Charlie Louvin, Steps to Heaven
Charlie Louvin Steps to Heaven Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Charlie Louvin (one half of the Louvin Brothers) is full of praise on his latest release Steps to Heaven. By recording a religious...
View ArticleCharlie Louvin, Sings Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs
Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs This has been quite the year for the historically themed country album. Two of the year’s best releases have come from veteran singers exploring...
View ArticleLeeann Ward’s Top Ten Albums of 2008
#10 The SteelDrivers, The SteelDrivers Chris Stapleton’s voice just blows me away. As Lee Ann Womack has recently observed, he sings like a real man. He takes Travis Tritt’s soulfulness to a whole new...
View ArticleKevin J. Coyne’s Top Ten Albums of 2008
This is my fifth such list in as many years, and I have to say that I was mostly underwhelmed by the albums of 2008. If it wasn’t for the contributions of the other writers, who made me aware of some...
View Article100 Greatest Men: #37. The Louvin Brothers
100 Greatest Men: The Complete List They would both go on to successful solo careers, but it was the music that Ira and Charlie Louvin made together that earned them a place in the annals of history....
View Article100 Greatest Women, #82: Melba Montgomery
100 Greatest Women: 10th Anniversary Edition #82 Melba Montgomery 2008 Edition: #73 (-9) Ask most contemporary country fans about who George Jones sang all of those classic duets with, and they’ll say...
View ArticlePam Tillis Ranked: #50 – #26
Pam Tillis Ranked Introduction | #188-#151 | #151-#101 | #100-#76 | #75-#51 | #50-#26 | #25-#1 It’s one great performance after another as we get closer to the top of the list. To avoid spoilers, a...
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