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I just landed on Ween’s Last.fm radio and the first song that came on was ‘When I’m Holdin’ You’ from 12 Golden Country Greats, their stupendous country music album. You must, you really must.
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[Countryphile] My awkward relationship with Johnny Cash
Tuesday March 04, 2008 @ 11:34 PM (UTC)This post was originally published on countryphile
This week’s Redneck Music programme has a whole set on Johnny Cash. It’s making me uncomfortable. I’m experiencing what we psychologists call cognitive dissonance.
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[Countryphile] Redneck Music
Wednesday February 27, 2008 @ 11:27 PM (UTC)This post was originally published on countryphile
…is, like Hillbilly and Americana, rapidly becoming my favourite type of Country. Thank goodness then for Mark Lamarr, who’s Radio 2 special series ‘Redneck Music’ is providing me with a phenomenal history of the genre, from the Carter Family to the yodeling hobos of the 1920s and 1930s.
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[Countryphile] My Country Jukebox & a new genre
Wednesday February 06, 2008 @ 11:25 PM (UTC)This post was originally published on countryphile
I’m hooked on My Country Jukebox, a Desert Island Discs for the country music biz. Unfortunately, there were only four broadcast. I’m currently listening to the Emmylou Harris episode and have been taken with the stories that country music musicians can put into their songs which pop music just doesn’t touch.
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[Countryphile] Week One: Honky Tonking
Friday January 11, 2008 @ 11:24 PM (UTC)This post was originally published on countryphile
Over the past week, I’ve had the pleasure of discovering that I prefer honky tonk to modern country. But i still don’t much about it.
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