Over the years it seems the female country artist fraternity have taken on names of affection relating to their status. Tammy Wynette was known as ‘The First Lady Of Country Music’, Loretta Lynn as the ‘Coalminers Daughter’, Dolly Parton as ‘The Queen Of Country Music, and the list goes on. What may have escaped your [...]
Ronnie Dunn
It is almost a year since another piece of country music history was made. On the second of September 2010 Multi Award winning duo Brooks and Dunn (Kix and Ronnie) decided after twenty years at the top of the hitmakers ladder that they would quit their duo association and revert back to their solo interests. [...]
Ashton Shepherd- Where Country Grows
Anyone who starts their career at a tender age singing Patsy Cline songs is pretty hot in my country book. That seems to have been the case with the lady who made an impression on the country scene some three year ago when she offered her debut album ‘Sounds So Good’. So good was it, [...]
Gary Allan…. certainly not painful
To many it often seems that country music depicts the sadness that amplifies the content of many of the songs. With that in mind it seems that many singer/songwriters get their inspiration from their personal experiences. They also say that to sing the blues you have to have lived them. Taking all this on board [...]
Lyle Lovett Natural Forces
Although I’ve always been associated with country music my musical tastes are eclectic and over the years as a musician I’ve played in rock, pop, folk, country and trad jazz bands. As I’ve often mentioned before the possibility is that country music is the one and only genre that envelops all genres in one package. [...]
Looks maketh the man
There’s a peculiar circumstance that we’re all very guilty of, insomuch that if you only hear a voice without seeing the person we automatically visualise what they should look like. Radio of course is a prime example where the listener depicts the image of the presenter. It seems quite unbelievable but it does also happen [...]