Near Country

19.03.24

Artist — Track Name

Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Bobbie Gentry - Fancy
Kitty Wells - Will Your Lawyer Talk To God
Tanya Tucker - I'll Come Back As Another Woman
The Chicks - Goodbye Earl
Candi Staton - Stand by Your Man
Bettye Swann - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
Dolly Parton - Randy
Lavender Country - I Can't Shake the Stranger Out of You
Tammy Wynette - Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough
Merle Haggard - Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make A Fool Out Of Me)
Merle Travis - So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
Bo Carter - Your Biscuits Are Big Enough for Me
Sweet Violet Boys - The Man Who Comes Around
Ed McCurdy - A Lusty Young Smith
Irene Scruggs - I Want You to Give Me Some
Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time
Deana Carter - Strawberry Wine
Dolly Parton - My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy

Near Country

Near Country exists along the margins to the centre of country music, with all that defies and defines it. Mixes weave through rockabilly, blues, americana, experimental folk, bluegrass, gospel, classic country, pop country, radical country, country rap, and more. The show follows threads of country music from its experimental, melded origins through to its variegated branches today. Sometimes that means approaching country, getting near to, gesturing towards the thing itself without getting there. The nearer, the more porous its borders become. A joke about the country’s borders writes itself. Industry, politics, culture posit a tight, rigid structure. And while to an extent that image maps to a reality in the genre, both an inclusive contemporary and historical perspective challenges the monolithic identity of country music.

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