As some of you may know I have been recapping Survivor and Amazing Race at www.mjsbigblog.com. Recapping has lead me to follow some of the people who recap shows for the site and one of them has gotten me back into country music.
I've always been an eclectic music lover but country has always been hit or miss for me. Maybe it's because growing up it just wasn't cool to announce yourself as a country fan where I was from. Grunge was the cool think to listen to while I listened to some country at home on the radio I never really bought the music as something I really loved.
Not that I am an age where I am happily married and really don't care what people think of the music I listen to I can freely say that at this moment some of my favorite music to listen to is country. Here are a few tunes I'm listening to at this moment.
Ashley Monroe and Kacey Musgraves
Two artists who were recommended to me on Twitter who I took the chance and bought the albums on iTunes after sampling a few songs and I am glad I bought both. They are not the new pop music that artists like Taylor Swift tries to pass off as country music. They bring me back to younger days and both remind me a lot of Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette.
If you only buy one song from each other I would recommend Ashley Monroe's "Like A Rose" or "Weed Instead of Roses" and "It Is What It is" or "Dandelion" by Kacey Musgraves.
Ashley Monroe - Like A Rose
Kacey Musgraves - It Is What It Is
Of course there have been a few other artists that I have come to enjoy but I wanted to highlight those two because they both have albums that are worth buying for fans of country music. I'll drop drop a few more videos of artists that I have grown to enjoy recently.
Little Big Town - Little White Church
Stealing Angels - Paper Heart
And just because I promised I would include one because Country fans seem to either love or hate him.
Blake Shelton - Sure Be Cool If You Did
One more for the heartless people out there.
Miranda Lambert - Over You
