Times Have Changed. But Not That Much.
In 1968, the early years of the modern feminist movement, 22 y/o Dolly Parton’s “Just Because I’m a Woman,” her desire-cum-demand for acceptance and equal treatment, reached top 25 on Billboard’s Country chart, and while times have changed—(hello, Kamala...
“The Worst Country Song of All Time”…haha!
"The Worst Country Song of All Time," by newcomer Brantley Gilbert, is fun and wacky and reminiscent of the fun and wacky "You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly," a hit in 1978 for Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty. It's fast talking and tongue in cheek and pokes fun at...
OMG, It’s “Good Ol’ Boy” Country…on a Boat!
Upscaling the location from pick-up trucks, "the lake," and barrooms to travel-poster locales of yachts sailing on azure oceans--- mostly 20 and 30-somethings, partying, hooking up, drinking and being drunk, is apparently, an antidote to heartbreak, when your partner...
“You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby.”
Nashville newcomer Lainey Wilson's delivery is sweet and ladylike, which belies the strong and straightforward message in her current Country hit, "Things A Man Oughta Know." If I can't have it, I can do without I can hang a picture same as I can take it down And how...
Country Trio Rascal Flatts is Calling it Quits
After 20 years together, dozens of hits and numerous awards, Country trio Rascal Flatts is calling it quits. The band had planned a 2020 farewell tour but the Covid pandemic put the kibosh on that; instead, they released "How They Remember You," which has been on the...
Thomas Rhett ‘s “Country Again” is About How Great Everything Country Is
Country music loves to sing about itself, sometimes spoofing it, i.e., David Allan Coe’s 1975 “You Never Even Called Me by My Name,” and sometimes more seriously, like Barbara Mandrell’s 1981 "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool,” which hit #1 years before...
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
If Dolly Parton’s “9-5” (1984) had a baby with Shaina Twain’s “Man! I Feel like a Woman, " (1997) it might be “Like a Lady,” the newest release from Lady A. Co- written and sung by the group’s Hillary Scott, it’s got the charm and sass of both those songs,...
Love & Romance! For Ever & Ever!
Country’s Luke Comb’s mid-tempo and romantic “Forever After All,” which has already racked up the most first day streams on Apple Music and broke a Spotify record for the most streams in one day for a solo Country artist, is #28 on this week’s music chart, and it’s a...
A Message That Touches the Heart (Cue the Kleenex!)
Nashville newcomer Elvie Shane's "My Boy" got me crying, and it's not even a sad song, rather, it's heartwarming, tender, and Country to its core: He ain't my blood, ain't got my name But if he did, I'd feel the same Yeah, he's my son and that's my choice He ain't my...