Essays on Country Music

The Nashville Sound The Nashville sound isn’t quite what you’d expect. The Nashville sound doesn’t have fiddles and steel guitars. It’s more of a refined sound with chorus singers in the background and orchestra style playing for the instrumental. The point was to get people…

Introduction Over the years, The X Factor which is a Fox reality singing competition has been a veritable platform where aspiring talents launch their careers. Notable among celebs whose careers germinated on the fertile soil of The X Factor is Willie Jones – American born…

Johnny Paycheck, his life, his songs, his hardships, and even his name, are all such great masterpieces that were revealed to the world. His existence has been a wonderful influence to many people. We are lucky enough to meet such a rare and glorious artist…

Introduction Country music has evolved and changed over the past decades, but one genre that can be overlooked the most is red dirt. Red dirt is not as popular as the classics such as Garth Brooks or George Strait or even the new generation of…

Introduction Contrary to popular belief, country music is not as universally American as is often assumed. For many, in fact, the genre is almost taboo – those willing to publicly admit they enjoy country music are often ridiculed or written off, despite the continued presence…

Women in Country Music Women studies Introduction Music plays a very important role in my life. Its on all the time, in my car, at work, at home when Im eating, when Im working on my computer, when Im relaxing, when Im typing this paper,…

May We All Since it was first invented music has played a hug role in the lives of people. From generation to generation music defines people and is a means of expressing concerns and emotions to the audience. Florida Georgia Line is one of the…

When Steve Earle first arrived in Nashville from Austin in the 1970s, he was the young gun among a group of veteran singer-songwriters like Townes Van Zandt, Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark, Waylon Jennings and more. This is also the onset of the outlaw movement. And,…