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Reason
October 2002
Damon W. Root |
Hidden Country The secret family tree of country music   |
Salon.com
October 2, 2002
Stephanie Zacharek |
"Guess I'm doing fine" Beck roughs up his voice and drops a record of dusty heartache ballads that would make Hank Williams weep. |
Salon.com
September 14, 2002
Stephanie Zacharek |
Can women save country music? Dynamite new albums from the Dixie Chicks, Kelly Willis and Allison Moorer bridge the gap between alt-country and those cowboy-hat robots in Nashville. |
Salon.com
August 29, 2002
Mark J. Miller |
A cool cowpoke gets political Steve Earle, a new disc under his belt, talks about his tumultuous career -- a hair-raising ride that has included many wives, an ugly romance with heroin, and watching a man die. |
Salon.com
May 6, 2002
Miriam Pace |
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken" Thirty years before "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" the scruffy hippies of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band persuaded skeptical country legends to join them in the studio -- and created bluegrass' greatest moment... |
Salon.com
February 20, 2002
Edward Morris |
The battle of Nashville After the Country Music Foundation purged beloved longtime employees, some fans and scholars fear that "new country" is invading hallowed ground... |
Salon.com
February 14, 2002
Edward Morris |
Waylon Jennings 1937-2002 The outlaw hero who brought attitude to country music is dead at 64. |
Reason
February 2002
Jesse Walker |
Uneasy Ride The cultural contradictions of Charlie Daniels... |
Salon.com
November 14, 2000
Alex Halberstadt |
Merle Haggard From prison and politics to rambling and romance, his journey has been, well, complicated. But austere lyrics and rich country jazz have made him one of music's masters. |
Salon.com
October 31, 2000
Stephanie Zacharek |
Dolly Parton The artist with one of the greatest country voices of all time says that throughout her life she's been driven by three passions: God, music and sex... |
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