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Posted on 11/03/2014 4:06:35 PM PST by NKP_Vet
The year's most buzzed about new country artist is one most country fans may never heard on the radio.
Brandy Clark, an openly gay artist who sings, among other things, about pot-smoking housewives, had almost given up on becoming an artist herself, despite writing hits for The Band Perry, Miranda Lambert and others. But her debut album, "12 Stories," which peaked at number 23 on Billboard's Top Country chart, took her on a slow-burning path to this year's nomination for new artist of the year at the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday.
"I had been passed on a lot," said Clark, 37, during a recent interview at her management office on Music Row. "I think it's because I didn't really fit what is a mainstream country artist. I was over 30 and over a size 2. I was kinda more your average woman than your average super model, which is why my music resonates though."
To call her a dark horse in the awards show is somewhat of an understatement. She's the only female artist in the new artist category and her album didn't get one single on the country charts. While the rest of country music is awash in good-time party feelings, she's singing dark, edgy tales about infidelity, divorce, murderous lovers and painkiller addiction.
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Murder on Music Row - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny3K9irFC5k
There is NO country music anymore!
IMHO, most current country music has gone down the path of pop, sort of the way punk rock did in the 1990s. It has its place, I suppose. But for me, it’s not really country music in the classic sense.
And no, I’ve never heard of this woman. The last up and coming country star I paid attention to was Gretchen Wilson, and that was a decade ago.
What was she busted for? Soliciting little girls?
I remember the 70's when pop music fell in love with novelty songs ... followed soon by Country ("I don't like spiders and snakes", "Oh yes they call him the streak", etc.) Later some Country musicians even tried to do a little rap.
For a long time Country music has been pop music with southern accents.
Some of the best Country music today is from post-punk bands that play something like country-folk with edgier guitars.
Regardless of how its labeled there are just two kinds of music: the kind that sounds good and the kind that sucks.
I haven’t heard of her. I grew up with the best... Pride, Owens, Haggard, Jennings, Cash, Jones, Lynn, Wells, etc.
The crap they have to offer today turns me off. Guess we can be thankful to have Willie’s station on Sirius.
My two cents..
MFO
“My two cents”.
Which are exactly right. Stoney Edwards said it best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZBaw-G5MVo
Try Rosanne Cash’s lastest The River and the Thread.
I have liked Rosanne since 7 year ache came out in 1981. Her collaboration with her ex Rodney Crowell yielded some good stuff. Of course she got some good genes for singing from her Daddy.
Thank you for the suggestion!
MFO
The only thing I listen to these days that’s even close to sounding like country music is Bluegrass. Dailey and Vincent are what I’m buying.
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