Features
Friday, December 7 2012
The Best Country Music of 2012
In 2012, you could be forgiven for being dismissive of the country music genre entirely -- to a point. For as long as country exists as a genre, there will be songwriters who are devoted to embodying their own vision of what “country” means, which sometimes means pushing the genre around.
Friday, December 14 2007
The Best Country Music of 2007
Whatever your taste in music, be it Country or Western, 2007 has been something of a disappointment when compared with recent years. You have to look a little harder to find the diamonds in the Van Lear coal-mine that was the year that was, but they're there.
Friday, December 14 2007
The Best Pop-Country of 2007
Purists may turn up their noses at pop-country, but it produced more top-shelf music this past year than the stricter formal traditions on which it draws.
Reviews
Thursday, August 30 2012
Carrie Underwood: Blown Away
Underwood's fourth album cements her pop music divinity; this has its downside.
Tuesday, November 24 2009
Carrie Underwood: Play On
Play On is definitely not good, not horrifyingly bad, and precisely what you imagine it to be.
Thursday, November 8 2007
Carrie Underwood: Carnival Ride
Carrie Underwood will probably never record a better song than "Before He Cheats", but she comes closer than you'd expect on her superb sophomore effort.
News
Friday, December 29 2006
'American Idol' Carrie Underwood has had a heck of a year
MINNEAPOLIS - Carrie Underwood spent last New Year's Eve hanging out with friends in her college town of Tahlequah, Okla. This New Year's Eve, a…
