Persona and Modern Music in 17 Songs
Persona, the “I” of the song, has evolved and expanded to more fully represent a diversity of experiences and emotional, political, and cultural orientations.
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The 25 Best Country Songs About Death
There is no genre with as rich a history of songs about many forms of death–by natural causes, murder, suicide, war, accidents, and so on–than country.
The 10 Best Country Albums of 2010
The synthesis of the past, present, and future was so much of what country music was about in 2010. Country was still fairly male-dominated in the era, although the changing winds, wherein women would create the most forward-looking music, were already beginning to blow.
The Whiskey Gentry: Dead Ringer
This solid country-rock record keeps getting distracted by singer Lauren Staley Morrow's lyrics about her insecurities.
Lee Hazlewood: 13
Lee Hazlewood's 13 is an excellent -- if uncanny -- addition to his eclectic body of work, a fascinating document for devoted fans and curious newcomers alike.
Holding on to Hag: Remembering Merle Haggard 1937-2016
Merle Haggard died at age 79, leaving behind a legacy of authentic country music.
2015 Nelsonville Music Festival – 28-31 May, 2015 (Photos)
Merle Haggard, St. Vincent, and the Flaming Lips headed up another eclectic year at Ohio's Nelsonville Music Festival.
A Yarn-Spinning Tale about Country Music Legend Merle Haggard
David Cantwell writes from the heart and the results are, like the subject, highly unconventional and completely memorable.