Comments on: News: USA Today and Entertainment Weekly Announce Best-of Music Lists

By: Blake Boldt

Blake Boldt — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:22:50 +0000

Correct. Although I think that Crow would make a better country record than 95% of Nashville, Detours is not country. Crow's music, in my mind, had taken a dip with 2005's Wildflower, but this was a nice return to form.

By: Erik North

Erik North — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:52:50 +0000

I think Blake mentioned that Sheryl was only a Nashville resident, not that she was “country”–a distinction that you correctly pointed out, though, Marc. Anyway, Sheryl’s album Detours clearly isn’t country, especially not with its socio-political content, which leans more to the left than the Nashville law will allow.

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:13:36 +0000

Living in Nashville doesn’t make you Country, sorry Jewel and Sheryl.

By: Steve from Boston

Steve from Boston — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:56:46 +0000

Brian Mansfield’s statement about Taylor Swift “reshaping next-generation notions of country music” is what I think scares me the most..

By: Steve from Boston

Steve from Boston — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:37:10 +0000

I like most of the Country artists these two publications recognized, but still, it is obvious that Country music is not their favorite kind of music.So few are included amoung their favorites..

I don’t mean to sound overly dramatic, but I think it’s a sad commentary…a decline of the culture kind of thing, to see what kind of music is preferred amongst these publishers and editors over Country.

By: Cowboy Bleau

Cowboy Bleau — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:29:42 +0000

That’s a little harsh for Aldean. I don’t think the song is bad enough to deserve that kind of put down…it’s actually quite a random choice for that list considering what has been offered this year.