Books/Featured: Top of Home Page/Reviews‘Producing Country’ Is Great Oral History By PopMatters Staff / 19 September 2014 This is an exceptional read on how records get made. We learn how producers coaxed great performances, made power deals, and generally had a good time.
Featured: Top of Home Page/MusicRisa Binder: Nashville EP By Zachary Houle / 4 August 2014 They say that beauty is only skin deep, and that’s pretty much true of Binder’s five song Nashville EP.
Books/Featured: Top of Home Page/ReviewsA Yarn-Spinning Tale about Country Music Legend Merle Haggard By PopMatters Staff / 13 May 2014 David Cantwell writes from the heart and the results are, like the subject, highly unconventional and completely memorable.
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Culture/Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/MusicThe Best Country Music of 2013 By PopMatters Staff / 10 December 2013
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Books/Culture/Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/MusicCountry Music Ain’t Black & White: ‘Hidden in the Mix’ By Dave Heaton / 30 June 2013
Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/MusicThe Best Country Music of 2012 By PopMatters Staff / 7 December 2012
Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/MusicIn the Heart of Country Music in the Heart of the Country By PopMatters Staff / 10 September 2012
Books/Featured: Top of Home Page/Reviews‘The Encyclopedia of Country Music: Second Edition’ Lives Up to Its Name By PopMatters Staff / 23 August 2012
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