From France with love for Country Music
Jade Marie Patek's first album, "Fly Bird", is very impressive. After listening to the songs that were released before, I was waiting for it impatiently and I'm not disappointed. Artistic qualities and maturity of this young Texan singer come out with this EP, one of the best releases of this year in the field of... Continue Reading →
If you love Texas country music, John Thibodeaux's album "Moments like this" is undoubtedly made for you. Born in Louisiana but mostly raised in Texas, this artist is a very talented singer and songwriter. Each song of this album is a masterful piece of traditional country. "Don't want to love her anymore" is probably the... Continue Reading →
March 30th 2018. It was Springtime, and Kacey Musgraves was releasing her fourth album, "Golden Hour". Since the very first moment I listened to it, I loved it and I considered it was a masterpiece. It was 7 am today, in France, when I read the news on my laptop and was informed that CMA... Continue Reading →
Whitey Morgan and the 78's released their fourth studio album on october 26th, named "Hard Times and White Lines"... and it's very difficult for a country music lover not to love it at first listen. This is surely one of the best country albums released this year. Hard not to think about Waylon Jennings while... Continue Reading →
Five years after their last work, "Annie Up", Pistol Annies are back. They just released three new songs, that will appear on their upcoming album, "Interstate Gospel". Which of these songs will be chosen as a single? No answer for the moment. "Best years of my life" is a beautiful ballad. It has a perfect... Continue Reading →
Jason Boland and The Stragglers released their new album, "Hard times are relative", on May 18th, and it's a masterpiece. Three years after "Squelsh", Oklahoma country band (now based in Austin, Texas), chose eleven awesome songs for their ninth studio album, still distributed by Thirty Tigers, each one being a pearl for every country music... Continue Reading →
Country duo Brothers Osborne, deservedly awarded in 2017 by the CMA in 2 categories, "vocal duo of the year" and "music video of the year", recently posted some tweets with political content. I'm not here to enter into the debate they created or to talk about this content. This blog is about music and nothing... Continue Reading →
With this publication, I'm starting a blog entirely dedicated to one of my passions, country music. It would have been quite unoriginal if I had been an American guy. But the fact is that I'm French and that France is not particularly a nation where country music is popular, unfortunately. Well, I wouldn't be so... Continue Reading →
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