Does the world really need another Bill Monroe compilation? His reputation as the father of bluegrass is as widespread as ever, and most folks have already formed an opinion about his music. Music historians have waxed eloquent about the primitive […]
He deserves better, but Keith Whitley will be stuck forever in the 1980s. Like John Anderson and Randy Travis, Whitley found inspiration in the delicately curly-cued phrasing of Lefty Frizzell. But unlike his fellow New Traditionalists, Whitley’s ’80s sides haven’t […]
The same racial politics that make Charley Pride an important figure make it difficult to hear him dispassionately. Alas, we probably want him to have left a more distinctive imprint on the music than he did. Charlie Rich could be […]
