Shelby Lynne

100 Greatest Women, #75: Shelby Lynne

May 1, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 3

Shelby Lynne’s eclectic musical path has earned her critical acclaim throughout her career.

100 Greatest Women, #86: Allison Moorer

April 2, 2018 Kevin John Coyne 8

One of the definitive female artists of Americana music.

NPR “Turning the Tables” List: A Conversation, Part Four: NPR #101-#150

August 2, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 5

A discussion of entries by Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Shelby Lynne, Iris DeMent, and Patty Griffin.

2017 ACM Awards: Predictions and Personal Picks

April 2, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 11

Brothers Osborne, Lori McKenna, Maren Morris, and Jon Pardi are already winners. Here are our predictions and picks for the rest of this year’s ACM ballot.

The Best Singles of 1991, Part One: #40-#21

January 9, 2017 Kevin John Coyne 1

The first half of our Best Singles of 1991 list showcases the wide array of young talent that dominated the country music scene in the early nineties.

Sunday Selections: December 6, 2015

December 6, 2015 Jonathan Keefe 3

The year of Chris Stapleton rolls on unabated. The reigning CMA Male Vocalist of the Year– which is still an amazing thing to type!– figures prominently in the country music news this week. But there

Album Review: Allison Moorer, Down to Believing

October 4, 2015 Jonathan Keefe 2

Since making her debut with 1997’s Alabama Song, Allison Moorer has been one of country music’s most consistent albums artists. The singer-songwriter has three unqualified masterpieces to her credit— the flawless stone-country heartbreak cycle of The Hardest Part, the politically charged The Duel, and the somber, heady Southern Gothic of Crows. Despite having those triumphs— and other excellent albums like Alabama Song and Good Fortune— to her credit, Moorer’s latest effort, Down to Believing, is perhaps the finest album of her career because it finds Moorer challenging both her singing and her songwriting voices to plumb truly difficult emotional depths.