re: #121 KGxvi

Just watched the video of Beyonce and the Dixie Chicks (as a general rule, I don’t watch award shows of any sort). I’m not much of a fan of most contemporary country music, but that song (Daddy Lessons) was really good, and a bit bluesy (which is always a plus). If Beyonce ever decided to do a strictly blues album, it’d probably bring the entire genre back into the mainstream.

There’s quite a movement of non-mainstream country artists who are really good. I swear the CMA is not yearly; it feels like it’s on four times a year. Anyway, it’s the last holdout of the old-time record industry trying to control content by tin pan alley formulaic songs played by the same handful of session artists. Still good stuff coming from the sides.