"Is 'Turn Me Loose, White Man' his treatise on 60 years of American music, plus a companion 30-CD boxed set? Or is it a lovingly curated recording project with the longest set of liner notes in history? Though these two volumes stand on their own, for Mr. Lowe the music and the analysis form a … Continue reading Turn Me Loose, White Man
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Turn to Hate by Orville Peck
The Story of Outlaw Country in 33 Songs
"While the locations and players change, what all these origin stories have in common is motivation: The outlaws wanted freedom. The singers wanted to sing the songs they liked, written by people like Guy Clark, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and Billy Joe Shaver, among others. They wanted to record at independent studios like Tompall Glaser’s “Hillbilly … Continue reading The Story of Outlaw Country in 33 Songs
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