Posted by: Cobra Recently, Trigger of Saving Country Music wrote a piece on how Aaron Lewis had some choice words at a concert about Sam Hunt and Luke Bryan and then back-pedaled on those comments as playing to the crowd he was playing for. He went on to question whether Aaron Lewis was the proper person to be sending this message. Aaron Lewis is, after all, the frontman of Staind, and is essentially a rock artist making the move to country. Should it be someone who has made such a transition that is sending the message that country needs to move back to a more traditional sound? Or should it be a country music lifer who is leading the way and standing up for traditionalism?
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Posted by: Cobra We will often lament at the lack of quality music that the mainstream has to offer. We’ll lament at the sameness of much of it. We’ll complain about the artists and their inability to put out original or substantive music. We’ll complain about the labels that are putting out the same product over and over again with no regard for the quality of the product they’re selling. We’ll even complain about the fanbase that buys in to the Luke Bryans, Jason Aldeans, and Florida-Georgia Lines.
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This may be the most difficult album review I’ve had to write all year. Not because I had high expectations and then had them let down, but because this album is so damn good that to try to encompass and cover everything in a simple review almost does the album a disservice. Maybe that’s why I’ve kept putting off writing this review: but it’s a review that needs to be written.
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Here are some links to other pop culture websites and blogs worth checking out:
- Saving Country Music - Country Perspective - Farce the Music - Country Exclusive - This Is Country Music - Country Music Minds - Matt Lynn Digital Pop Culture Potpourri Writers
Cobra is a Human Resources professional from the Greater Cleveland Area with a love of good country music and a disdain for pop, rock, and rap mislabeled as country music. His favorite artists include (but are not limited to) Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers Band, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Turnpike Troubadours, Hayes Carll, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Trisha Yearwood, Dwight Yoakam, and Johnny Cash Archives
December 2017
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