Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit at The Salt Shed | Chicago Goes Country
With the country music genre being so hot right now, it was no surprise to see Jason Isbell...
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Sterling Drake – Highway 200 | The Country Music Conundrum
I’ve always taken pride in my diverse taste in music. From rich and layered classics of The Beatles...
Francesca Royster – Black Country Music | Art as Cultural Revolution
Country music provided a solid third of my childhood musical diet. Another third came from actual children’s music,...
Okie from Muskogee: Recorded “Live” in Muskogee, OK by Merle Haggard | A Critique of Willful Misinterpretation
“Okie from Muskogee: Recorded ‘Live’ in Muskogee, OK” is a superb and insightful book, one that rejected easy classification, like its subject Merle Haggard.
Dolly Parton, Gender, and Country Music | A Lifetime of Busting Barriers
Dolly Parton, Gender, and Country Music portrays an artist of strength and verve who’s committed to being exactly who she wants to be on her terms, no matter what the traditional paternalistic power structure dictated she should do.
Taylor Swift: Feeling 22, Rising and Not There Yet
Musically, Swift has more in common with Kesha right now than most of her peers: you can slip between "Die Young" and "22" without batting an eye.