If the heavy-hitters of outlaw country were acting like rock stars during their mid-'70s peak,
then perhaps it was inevitable that the outlaws would start singing rock songs -- which is precisely what Waylon Jennings did on 1976's Are You ...
The husband-and-wife duo Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore are definitely up the Brooklyn branch of
alt-country, much more like Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, say, than George Jones and Tammy Wynette, but the story, love in all its joining and ...
Twenty-two songs, electric and acoustic, mostly in a bluesy vein, although the gorgeous folk-style ballad
Up from Georgia is also here. Talley is good with electric backing, but his acoustic country blues (Magnolia Boy, etc.) sounds fresher and more distinctive. ...
In response to criticism that her records weren't country enough, Harris recorded Blue Kentucky Girl,
one of her most traditional outings. Relying on a more acoustic sound, the album largely forsakes contemporary pop songs in favor of standard country fare, ...
Dreaming My Dreams was Waylon Jennings' first number one record, and deservedly so. He had
created outlaw country with Honky Tonk Heroes, and then delivered two further albums that subtly developed its themes, even if they weren't quite as consistent. ...
Where Greatest Hits had the bulk of Tom T. Hall's greatest story songs, Greatest Hits,
Vol. 2 concentrates on his silly, cutesy songs, like Sneaky Snake, I Like Beer, I Love, and Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine, among seven ...
Prior to 2014's highly regarded Goodnight Tender, Amy Ray had spent her career, both solo
and with fellow Indigo Girl Emily Saliers, dancing around the margins of various American roots traditions. The Indigo Girls' music has always been rooted in ...
The eponymous follow-up to 2015's lovely and understated Over and Even, Joan Shelley sees the
Louisville, Kentucky-based singer/songwriter and her partner in crime Nathan Salsburg delivering a warm breeze of a record that unfolds like a curl of smoke from ...
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