The Case for Country Music and Its Poetry of Pain
One has to go along with the flow of existence, no matter what suffering it brings. These country music artists give form to sadness and beauty to despair.
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35 Years Ago Country Music’s Three Greatest Queens Joined Forces on the Iconic ‘Trio’
Trio’s enormous success 35 years ago proved that a female-headed album could be a smash hit and that country music wasn’t merely a niche genre.
‘Woman Walk the Line’ Is a Love Letter to Country Music Past
Where female pop musicians tend to age out of the field, country musicians tend to possess a greater reverence for their predecessors, lionizing their greatness and proclaiming their influence at each and every opportunity.
Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris: The Traveling Kind
Having rekindled a decades old musical partnership, Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris return with the quietly triumphant and assured The Traveling Kind.
Beyond Record Store Day: Digging Up Some Choice Used Americana Vinyl
There are plenty of good reasons to visit an actual record store besides that one hyped day in April.
John Denver: All of My Memories: The John Denver Collection
Denver’s image was wrapped in sincerity and disarming, if sometimes hokey, charm. On one hand these were his weaknesses – he was an easy target for the critics – but they were also his strengths, as he came across as genuine and honest.