in a year that also saw “sandy” coming to new jersey and surrounding areas in heartbreaking fashion, there was also one or the other more pleasant fresh breeze to be found in country:
the trishas – crap name, yet great talents – reminded me a little of the dixie chicks in a slightly more frugal, yet earthy way, which brings us right back to “greener pastures”. they released one of my favourite albums of the year – “high, wide & handsome”. texas spat out yet another highlight of the year: miss kacey musgraves’ and her clear view on the neighbourhood and its issues, of which, saving the planet so far remains one of the minor ones, however. whether “dig two” can be seen as an “ott” atempt in the backyard by the perry siblings, where ashley monroe’s diggin had seemingly some positive effect on the roses – i don’t know, but it definitely was worth the try.

so, sorry again, for messin’ with this thread a little but al gore’s been too quiet on the issue lately, so why not musing for a couple of minutes about whether “green” is perhaps the new “blue” in country music and about what’s been kinda remarkable during 2012.

being incomplete – as any personal view on larger than life issues – feel free to add what you thought might be worth mentioning about this soon to be ending year in country.

environmental awareness has always been around in country music – just take the red headed strangers “farm aid” efforts or cash’s ode to lawns and grasslands. but this year was the year, the prius was parked next to the pick-up truck and it was done in a smart and lighthearted attempt by justin moore while baiting hooks. first credit to justin moore? what sort of year in country was that? but it got even greener as the year tugged along – carrie underwood’s take at gloabal warming and the resulting increase in mid-western tornados showed her concern and taylor, turning green when writing “mean”, even went slight red when penning “…never ever, ever back together…”. guess one could come to the conclusion: 2012 had its colourful moments.

thank god not every shoots fire fighters when going down in flames. alan jackson and george strait did it the way it ought to be done. with terrific albums and two songs that easily count among their best and surely among the best of the year. aj’s “so you don’t have to love me anymore” and strait’s “drinkin’ man” reminded anyone what makes country music the genre it is – the best sounding place for struggeling with all sorts of things in life – but mostly love.

sounding good too, was jana kramer. there was a time when western series influenced the genre quite a bit. today it is rather a central eastern seashore place with a tree on a hill. so far so good. tree? green? that’s were lee brice comes into the frame. driving a green nova and watching her doin’ yoga may sound a weired on first glimpse but can be done in a most charming three and a half minutes sort of way when you have a “woman like you”. alson ridin’ the environmental wave was jason aldean, though he chose to the great overview that is reserved to new almost superstars: he looked down from a plane and saw those “fly over states” drying out last summer. say what you want superstar always find the right topic and “truck yeah” was the notorious exeption to the rule. someone had to deliver it – why not tim mcgraw this time round from a trip across the country with his wife

http://campus.belmont.edu/mp3/sc/feelin_green.mp3

We both lost. ;-)

Man, I sure missed out on a lot of great stuff in the days prior to my discovery of Country Universe.

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