The Origin of My Country Music Fascination: A Tribute to My Grandparents
A tribute to the people who started this crazy journey for me.… Read More The Origin of My Country Music Fascination: A Tribute to My Grandparents
A tribute to the people who started this crazy journey for me.… Read More The Origin of My Country Music Fascination: A Tribute to My Grandparents
What new features to expect as well as a reflection on blogging about music in 2020.… Read More Plans for 2021
A roundup of other year-end lists “across the country.”… Read More The 2020 Long List
A tribute to what we’ll take with us after 2020 ends.… Read More Wings of Burden
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
A light year, so far.… Read More Upcoming Country/Americana Album Releases For 2021
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
Kyle of Kyle’s Korner Blog was kind enough to recently ask me if I’d like to contribute to his “deep dive” series on his website, in which he exhaustively explores artists and their career runs. As you can see from the picture above, Kyle asked if I’d look into Gary Allan for the next edition… Read More Whatever Happened To Gary Allan?
Trying out a feature from Kyle’s Korner!… Read More A Thoughtful Exercise: Lost In The Shuffle (Inspired By Kyle’s Korner)
Thank you, Bob Kingsley… Read More From A Fan: Thank You, Bob Kingsley
Nathan Kanuch of Shore2Shore Country and I have once again teamed up to deliver, what we feel are, the ten most influential albums within country music in the last decade. You can find that on Nathan’s site here. Also, to copy and paste my caveat from that piece, just for reference: As a caveat to… Read More The Ten Most Influential Albums Within Country Music In The Last Decade (w/Shore2Shore Country)
The Musical Divide has teamed up with Julian Spivey of The Word and Nathan Kanuch of Shore2Shore Country to deliver, what we feel are, the best 100 songs that represent country music and its vast history. We have made this list to coincide with the newest documentary from Ken Burns, Country Music. This list can… Read More The Top 100 Country Songs Of All Time
Offering tips to get started with a country music website!… Read More The Musical Divide’s Guide To Country Music Blogging
Only the worst!… Read More The 40 Worst Country Songs Ever