Lori McKenna

The Best Country Music of 2007

PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2007

Lori McKenna

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US release date: 14 August 2007

[14 December 2007]

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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.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2007

Just curious. Is there any reason why an article about the best in Country music begins with a three-paragraph-long rant about how bad the new release by the Eagles is? I haven’t heard the CD yet (although the first single was pretty unmemorable), so I’m glad for the head’s up, but if you’re gonna list the best in Country, could you - I don’t know - actually discuss the best in Country?

Comment by Tommy Marx from Portland OR — December 14, 2007 @ 6:43 pm

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