I recently discovered that I like country music. Wait, let me rephrase that: I recently discovered that I like a very specific kind of country music: it should have a fiddle or violins, some guitar picking, and cannot be described as a “power ballad” of any sort. Continue reading
Country music traffics, at times, in some pretty tired stories about men and women, but it is crammed to the gills with talented women who have led fascinating lives. Here is a list of four women, whose careers cover the span of country recording, whose examples I would be proud to emulate. And with the exception of the first, they continue to write and perform today. Continue reading
All righty, all you real ‘Muricans! Today is your day to show us the music that is the foundation upon which this country was built…HAHAHAHA!
Just kidding. Country music is often treated as the red-headed step-child in the music industry, maybe it’s the high hair but as they say: “The higher the hair, the closer to God!”
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Check out a new clip from Country Strong in which Goopy shakes what Blythe Danner gave her. Continue reading