Country music in the 1980s found the genre stretching: Some artists experimented with synthesizers, saxophones and pop sensibilities while others continued to produce firmly traditional country tunes. The decade also introduced a class of future superstars of country music:Garth Brooks,Clint Black,Travi...
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Over 2K music fans have voted on the 160+ Best Country Songs Of The '80s, Ranked. Current Top 3: He Stopped Loving Her Today, Forever and Ever, Amen, When You ...
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Set in Music City’s historic Cannery building—originally a flour mill, then a place to grind coffee, and finally a restaurant before becoming a music venue in the 80s—theCannery Ballroomis now one of Nashville’s primary spots to catch artists like Bon Jovi, Chris Stapleton, and Adele in...
Belt has been belting out the tunes (no pun intended) since the early 2000s after making his way to Nashville, Tennessee. Like many new artists, it takes a while to get noticed in the Music City but his love of the traditional, classic country sound has gained a loyal fan base in a...
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Throughout this period Nashville was producing a lot of smooth, easy-listening country music that many artists and fans felt was dull and overly-commercial, and a backlash began. It started in the 80s when artists like George Strait, Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam revived the more authentic so...
Top 10 Country Artists of the '90s: 10. Martina McBride Getty Images 10. Martina McBride With one of the biggest voices in country music, McBride was a household name in this decade thanks to poignant tracks such as “Independence Day” and fun, deeply ‘90s tunes -- for example, “My...
And little Z and I have been listening to and thoroughly enjoying a lot of 80s and 90s female country singers recently. (On my list to do a separate post celebrating Jo Dee). Swindell’s song is a fun homage to the great original, and from what I can tell both artists have enjoyed ...