Editorial Archive

2010 Editorials

• Walking the talk
• Technology run amok
• American Idol's Carrie Underwood can sing
• Taylor Swift, the Grammys and playing in the dirt
• Carrie Underwood gets prime time gig
• Walking across America, Jimmy Wayne gives back

2009 Editorials

• Swift, West make strange bedfellows, once more
• Giving back
• Taylor Swift cleans up again
• A fine night for Taylor Swift
• Will Taylor Swift win Entertainer of the Year?
• Taylor Swift sells out
• Way to go Kanye (sic)
• That's what Willie should do
• Whither Paste Magazine?
• Another magazine bites the dust
• Kudos to Underwood, Big Kenny Africa efforts
• Welcome back George
• Country Standard Time keeps it country, web only
• Better days ahead?

2008 Editorials

• There's no Equity
• Taylor Swift can't sing
• Country's biggest night?
• Crossing over
• The internet revolution
• Eddy Arnold R.I.P.
• Quality country/bluegrass rule
• R.I.P. No Depression magazine
• 2007: Another difficult year

2007 Editorials

• R.I.P. Porter Wagoner
• When it rains...
• The CMA nominations controversy
• Duets
• The long wait for music
• Tough times for the music industry
• The Dixie Chicks and the Grammys
• Looking into the crystal ball for 2007

2006 Editorials

• Looking back at 2006
• Superstars and problems
• Rednecks and Country
• Martina and Dino
• The new, ho-hum artists of 2006
• Dixie Chicks, radio and fans
• RIP Buck Owens, Cindy Walker
• The new labels
• The changing musical landscape

2005 Editorials

• Looking back at 2005
• The CMAs and Bon Jovi
• The future of Americana music
• The dilemma of digital downloads
• The aging of country music
• The different sounds of country music
• Nashville Star
• The upbeat state of music
• Looking ahead to 2005

2004 Editorials

• Looking back at the memories of 2004
• Considering satellite radio
• 2004: Exercising your patriotic duty
• The politics of country
• Conway Twitty returns, unfortunately
• Something old, something new
• So goes Cash, so goes Lynn
• Do awards really matter?
• 2004: The year ahead

2003 Editorials

• 2003: Looking back at the year
• Welcome Carl Smith, Floyd Cramer to the Country Music Hall of Fame
• The Cash legend
• Sex and videos
• A new breeze blowing in Nashville
• Toby Keith, the Chicks and the ACMs
• The Dixie Chicks and 15 words
• The plethora of Grammys
• Looking ahead to 2003

2002 Editorials

• 2002 wasn't a very good year
• Cry a lot for Faith Hill
• The art of music
• The Dixie Chicks done it their way
• A hearty thanks from CST on its 10th anniversary
• Patriotic songs - the new hip thing?
• O brother, what will the future bring?
• Remembering Waylon
• Alan Jackson helps the world turn
• 2001: The year that wasn't

2001 Editorials

• Gaining a musical foothold is even harder
• The healing powers of music
• I want my Americana TV
• The new fan fair
• Admit it, you don't like the slogan
• Make the awards meaningful
• The new kids in town
• It's the music stupid, or how to exploit a pretty country singer
• Understanding or trying to understand the Grammys
• 2000: The year that wasn't

2000 Editorials

• Garth Brooks "retires"
• Good bye Nashville Network
• Singles versus careers in the business of country
• Welcome aboard to Charley Pride, Faron Young
• The Western Beat with Billy Block takes off
• Country music's new blood
• Dixie Chicks fortunately say goodbye to Earl
• Optimism circa 2000
• 1999: The good, the bad and the future

1999 Editorials

• Murder on Music Row
• The choice of tradition and the tradition of choice, or how come George, Merle and their friends can't get no respect
• The Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines controversy
• TNN: Every kind of country but music
• Mary Chapin Carpenter: a worthy greatest hits package
• What happened to the women of country?
• "Trio II" makes you feel thrice fortunate
• The unhealthy state of country
• It's the music, Garth

1998 Editorials

• The Possum is back
• Thanks Dixie Chicks, Shania, for different reasons, they shed light on the state of country
• The key to tradition
• Congratulations, at long last, thanks for Country Hall of Fame
• Caveat emptor when it comes to Garth Brooks' "The Limited Series"
• Remembering Rose Maddox
• Don't pay for play, some record labels undertake effort to control the radio waves
• Encouraging diversity in country
• 1998: A year of tradition?

1997 Editorials

• Radio could be changing
• Expanding your musical horizons
• Whatever happened to real country music?
• It ain't the meat, it's the music
• The New Breed may be the future of country, but are record companies listening?
• The business of awards
• Where have all the hellraisers gone?
• The long haul versus one-hit "wonders"
• 1997: A hopeful year for country?

1996 Editorials

• 1996: The year that wasn't
• Women put their mark on country
• Rimes isn't the only one feeling "blue"
• What's so great about greatest hits?
• Tradition returns to country
• Turn on the green light: expose yourself to different kinds of country
• A look forward and back

1995 Editorials

• ACM awards: safe nominations lead to surprises