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Did Country Music Re-elect the President?
In the last installment of the Country Music Literature series, we examined the lyrical construction of country songs. The current article considers the political implications of country music and a Department of State official’s assertion that country music may have played an integral, perhaps even an essential, role in re-electing President Bush.
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“The Imagined World of Country Music”
This is part two of my analysis of Maxine Grossman’s “Jesus, Mama and the Constraints on Salvific Love in Contemporary Country Music. Read part one here. Check back soon for the next installment of the series, in which I’ll feature a new article.
“All I can say about ‘We Shall be Free’ is that I [...]
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Dissecting the Country Lyric: Finding the “Religious Space”
Despite the disdain that many members of the “intellectual elite” seem to exhibit toward country music, academia’s scholarly journals publish a surprising number of excellent articles that thoughtfully examine the art of country music and its cultural and social impact. Search of the most common electronic databases reveals hundreds of insightful gems from the most [...]
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In each and every instance, the best country albums of the past ten years were built on the backs of songs -- stories about you and me from birth to death and stories that paint landscapes rooted in every region of America and beyond. These are the top country albums of the decade.Current Discussion
- Steve Harvey: “Don’t tell mama”. One of the great modern country songs.
- luckyoldsun: My two cents-worth: Toby Keith is an artist. The guy takes chances. His songs often express things in new ways, rather than ...
- Scooter: I agree with the naysayers on this one. I was really looking forward to this album but i'm a little ...
- Jackie: Well Jim- Who made you the authority on songs? Tim's new song- STILL- is awesome, so much for those people ...
- stormy: My intial post was directed to him. Then you responded to it. Feel free to join a coversation, ...
- Jon: @Stormy I am not Sonny B. If you want to converse with him, don't address me.
- stormy: Jon: We are back to you reading all of the posts. Sonny B March 14, 2010 at 9:41 am ...
- Jon: @stormy. I don't believe I said it did. @Chris N. Probably not, and yet that doesn't really rebut the observation.
- sam (sam): I agree with Ben Foster. I would also give this song a "Thumbs Down." The lyrics are pretty weak in ...
- Ben Foster: That was the meanest favorable review I've ever read. You harshly criticized the song's use of cliches, and then ...
