Features
Wednesday, December 7 2011
The Best Country Music of 2011
At first it seemed like an especially quiet year in country music, and in some ways it might have been. At the same time, country is country: it rolls on.
Columns
Wednesday, January 26 2011
The Past Is Never Past: How Country Music Remembers
Each year brings a slew of rock 'n' roll reissues or tributes, celebrating the anniversary of landmark albums from the past. Country music, however, tends to view its past differently.
Reviews
Friday, October 28 2011
George Strait: Here for a Good Time
While Strait spends about half the album doling out sunbeams, the other half is all shadows and pain, firmly in the old-country tradition of hard luck songs.
Friday, September 4 2009
George Strait: Twang
On the best songs, the lean approach leads to elegance, to delivering many feelings and stories with a small number of words.
Wednesday, April 23 2008
George Strait: Troubadour
Massive in his hit-making legacy, yet enigmatic for his seeming ordinaryness, George Strait returns with his 37th album in 27 years.
Tuesday, December 11 2007
George Strait: 22 More Hits
Every track here showcases Strait’s smooth style and the ability to make the life of a Texas cowboy into something sexy.
Tuesday, November 7 2006
George Strait: It Just Comes Natural
There are great joys to be had in George Strait's phrasing, diction and emotional interpretation. And then there's the music.
Blogs
Tuesday, July 7 2009
George Strait - Twang (new album / stream)
George Strait Twang (MCA Nashville) Releasing: 11 August 2009 (US) / SONG LIST 01. Twang - Jim Lauderdale, Kendell Marvel and Jimmy Ritchey 02. Where…
