#AprilCountry, “Satan is Real”, The Louvin Brothers
It would be easy to mock the Louvin Brothers’ “Satan Is Real”, with its lurid and rather literal cover. Easy that is, until you listen to a song of evident…
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Happy Birthday Loretta Lynn!
Loretta Lynn is 86 today, and here is her signature hit: Here is “Ain’t No Time To Go”, released last September and with a moving video (which slightly uncomfortably reminds…
#AprilCountry April 11th, Fallin’ Rain, Karl Blau
A while back I posted a group of rain songs – featuring Sinatra, The Go-Betweens and Linda Perhacs. If I had known about it at the time, I would have…
#AprilCountry – April 8th, “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?”, Waylon Jennings (and Morrissey)
Authenticity seems to be a recurrent concern in popular music – from Richey Edwards “4 Real” self-mutilation to hip hop artists perpetual concern with being “real”. Country is no exception…
#AprilCountry – April 7th – “Pray Them Bars Away”, Lee Hazelwood
For me, a little Lee Hazelwood can go quite a long way – there is something grating and mannered after a while about his musical persona. Still, when he is…
#AprilCountry – April 6th, “It’s Four in the Morning”, Faron Young
In my teenage years I thought Joy Division or The Smiths of The Cure of “Pornography” were the ne plus ultra of angst. Boy, was I wrong.
#AprilCountry: April 5th, “The Cold Hard Facts of Life”, Porter Wagoner
Let’s face it, this is one of the great album covers and one of the great country story songs. You don’t get the likes of this from Radiohead.
Séamus Sweeney 