Rolling Country 2024

Beyonce is gonna have a song about Linda Martell. I missed this 2020 article about her

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/linda-martell-black-country-grand-ole-opry-pioneer-1050432/

But whoever else gets something out of it besides him, like mass group therapy/catharsis, good for them.

what does this mean

wow that post article is bad

dude...we do not need someone with the influence Zach Bryan has over a generation of 15-25 year olds tearing down the media and/or pointing people toward non-mainstream/fringe outlets. ugh.

i've seen his crowds, i know which direction they'll go. he is a full bottle of fuel on the fire.

I guess I can appreciate pushback on modern male country, but can we get a funky and fun version of the alternative

lol this guy

https://consequence.net/2024/04/morgan-wallen-felony-arrest-throwing-chair/

NY Times and Rolling Stone are excited about 22 years old Oklahoma resident singer songwriter Wyatt Flores

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/arts/music/wyatt-flores-half-life.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLQnU63I3IQ

Sierra Ferrell is playing two sold out shows here next week. Never heard of her, afaict, what's her deal?

She’s a fairly polished vintage/throwback vibe. I don’t love either of her albums all the way through but the new one especially has some strong numbers.

She's right behind, like, Charley Crockett on the Non-Mainstream Country Elevator taking all these artists up to amphitheaters, etc.

She's already big and getting bigger fast. And she's good. Very vintage vibe - jazz, swing, ragtime, fiddle music, maybe some yodeling, or maybe that's just Nick Shoulders. Opening for Zach Bryan this summer, too.

xp agreed -- she's a better performer than songwriter, and I'd love to see her put out an album of like 1/4 originals and 3/4 covers like they used to do it. Long Time Coming is solid though and a good place to start.

She gets by on vibes, which is enough for people of a certain age.

Love her cover of "Years" that she did for that John Anderson tribute album a couple years ago. Imagine her doing an album like Roses in the Snow, mixing traditional tunes, a bluegrass version of something more modern (a la "The Boxer" at the time), a throw back like "You're Gonna Change"...it would be amazing, I'm sure, vibes and all.

checked out the farrell album. i dug her songwriting a good deal. the songs aren't lyrically showy but they're effective, and each song has a line or two that makes me perk up. would've liked it a lot more if it were an 8-track all-killer album, but as y'all said, the rest of it still gets by on vibe.

For those still on board with her, Miranda Lambert's new single, "Wranglers," is set for May 3rd. Written by Audra Mae, Evan McKeever, and Ryan Carpenter; not a Lambert co-write.

"Wranglers is a new single about getting revenge in the best way possible… BURNIN IT DOWN"

I get definite Dolly vibes from Ferrell. She can play it straight down the road but isn't above getting silly and cute either. Watched a CBS Sunday Morning segment on her and her story is like something out of a different time - poverty and pills in West Virginia, followed by riding the rails and busking on street corners throughout the U.S. for several years, a near OD, and then getting discovered in her 30s playing at an American Legion.

With fentanyl and pills flooding communities at the heart of the genre, artists such as Brad Paisley, Elvie Shane, Jaime Wyatt, and others are meeting the crisis in song and in action

BY JEFF GAGE

Here’s what a Rolling Stone magazine writer is excited about

x-post above-- I like some of the Sierra Ferrell cuts i listened to as well

Maybe not what the Stone writer has in mind, but he might well mention it along the way (haven't read that yet):
if this doesn't show, it's Johnny Cash, singing "Committed To Parkview"
http://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=78976dc6be027e16&sca_upv=1&q=johnny+cash+committed+to+parkview&tbm=vid&source=lnms&prmd=vinsmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1j5SC7uKFAxVW38kDHckADk0Q0pQJegQICRAB&biw=1094&bih=510&dpr=1.25#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:c73237c0,vid:MSjHvue8rgc,st:0

0uddy Miler feat. Lee Ann : "Meds"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnkfK--6Ke4

My liberal niece went to Stagecoach fest and posted an enthusiastic IG story post with a Morgan Wallen and Post Malone duet .

She likes pop emo rock too

SONGWRITER: A NEW ALBUM FROM JOHNNY CASH

In early 1993, the legendary Johnny Cash recorded an album’s worth of songwriting demos he’d written over many years. Some thirty years later, John Carter Cash, the son of Johnny and June Carter Cash, rediscovered the songs and stripped them back to just Johnny’s powerful, pristine vocals and acoustic guitar. Along with co-producer David “Fergie” Ferguson, the two invited a handpicked group of musicians that played with Johnny, including guitarist Marty Stuart and the late bassist Dave Roe, along with drummer Pete Abbott and several others, to the Cash Cabin, where Johnny would write, record and relax, to breathe new life into the tracks, taking the sound back to the roots and heart of the songs.

Releasing June 28th, Songwriter features songs written solely by Cash, one of America’s greatest songwriters and storytellers. The 11-track collection will be available digitally, as well as on CD and a variety of vinyl options, including standard black and several limited-edition color variants.

Songwriter’s first single, “Well Alright,” is out now. The track is prime Johnny Cash, harkening back to his ‘50s hits such as “Get Rhythm,” “Five Feet High and Rising,” “Cry! Cry! Cry!” and “Big River.”

Listen to “Well Alright” and pre-order Songwriter now! Discover the tracklist below.

1. Hello Out There
2. Spotlight
3. Drive On
4. I Love You Tonite
5. Have You Ever Been To Little Rock?
6. Well Alright
7. She Sang Sweet Baby James
8. Poor Valley Girl
9. Soldier Boy
10. Sing It Pretty Sue
11. Like A SoldierSONGWRITER (OFFICIAL ALBUM TRAILER)

Discover Songwriter, the new album from Johnny Cash. Features narration from Jamey Johnson.

Psyched for this!

https://x.com/KaitlinButts/status/1787607391124455718

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kaitlin-butts-red-dirt-roadrunner-album-1235003612/

New Adeem album is out and is good. This song about parenting got me all teary on first go-round. Second go-round too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0YAbaIqa7U

Also got some rockers on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga2IO5zq8dg

Dawn Landes has a new album out called "The Liberated Woman's Songbook":

The album reimagines music from the women’s liberation movement, with songs featured in The Liberated Woman’s Songbook, originally published in 1971. Landes, along with producer Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman, Bob Weir, Cassandra Jenkins) highlights 11 musical stories from the canon of women’s activism, from 1830 to 1970. These messages are just as timely today as they were then.

https://dawnlandesofficial.bandcamp.com/album/the-liberated-womans-songbook

I've not kept up with Landes but love her voice and have seen her perform with Hem. Found out about this from Natalie Weiner & Marissa Moss's newsletter:

I have been meaning to spotlight this for weeks — what a wonderful conceit for an album, and so well-executed! I have been thinking a lot about how country/folk artists can tap into the genre's long, well-established radical, progressive songwriting tradition — how thinking about how evergreen those sentiments and ideas are can make them feel even more potent. Landes really delivers here, from both a conceptual and research angle (there are a few familiar chestnuts here, like "Which Side Are You On?", but many are new to me) and a musical one. — NW [Agreed, I love this record - MM]