Reviving an old friend with an excellent year of country music, featuring hits from Dolly Parton, Crystal Gayle, Jimmy Buffett and more!
Tag: Merle Haggard
The Boom-or-Bust Jukebox – Week 14 (2021): (Alan Jackson, Mae Estes, Graycie York, Jimmie Allen and Brad Paisley)
New singles from Alan Jackson, Mae Estes and Graycie York help provide the best week we’ve had for this series yet!
The Unbroken Circle: Merle Haggard – “Sing Me Back Home” (1968)
We lost Merle Haggard four years ago today – this is a small way to remember him
The Best Hit Songs Of 1979
Featuring hits from Gene Watson, the Charlie Daniels Band, Don Williams and more!
The Best Hit Songs Of 1982
In the early 1980s, country music benefited from the release of the film Urban Cowboy, enough to where one could label it a boom era for the genre. Commercially, the movement was great, but stylistically, artists may have dressed the part (almost too much), but the actual music was too syrupy and glossy to resemble anything… Continue reading The Best Hit Songs Of 1982
The Best Hit Songs Of 1965
Featuring hits from Porter Wagoner, Roger Miller, Eddy Arnold and more!
Album Review: The Steel Woods – ‘Old News’
The short version: The Steel Woods’ sophomore effort is somehow even better than their debut album. It’s a striking concept record filled with great stories, fantastic riffs and some of their stickiest hooks yet. In short, it’s an early contender for one of 2019’s best albums. Favorite tracks: “Rock That Says My Name,” “Without You,”… Continue reading Album Review: The Steel Woods – ‘Old News’
The Best Hit Songs Of 1973 (w/ Shore2Shore Country)
In a special turn of events, this edition of The Musical Divide’s “best hit songs” feature will feature a second opinion! This week, I’m joined by Nathan Kanuch of Shore2Shore Country to help count down what we believe are the best hit songs of 1973. As an aside, I will say that two songs on… Continue reading The Best Hit Songs Of 1973 (w/ Shore2Shore Country)
The Best Hit Songs Of 1968
It’s always interesting investigating earlier years in country music for these features. They’re easier to assemble than you may think, mostly because the best songs of the year were also the biggest hits (which is sadly an extinct concept today). Culturally, 1968 was a year that shattered American history. It was a year filled with… Continue reading The Best Hit Songs Of 1968
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