Comments on: Brad Paisley Wins Big; Hank Cochran Honored; Sugarland Plans Live CD/DVD

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:46:54 +0000

“Jay is probably just another guy that rode into town circa 2001-2002
That long, eh??”

As opposed to folks who rode into town c. 1991-1992 or 1981 – 1982? Sheesh. Country music has been around a long time, chillun.

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:00:38 +0000

@Razor X: Sometimes, but I don’t find enough pop influences in Sara Evans or Trisha Yearwood’s music – the majority of their music is very straight up country

By: Stormy

Stormy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:47:53 +0000

Not all contemporary country is played on mainstream radio, though. Elizabeth Cook would be another example of a singer who is not so much neo-traditional as simply country.

By: Razor X

Razor X — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:01:20 +0000

OK, guys — at the risk of opening a real Pandora’s box — we need to come up with some working definitions of these terms that are being bandied about. How does one distinguish between “pop country” and “contemporary country”? Personally, I don’t make any distinction between the two since most contemporary country music is heavily pop-infused. But if we’re going to nitpick about which category Sara Evans and Trisha Yearwood fall under, then we need to know how to tell the difference.

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:46:25 +0000

I disagree that Trisha and Sara are pop country, I think they’re at the very least contemporary

By: Steve Harvey

Steve Harvey — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:39:02 +0000

Nicolas,

I don’t think Sara Evans could be classed as New Traditional. She’s pretty squarely pop-country. I’d say Lambert is contemporary country, with occasional veers into country-rock, Lee Ann Womack is definitely neotraditional (more often than not), Trisha is pop-country and Dolly depends on the record (she’s been full on pop-country and full on neotrad at various points throughout her career).

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:35:41 +0000

@Troy: Yes! My mom thought the same thing on the first performance and I noticed it later too

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:34:44 +0000

“Just curious how much traditional/new traditional music you listen to, Nicolas.”

Miranda Lambert, Sara Evans, Lee Ann Womack, Trisha Yearwood, and Dolly Parton

By: Troy

Troy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:58:43 +0000

On the CMT awards didn’t it sound like the mics for the singers were too low.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:23:07 +0000

Well, I could tell a huge difference. What the youtube one showed was what I heard when I was unfortunately watching the program and went to make popcorn. Then when I heard the CMT version now on their site,I thought it almost sounded like the radio version or CD version.