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Grammy Flashback: Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Revised and Updated for 2009 While the Grammys have honored country music from the very first ceremony in 1959, they did not begin honoring by gender until 1965, when the country categories were...
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Single Review: Kellie Pickler, “Makin’ Me Fall in Love Again”
Kellie Pickler has quietly become one of the most played female artists on country radio, the unthinking man’s alternative to fellow top twenty regular Miranda Lambert. She’s done it largely with...
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ACM Flashback: Single Record of the Year
As with the similar CMA category of Single of the Year, looking over the history of this category is the quickest way to get a snapshot of country music in a given year. There is a quite a bt of...
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Sunday Selections: October 9, 2016
When George Strait talks about pendulums, you’d be advised to listen. There’s been quite a bit of talk of late about how the mainstream is swinging back into a more traditional phase. Last month, Jon...
View ArticleSingle Review: Maren Morris, “I Could Use a Love Song”
“I Could Use a Love Song” Maren Morris Written by Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins, and Laura Velts On her Grammy-winning breakthrough, “My Church,” Maren Morris considered the spiritual awakening that...
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A Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time,...
Eight of these ten songs went all the way to #1, but few of them warrant inclusion on this list. #550 Sara Evans, “A Little Bit Stronger” #1 | 2010 JK: I appreciate how Evans’ performance reflects...
View ArticleGrammy Flashback: Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Revised and Updated for 2009 While the Grammys have honored country music from the very first ceremony in 1959, they did not begin honoring by gender until 1965, when the country categories were...
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Single Review: Kellie Pickler, “Makin’ Me Fall in Love Again”
Kellie Pickler has quietly become one of the most played female artists on country radio, the unthinking man's alternative to fellow top twenty regular Miranda Lambert. She's done it largely with...
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ACM Flashback: Single Record of the Year
As with the similar CMA category of Single of the Year, looking over the history of this category is the quickest way to get a snapshot of country music in a given year. There is a quite a bt of...
View ArticleSunday Selections: October 9, 2016
When George Strait talks about pendulums, you’d be advised to listen. There’s been quite a bit of talk of late about how the mainstream is swinging back into a more traditional phase. Last month, Jon
View ArticleSingle Review: Maren Morris, “I Could Use a Love Song”
Another solid radio single undermined by its production choices.
View ArticleA Country Music Conversation: Sirius Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time,...
Eight of these ten songs went all the way to #1, but few of them warrant inclusion on this list.
View ArticleEvery No. 1 Country Single of the Eighties: Sylvia, “Drifter”
Prairie disco arrives at country radio.
View ArticleEvery #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Sylvia, “Nobody”
Sylvia earns her second No. 1 hit with her signature song.
View ArticleEvery #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Sylvia, “Like Nothing Ever Happened”
Sylvia follows her signature hit with some weak tea.
View ArticleEvery #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Sylvia, “Fallin’ in Love”
A change in producer returns Sylvia to the top for the final time.
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