New Johnny Cash album coming out next month, it's based on these unreleased demos he did in 1993. Apparently they kept his vocal and guitar and some guys that used to play with him filled in the rest. It sounds GOOD, man.
It did not stumble and rush through its space, this quiet stream. Rather, it literally flowed with the landscape, and when it encountered barriers, it either went around them or kept nudging, pushing, and bumping against them until it found a way through.
While we're in this #country#Americana vein, we need to stop and appreciate the songwriting and guitar playing of Nanci Griffith. This one is in a CRAZY non-standard open tuning. Just try and figure out how to finger-pick this one, I dare you.
I found out today that Jelly Roll and T-Pain covered the Toby Keith classic "Should've Been a Cowboy" and I don't know if I'll be the same. https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0D2PFHFNW
Sadly, it's an Amazon Music exclusive, so no other options on how to stream it.
Country living serves me well
The big city offers many thrills
But nothing like a warm breeze
Whispering through the pines
Cows serenading each other
Across lush green pastures
An expansive bright blue sky
Caressing a graceful swallow tail
The fragrance of the wisteria
A joy like no other
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Metal Fans Should Be Keeping An Eye On Folky Country Artist DAN SPENCER
Dude's clearly got roots in the world of metal.
Nine bucks on bandcamp for a perfect album - the barroom country-punkabilly offshoot from X and The Blasters, an absolutely exact Mood from start to end
"We’d already picked up a good idea of what country means to her culturally, in her few public statements in advance of 'Cowboy Carter,' amplified in the one trillion thinkpieces published during the last two months, many of which really did help spur a vital conversation about Black exclusion and reclamation in one of America’s most important indigenous artforms. But now “Cowboy Carter” is in front of us as a real piece of music, not just a conversation piece. So what does what might already be the most talked-about album of the 21st century actually sound like?" Variety reports: