania Twain February 21, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 0 Three FSBFA classics by Ben Foster from the Country Universe archive.
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.
A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time, #350-#341 January 17, 2021 Kevin John Coyne 8 Merle Haggard’s B-sides continue to outshine most of the A-sides on this list.
The Best Singles of 2020, Part One: #40-#21 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.
Album Review: Shania Twain, The Woman in Me: Diamond Anniversary Edition October 20, 2020 Kevin John Coyne 2 A landmark album gets an anniversary edition that raises the bar for country music reissues.