Jason Isbell's poetic songwriting skills often lead him into tough territory -- check out "Elephant" for a good cry and a chilling narrative about a friend dying from cancer -- but he imagines something even darker in "Yvette," a song about a female friend whose father is abusive toward ...
Country music is known for telling highly emotive stories through song. Whether it's a song about love or loss, hope or strength, family or romance, music has the power to stoke our emotions and make us feel something. Whether you're missing a loved one, going through a breakup, feeling...
This time he’s reworked “On The Road Again” into the mindless and indolent “On The Boat Again.” You can probably guess how this goes. If there was ever a song that deserves to be infested by zebra mussels and red tagged by the game warden, it would be this one. Somebody should...
This song is all about tragedy — and not only because it was included in the soundtrack to the filmPearl Harbor. "There You'll Be" is about remembering lost loved ones and knowing that even though the people themselves have died, their spirits will always be with us. Jamey Johnson Rick...
song is hooked on prescription drugs, and they ail and die from a condition so stigmatized that they lie about it to each other. "When Tommy caught wind that his uncle Tim was about to die from cancer / Went to his house and broke the door down / Trying to steal some pain pills,"...
While it's not specifically written for a mother, Jeff Bates'I Can't Write Thattalks about how hard it is to write a eulogy for a woman you loved who has died. When you can't compress your mom's essence into a few words, let Jeff Bates's song do it for you. ...
song is hooked on prescription drugs, and they ail and die from a condition so stigmatized that they lie about it to each other. "When Tommy caught wind that his uncle Tim was about to die from cancer / Went to his house and broke the door down / Trying to steal some pain pills,"...
song is hooked on prescription drugs, and they ail and die from a condition so stigmatized that they lie about it to each other. "When Tommy caught wind that his uncle Tim was about to die from cancer / Went to his house and broke the door down / Trying to steal some pain pills,"...
song is hooked on prescription drugs, and they ail and die from a condition so stigmatized that they lie about it to each other. "When Tommy caught wind that his uncle Tim was about to die from cancer / Went to his house and broke the door down / Trying to steal some pain pills,"...
Kaitlin has proved she’s most certainly worthy of her own sets on big stages in front of capacity crowd. Such a great combination of poise and attitude. This is the future Queen of Texas/Red Dirt. “This next song’s about the time I dated a trucker who left me for a stripper. It...