What made Loretta Lynn so interesting, and stand out from all the other honky tonk women to pass through the Grand Ole Opry, was the casualness with which seemingly conflicting elements in her persona replicated themselves in her music. She…
‘A Star Is Born’ Trailer: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Take The Stage
Bradley Cooper has taken a few years off. After back-to-back flops Aloha and Burnt, he retreated into Rocket Raccoon while plotting his comeback. Today, we get our first look at that return with the trailer for his directorial debut, A Star Is Born. This…
Music Interview: Emily Hackett
Ask yourself this – what are you most nostalgic about? Pause. Before you go on and really dive deep in that question, pop on Emily Hackett’s song “Nostalgia” to play in the background. Without a doubt, Hackett’s new song gives…
Album Review: Chris Stapleton – “From a Room: Volume 1”
I watch the CMA Awards Show religiously every year, always waiting in anticipation to see both the performances and who scores in each category. Who are the winners this year? Who would miss out? Back in 2015, we were all…
Melody on Music: Country Masters (At Their Best and Worst)
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. In 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past installments…
Album Review: Brandy Clark – Big Day in a Small Town
In 2013, a year when albums from Kacey Musgraves, Ashley Monroe and Pistol Annies made it seem like country music had never been better, songwriter Brandy Clark’s debut album 12 Stories was among the year’s most anticipated. The first single…
Review: Cam releases debut album ‘Untamed’
You may not have heard of Camaron Marvel Ochs (or simply Cam) besides her accredited contribution to songs like Miley Cyrus’s “Maybe You’re Right,” from the 2013 album Bangerz, but the thirty one year old country music artist has taken herself down the path of solo material in her debut album, Untamed, to make sure you will.