Post by Mandy on Oct 17, 2006 17:17:51 GMT -5
I got this article today..and I just copied part of it because it's pretty long.but I think we have to say that now...the secret is out for sure..and that is Our Lady of the Violin is much sought after in the music business..I have known that for a while so it doesn't surprise me...poor girl she'll have to get three or four new phone lines..I bet.... this is part of the article...
Last year, Lee Ann Womack released There's More Where That Came From, an album of soft and tasteful old-school country. Before that, she'd been a country star with a couple of big hits behind her but a career that seemed to be slowing down. There's More didn't sell all that much, but it racked up a pile of CMA awards and critical accolades. Apparently, there wasn't more where that came from, since she's since gone back to scenery-chewing ballads. But the album seemed to awaken something in Nashville; all sorts of aging country stars are suddenly burning to reconnect with whatever they see as their roots, to leave behind the slick factory-style songwriting that's run Nashville since forever and making soft-focus retro-moves instead. That urge has taken a few different forms. Alan Jackson released a gospel album. Tim McGraw covered a Ryan Adams song as a sweet bit of 70s-style whiteboy soul. All of a sudden, everyone wants to work with Alison Krauss, who's sort of the country version of DJ Premier, the person whose name is thought to equal total authenticity. And today Vince Gill is releasing These Days, a four-CD box set of original songs. I can't really imagine any artist in any other genre being
Last year, Lee Ann Womack released There's More Where That Came From, an album of soft and tasteful old-school country. Before that, she'd been a country star with a couple of big hits behind her but a career that seemed to be slowing down. There's More didn't sell all that much, but it racked up a pile of CMA awards and critical accolades. Apparently, there wasn't more where that came from, since she's since gone back to scenery-chewing ballads. But the album seemed to awaken something in Nashville; all sorts of aging country stars are suddenly burning to reconnect with whatever they see as their roots, to leave behind the slick factory-style songwriting that's run Nashville since forever and making soft-focus retro-moves instead. That urge has taken a few different forms. Alan Jackson released a gospel album. Tim McGraw covered a Ryan Adams song as a sweet bit of 70s-style whiteboy soul. All of a sudden, everyone wants to work with Alison Krauss, who's sort of the country version of DJ Premier, the person whose name is thought to equal total authenticity. And today Vince Gill is releasing These Days, a four-CD box set of original songs. I can't really imagine any artist in any other genre being
