Absolutely Free Music Review!
June 16th, 2010 - 9:53 am
I don’t listen to a whole lot of country. Pretty much just ’60s-era Johnny Cash and the ’70s outlaw guys — Willie, Waylon, and Kris. “Twang-Pop” — Garth Brooks and the rest — I’ve no time for whatsoever.
Keep that in mind before clicking over to give Cary Ann Hearst a listen. Discovered her via a complicated chain of Google News Alerts-inspired clicks, and she’s just raw and honest and primal and good.
Oh, and that link will open the iTunes store, not a web page.
What about Hank Williams?
The real one, the original one, that is.
I really need to be in a mood for Hank Sr.
She reminds me a little of Alison Krauss.
Rougher, but yeah, I can see that. And I mean “rougher” in a good way.
Don’t forget Emmylou Harris, she has quite a diverse catalog over the years, she’s easy to underappreciate because of her success. Buddy and Julie Miller are great, together or independently.
And not really country, I suppose, but Gillian Welch is really worth a listen, she has some great songs.