For approximately the past three years, I’ve stuck to a routine with this blog that – outside of a brief period last year where I focused my attention on Country Universe – has rarely changed. Every week usually consists of around three posts that can be anything from album reviews to countdowns to historical pieces… Read More Starting Over … In a Way

I apologize, folks. I thought this would be the week I could kick this feature back into high gear. Instead, I’m sad to say I’m suspending the Sunday Morning Paper until further notice. Some changes to my personal life have made less room for writing recently, and unfortunately, this feature is by far the most… Read More A Note About the Sunday Morning Paper/Column

Introducing a new playlist and that’s kind of it.… Read More Introducing a New Playlist – The “Boom” Box

Copied and pasted from my Album Release Schedule page, and, as the headline suggests, posted mainly for archival purposes. January 2020: 10th Ronnie Dunn – Re-Dunn Tenille Arts – Love, Heartbreak & Everything In Between 15th Futurebirds – Teamwork 17th Little Big Town – Nightfall Marcus King – El Dorado Dustin Lynch – Tullahoma Della… Read More For the Archives: The Albums of 2020

I normally just update my “Country Universe Posts” page to share what I’ve written there, but I’d like to share this one outright – “Favorite Songs by Favorite Artists: Alan Jackson,” in which I count down 25 of my favorite Alan Jackson songs. On that note, I’d like to mention that this week’s of edition… Read More Miscellaneous News & Notes

Hello, I’m happy to announce that, as of today, I’m now a proud contributor to Country Universe. For now, I’ll mainly be writing single reviews there, so I’ll no longer be publishing song reviews on this website. If you’d like to keep up with what I write there, however, I’ll keep an organized list on… Read More Musically Divided, Stronger As One

There’s a lot of fantastic writing about country music floating around the web, and the source is (often) just normal, everyday people writing out of passion. This is just a small roundup post meant to highlight some great recent reads from around the country music universe worth checking out: Kyle of Kyle’s Korner Blog just… Read More Worth Reading: Posts From Country Music Websites

I teamed up with Nathan Kanuch (of Shore2Shore Country) to discuss a variety of topics related to country music. We didn’t plan anything out, and the conversation that followed covers a variety of topics from Kenny Rogers, imagining the modern-day Highwaymen, Luke Combs versus Jon Pardi and much more. If you’re curious, you can read… Read More A Quarantine Country Music Conversation

A country fan’s thoughts on recent events impacting country music… Read More It’s Hard Out Here For A Country Fan, But Even Harder For An Artist

A new year means new music, and 2020, so far, boasts a nice variety of album releases in the country and Americana music worlds. The following is a list of the biggest upcoming releases for next year, though keep in mind this is not a complete list; these are just the albums I’m aware of.… Read More Upcoming Country/Americana Album Releases For 2020

This is simply me copying and pasting (and then deleting) past releases from the “Album Release Schedule” page here for referential purposes. January 2019: 1st The August Empire – self-titled (review) 11th Randy Houser – Magnolia (review) Rob Baird – After All Carlton Anderson – s/t (EP) (review) 18th Ronnie Milsap – The Duets Cody… Read More For The Archives: The Albums Of 2019