The swashbuckling anti-Trump anthem Bourgeois King ("feed us fiction, fabrication, make this country great again") introduces strings into a wonderful mix that you simply do not want to end. The song writing is equally impressive as his earlier work, visiting lost love ( Hazel, Lauralee, What It Means To You), environmental ( Dirty Rain) and political issues (Bourgeois King, Blood Hunters) but with arrangements that are much more adventurous, aggressive and in some cases mind-blowing. Canyons of My Mind finds the Nashville resident taking a large leap into areas not often visited by country artists. His second album All These Dreams (2015) established him as an intelligent, reflective singer songwriter with obvious comparisons being made to Nilsson and Glen Campbell. Caitlin Rose unlocked the door a few years back with her 2013 album The Stand In, Sturgill Simpson and Margo Price simply kicked the door in with their 2016 recordings which both deservedly made inroads in the Billboard Charts.Īndrew Combs is probably the next most likely candidate from the East Nashville musical community to follow in their footsteps. Often influenced by hoovering up their parents record collections their impact has been gradual but noteworthy. However, take the short trip over the Cumberland River and out to East Nashville and you will find a cooperative of musicians who for the past number of years have been representing and playing a different brand of music altogether, mixing country with folk and fortunately also making industry breakthroughs in recent years.
The home of what is marketed today as "country music" is essentially controlled by Music Row and its influence on country music radio, dictating a style of music that could not be further from what many of us consider to be traditional country music.
Nashville can often be a contradiction in musical terms.
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