Sara Evans: “Which Came First, Fans Wanting This or Fans Only Getting This?”
In the aftermath of #SaladGate—stimulated by country radio consultant Keith Hill’s comments that to increase ratings, radio stations should cut the amount of females they feature in a given hour—Sara Evans has emerged as one of the leading voices sticking up for females receiving their fair share of representation from the genre.
“I’m appalled!” was Sara’s reaction to Keith Hill. “I’ve been very outspoken on this topic over the past few years and strongly believe that there should be a better balance of the songs played on country radio. Our genre has a long history of incredible songs written and sung by amazing female artists. Could you imagine a world with no “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “I Will Always Love You,” “For My Broken Heart,” “Wide Open Spaces,” “Independence Day,” “Jesus Take the Wheel,” “A Little Bit Stronger” and SO many more? Those were all No. 1 songs at country radio, and are songs of substance that say something and that move people.”
Three weeks have now been crossed of the calendar since SaladGate, and Sara is still taking the point in criticizing the current direction of country music, and not just when it comes to females representation. Speaking to Rolling Stone Country at last week’s CMT Awards, Sara said she was not happy with what she saw at the awards show.
“I miss the days where you can go to a show like this and there would be some moments where there are serious songs and brilliantly written songs,” Evans said. “I was wanting that a little more tonight . . . I’m excited to hear any song that’s not about drinking, or beer, or trucks, or partying, or jeans. . . or beer . . . What would we do if Hollywood said they were only putting out movies with all men? Or only movies with car racing? I don’t know which came first, the fans wanting this or the fans only getting this. Either way, it needs to go back to more females and broader song topics.”
However Sara said that SaladGate had at least broached a topic that needed to be discussed.
“Now that all of this is being discussed, I think it’s very positive,” she says. “I don’t think Patsy Cline would be ok with that. I don’t think Loretta Lynn would be ok with that. I grew up on a farm; I grew up in country music. For me to now feel like they’re not allowing me to be a part of this genre? What do you do?”
I’m not sure Sara, but speaking out might be a good first step.
June 18, 2015 @ 9:48 am
Totally agree and it’s a point that doesn’t get made enough. Is this really what country music fans want?
June 18, 2015 @ 9:48 am
I love you Sara Evans
June 18, 2015 @ 9:55 am
It’s both.
It’s marketers tailoring their product to appeal to the most people:
https://savingcountrymusic.com/new-study-sees-difference-between-passive-active-music-listeners
AND, it’s people responding to the supplied stimulus. A vicious circle.
The marketers are maximizing the listens and the buys. Like getting victims to punch that morphine button, except with no dosage limit. It must be working, because they keep doing it.
June 18, 2015 @ 9:58 am
She is an excellent voice for the cause. Has the career and talent to back up her talk. I hope she keeps talking. Not only about the lack of women and the lack of good music, but the combination of the two. We need real women, singing about relatable things. Not a bunch of daisy duked, blonde teenagers shrieking the female version of a Sam Hunt song.
June 18, 2015 @ 2:12 pm
“excellent voice for the cause”
Yup, both literally and figuratively…
June 18, 2015 @ 10:32 am
I am absolutely glad Evans cited Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn in her statement; even conceding much of today’s target country/”country” music listening demographic will only know them by name and nothing more.
Because there are notable parallels with the current state of mainstream country/”country” music and country music prior to 1952. It’s important to realize, for those who like to submerge themselves in a “like the good ol’ days” mindset, that country music was hardly all open to women in periods of its earlier history as well. It was hardly the flipside to what we’re seeing now prior to the fifties, and even then they constituted a razor-thin minority in the scene. Sure, Patsy Montana got the first #1 for a female artist in 1944, but it wasn’t until Kitty Wells boldly released “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” eight years later that we saw the beginning of the groundwork being laid toward the marketability of strong, confident and outspoken female artists who sought their share of creative control. Then, of course, Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline most notably took it further.
This look back ALSO underscores why it is absolutely vital we not shrug and settle for ANY female artist: We could hypothetically just say “Screw it, we desperately need another female on radio. RaeLynn and Kelsea Ballerini, you’re in!”. But that would be a betrayal to the lessons learned at the time in 1952. Kitty Wells became a star NOT because she rolled over and released disposable fluff in the vein of “Love Me Like You Mean It”, but by going off on a limb and being daring in song selections. Heck, it wasn’t even Wells herself who selected the song: it was her record executive who happened to be male and understood the value of challenging listeners.
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Anyway, most of today’s country/”country” radio listeners only know Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline by name, and many probably don’t even know Kitty Well’s name.
But as heartbreaking as that is, comments from the likes of Sara Evans provide crucial and absolutely valuable context into where we’re at now and can effectively forge alliances with traditional country fans and affiliates in the hopes of ushering a new wave of not just marketable, but quality, female talent.
June 18, 2015 @ 12:00 pm
I don’t noah, once I read the articles I don’t need you to rewrite them. I really wish you would taylor your comments to three paragraphs or less .
June 18, 2015 @ 12:09 pm
I appreciate Noah’s lengthy commentary.
June 18, 2015 @ 1:20 pm
I am sure u do. His comments are always quite interesting.
June 18, 2015 @ 5:58 pm
I do too. As much as I enjoy the articles, the comments are often just as enlightening and informative.
July 5, 2023 @ 4:17 am
Who’s gonna fill thier shoes has met up with a gluten and face tattoos. No one could ever never never fill Sara Evans ability to rip your heart out and hand it back to you on your way to work..but there is a central theme that evolves. So kid somewhere now thinks to make it big u have to go to jail. I hope he isnt your neighbor. Likr it or not the New generation .whats wrong with songs about Trucks? Ive made i living rolling around in them.heck im going from Ft Worth to Nashville today..Sara you will always be the queen of country in this Truckers eye .Now you get out there .you are the prettiest ???? most talented. Show them the light.
June 18, 2015 @ 12:16 pm
Just don’t read his comments if it bothers you so.
June 18, 2015 @ 2:02 pm
I agree with you Sonas. To me, Noah comes across as a pseudo-intellectual know-it-all.
June 18, 2015 @ 3:20 pm
I’m not saying he comes off as a know it all. I am saying that his comments are simply too long.
June 18, 2015 @ 3:18 pm
No hurt feelings! =)
I’m almost always the first to admit, when talking to others in person, that I always get long-winded and can go on and on in streams of consciousness. It’s just something that some are less used to than others, and that doesn’t make those like myself or those who have more of a knack at brevity any more right or wrong! =)
I assure you I don’t purposefully try to come across as pompous or that I think of myself as better or more informed than others. That’s not how I view myself, but I get how my writing style and love of research can cause those sort of perceptions. I’m actually, socially, a laid-back lamb and many would be surprised as to how giggly and jovial I am! ^__^
Hope you’re having a great day, everyone! =)
June 18, 2015 @ 4:13 pm
Don’t worry about what Sonas says! I enjoy reading your comments as well. I do not always agree, but for the most part you know how to articulate many points far better than I can. I also tend to post long comments sometimes myself, but I think your comments just show how much you appreciate country music and how seriously you take it( unlike Dale, Sorry Dale!)
June 18, 2015 @ 10:54 pm
” I”™m almost always the first to admit, when talking to others in person, that I always get long-winded and can go on and on in streams of consciousness. It”™s just something that some are less used to than others, and that doesn”™t make those like myself or those who have more of a knack at brevity any more right or wrong! =)
I assure you I don”™t purposefully try to come across as pompous or that I think of myself as better or more informed than others. That”™s not how I view myself, but I get how my writing style and love of research can cause those sort of perceptions. I”™m actually, socially, a laid-back lamb and many would be surprised as to how giggly and jovial I am! ^__^
Hope you”™re having a great day, everyone! =) ”
Noah …couldn’t you have said all of this in ONE paragraph ?…….KIDDING !
Carry on , buddy , speak your mind , get it off your chest . You make excellent points .
June 19, 2015 @ 6:18 am
Its all good,
Noah,.
June 18, 2015 @ 5:19 pm
One more in favor of Noah. Being lengthy just hear yourself talk (blog?) is annoying. In Noah’s case, he seems knowledgable and always makes a clear point. I always read his posts. …and usually agree with them (which makes them even better!).
June 18, 2015 @ 12:23 pm
Noah brings it with each commentary. Always well said, and thought out. Don’t always agree with him on points, but his comments are always thought provoking. I mean, he ain’t Lil Dale, but, really, who is?!?!?
June 18, 2015 @ 1:26 pm
I agree with Scott’s point. Noah always posts well thought out posts in a respectful way. He does not play the fake tough guy/fake intellectual game that several others here do. He comes off as very real. My guess is Noah is very much in person like he is on this site. While I don’t always agree with his takes, I certainly respect what he has to say. This site could use more posters like him.
June 18, 2015 @ 1:54 pm
I will wholeheartedly add my voice in support of Noah. In my opinion, he is the most informative, thoughtful, and gracious commenter on SCM.
June 18, 2015 @ 2:37 pm
Now let’s not forget about Lil Dale while scoring up the commenting.
June 18, 2015 @ 6:11 pm
I’ve missed Lil Dale as of late. He did have a good one the other day regarding Luke Bryan, complete with an Alabama national title prediction.
June 18, 2015 @ 2:56 pm
Agreed!
June 18, 2015 @ 10:10 pm
I got a ton of respect for Noah. No one on SCM is as courteous or articulates his points as well as Noah does, except for Trigger.
Even as a conservative, I have allot of respect for many of the commenters here on SCM that come from both liberal and conservative viewpoints. Including Clint and Eric, who could not be bigger opposites if they tried.
June 18, 2015 @ 10:31 pm
Thanks for the compliment!
“Clint and Eric, who could not be bigger opposites if they tried.”
Ha!
The funny thing is that Clint’s tastes in country music are probably closer to mine than are those of most other SCM readers. Like me, he seems to prefer the more smoothly melodic style of country rather than the more rock-ish, “Outlaw” style. He also seems to possess a strong preference toward the classic-country “textured twang” vocal style and therefore reacts negatively to the vocals of many underground or Americana singers, yet another taste that we share in common. A few months ago, he posted a chart detailing the “country-ness” of all of the performers at the ACM Superstar Duets, and I found myself in nearly full agreement with his rankings.
If his posts included less politics and less raging at modern society, and instead focused more on the type of commentary he did with the ACM Duets, then I am sure we would find a lot of common ground.
June 18, 2015 @ 10:33 am
I think things are actually changing in both ways. I do think broader topics are being written about whether they’re bad songs or chasing a new trend or whatever the case may be its happening. I think for “Bro-Country” in the mainstream its days are numbered. If it weren’t for Kick The Dust Up, I think the only artists involved in it who havn’t gone in a new direction or at the least claimed that they plan to is FGL and Cole Swindell. Which isn’t to say they won’t but they havn’t claimed that they will. As far as females go, I think Kelsea Ballerini and Maddie & Tae are going to step up into a void and be a real female presence where its lacking top stars whether you like the girls or you don’t. I happen to a lot.
June 18, 2015 @ 10:40 am
Kelsea Ballerini needs to actually move towards cutting country music if she is going to earn any respect from me as an entertainer riding the coattails of country radio’s wide reach in audience.
As for Maddie & Tae, I hope so. They really seem to be struggling since the start of the year, though. I believed last year it was a big mistake releasing “Fly” as the follow-up to their breakout hit, and it has definitely taken their momentum away with weak sales and limping on the radio chart.
June 18, 2015 @ 10:47 am
I don’t think people should take Kelsea Ballerini’s first single as a portrait of her as an artist. And I don’t think people should blame her for cutting something that gets her on the platform in order to showcase her real talent and deeper music to the world. Plenty of the greatest artists have done similar things.
June 18, 2015 @ 2:17 pm
Perhaps yes and perhaps no for maddie and tae. Listened in to the chart for a bit the other day and fly was at 23. According to windmills she posted awhile ago there has not been a debut female act with back to back top 20 songs since 07. They’re very close. Even if fly is slowly coming along but the first single was viral before country radio even started playing it, it just caught up on radio to the buzz. Although credit Scott borchetta or whomever did their marketing campaign but I have never seen a debut act with so much buzz out of nowhere. I did know about them though as my friend works with them.
June 18, 2015 @ 10:35 am
I love how she threw one of her own songs into that little rundown of classic female country music. Not sure if that’s meant to be somewhat ironic, an ode to the writers or simply self-aggrandizing…
I WILL say though, Trigger, that picture you chose is odd to say the least. What was the point of it from Sara Evans’ end?
June 18, 2015 @ 10:42 am
I fail to see how the picture of her he chose is odd.
The T-shirt is self-explanatory in the wake of Keith Hill’s remarks and the entire situation surrounding female country artists and entertainers. It’s absolutely relevant to this commentary.
June 21, 2015 @ 9:59 am
Pardon me. I never said it was irrelevant, but Mr. Hill’s comments had slipped my mind since I first read them. Shoot me. I’ve heard “Sun Daze,” “Sippin’ On Fire” and Luke Bryan’s “Playing These Games” song probably this side of 50 times each but I couldn’t tell you what any of the lyrics are because I tuned them out. I read Hill’s remarks, but it just sounded par for the course to where we’re going so I didn’t log them into memory. As such, the “tomato” thing struck me as odd. Plus, that didn’t look like a recent picture, but I suppose it is…
June 18, 2015 @ 10:53 am
Keith Hill’s comments that women are the “tomatoes” in a salad and that you don’t want too many of them, and her wearing a “tomato” shirt.
Do you *really* need that explained?
June 18, 2015 @ 11:49 am
and her wearing a “tomato” shirt.
Do you *really* need that explained?
theres a pic of Miranda Lambert wearing one too. looking good as hell…
June 19, 2015 @ 10:27 am
Does it always have to come back to Miranda? Why, yes it does.
Truth be told, I have watched the Roots and Wings video at least a handful of times. Now that I don’t think it’s a nice song or anything, but dang, she’s cute in it. And I never say dang in real life.
June 21, 2015 @ 10:00 am
Pardon me. I never said it was irrelevant, but Mr. Hill’s comments had slipped my mind since I first read them. Shoot me. I’ve heard “Sun Daze,” “Sippin’ On Fire” and Luke Bryan’s “Playing These Games” song probably this side of 50 times each but I couldn’t tell you what any of the lyrics are because I tuned them out. I read Hill’s remarks, but it just sounded par for the course to where we’re going so I didn’t log them into memory. As such, the “tomato” thing struck me as odd. Plus, that didn’t look like a recent picture, but I suppose it is…
June 18, 2015 @ 11:50 am
The shirt is referencing the comment that women are tomatoes in the salad of country music. the pic is on point and you should make sure you know what you are posting about before you call someone else out, Acca Dacca. Please don’t eat me, what with you being a Tyrannosaurus Rex and all.
June 21, 2015 @ 10:02 am
Thank you. I’d forgotten that little comment from Hill, though I remember the jest of what he was saying. And I wasn’t calling anyone out. I’m a fairly regular commenter around here and Trigger and I have had a lot of conversations. He knows I mean well even if sometimes I’m slow on the uptake or forgetful.
June 18, 2015 @ 12:06 pm
What they said. Maybe I should have explained the “tomato” thing a little bit more, but I was afraid I would be redundant.
June 21, 2015 @ 10:03 am
No, that was my bad. I’d just forgotten the exact nature of Hill’s comments. Sorry about that.
June 18, 2015 @ 11:36 am
This is a huge issue that goes quietly unaddressed. She has put out some very good songs and the ones she names are all great. Lee Ann Womack has recorded some of the best country songs I have ever heard. Radio wont play her! I bought her album “Call Me Crazy” for my wife and I loved it. Every time I got in my wife’s car. Where is the Call me Crazy cd? It is just stone cold country that does not have to hide behind weak trendy songs. Oh yeah, she can sing too!I guess Miranda Lambert is the only female country singer these days based on country radio. This is another reason to split the genre.
June 18, 2015 @ 11:49 am
“I’m appalled !”
Just what I was thinking when I heard Sara’s latest album.
June 18, 2015 @ 12:09 pm
OK, so according to Sara we are supposed to listen to more tomatoes, But when it comes to what Sara herself listens to the most it ends up being LETTUCE albeit not Country lettuce. Check this article that was posted today on CMT.com
http://www.cmt.com/news/1755536/sara-evans-on-john-mayers-brilliance/
Do as Sara says…….not as Sara does.
June 18, 2015 @ 12:21 pm
Yep according to that article when she his home John Mayer is what she listens to most which is fine but it is kind of funny when taken with what she is preaching here.
This is just one example of how so many ‘country’ singers love to go out of their way to praise non country singers. It is just more of the desire to be liked by the ‘cool’ kids.
June 18, 2015 @ 9:28 pm
Mayer’s last 2 albums were more country than anything on country radio right now.
June 18, 2015 @ 5:25 pm
Not sure your point. She didn’t say she didn’t like country music, or country music by female artists. She just identified something she liked. I like country music and I post on this site. Yet I am listening to guns n roses right now because I love them.
June 18, 2015 @ 6:35 pm
Yeah, I like country music, but I just spent the day listening to Reasonable Doubt and Illmatic (until my daily dose of the versions of Goddamn Lonely Love and Dress Blues from Live in Alabama).
People can like more than one thing.
June 18, 2015 @ 7:16 pm
She can like whomever she wishes but she has also seemingly made it her cause for a couple of years now to talk about the lack of women in radio. But then when she is asked who she listens to the most she went all fangirl over John Mayer the same way so many female fans go crazy over the pretty boys who have knocked women like her off the airwaves. She could have taken the opportunity to enthusiastically promote a fellow, lesser known female artist but she ended up sounding like the female Country fans so many complain about.
June 19, 2015 @ 6:42 am
I don’t love John Mayer (mainly because he butchered Free Fallin’; his vocals are so chill as to be almost antiseptic), but he’s a fantastically talented vocalist and guitarist who writes and composes his own songs.
You should check out “Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey,” the song she talks about in that interview. It’s a hell of a lot more country, musically and lyrically, than just about anything on the radio today.
It’s not Sara Evans’ fault that John Mayer happens to be very, very pretty.
June 18, 2015 @ 2:10 pm
She’s right, she articulated her point well, AND she’s so goddamn hot that all of the misogynist assholes in country music can’t help but pay attention to her. I’m glad she spoke up.
June 18, 2015 @ 5:24 pm
She’s been on her way out. She’ll jump on anything that will get her some attention. Kind of like Chely Wright. CW was washed up when she came back with her big patriotic stance “Bumper Of My SUV.” That bought her a few more minutes of fame. Then nothing stuck at country radio after that so she decided country radio wasn’t cool anymore and tried her hand at Americana. A few years later when that didn’t work out she decided to “come out” and accuse Music Row of banning her because she was gay. Her career was long gone years before she came out. I see this as Sarah’s attempt to get press and a similar artist as Chely Wright. Not bad, but not great, but pretty hot.
June 18, 2015 @ 5:35 pm
The fight to bring women back to country radio will require all hands on deck, regardless of the motives of the participants.
With regard to quality, I would definitely rank Sara Evans among the top 20 greatest female country vocalists of all time. Her voice features a certain combination of intensity and emotion that is highly reminiscent of Patty Loveless and Tammy Wynette.
June 18, 2015 @ 5:42 pm
Then you’ve never heard her sing live. She can’t sing in tune for shit. There were several years, years ago, where I couldn’t believe that her management would let her go out on an award show and sing live. It was unbelievable how bad she was. Even people that aren’t musicians could tell she wasn’t in tune. Comparing Sara Evens to PL or TW is like comparing Jason Aldean to George Jones. I do agree that there should be more women on the radio. It’s just so obvious when these “on there way out” artists try to get attention.
June 18, 2015 @ 5:52 pm
First off, I am not equating her to Patty Loveless or Tammy Wynette, both of whom are easily top 10 vocalists in my opinion. I am saying that her style of singing resembles theirs.
Arguing that Sara Evans cannot “sing in tune” is simply ridiculous. Here’s an example of a live performance early in her career:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2FSGRC0PA8
June 19, 2015 @ 9:39 am
I gotta politely disagree here. I saw her on her Restless tour and she tore the roof off the joint. Singing live is an imperfect art. People have good days and bad days.
June 19, 2015 @ 9:53 am
Yes, when you hear someone live with a crowd it’s hard to tell if they are in pitch but then many times if you go watch a video of it, you can really hear they are out. That’s why sometime on American Idol you will hear someone totally pitching get praise because it’s harder to hear live. I’ve not doubt that Sara has had good performances but I’ve also heard her sing like shit a lot. Trisha Yearwood is a great female singer. Sara Evans isn’t bad, she just isn’t great. I guess you guys think Brad Paisley’s a great singer too!
June 18, 2015 @ 6:51 pm
I agree with what she had to say but her voice is incredibly hard to take, can’t believe you think she’s in top 20.
Her voice grates on me like Nettles does.
June 18, 2015 @ 7:07 pm
There is a combination of intensity and smooth texture in her voice that I love. Jennifer Nettles has the intensity but not the texture, and therefore comes off as harsh-sounding.
June 18, 2015 @ 8:00 pm
The problem with Jennifer Nettles is the forced twang. If she’d drop that, she’d be a phenomenal vocalist.
June 19, 2015 @ 6:50 pm
Jennifer Nettles is the epitome of a bad singer, trying too hard, and singing music that’s just dreadful. Every time I hear her and her abysmal group Sugarland on the radio, I change the station. Her crappy vocal choices and hollering are just irritating. I would also posit that there are countless better female singers out there waiting in the wings that have better voices than Nettles’ caterwauling as well.
June 21, 2015 @ 11:32 am
I’m not a fan of Jennifer Nettles either. She was a mediocre singer whose songs were overplayed. The grating sound of several Sugarland singles became all too familiar to country radio listeners in the first decade of the 2000s. The song that really sums this up well is “Stuck Like Glue”, it was as if it was stuck to country radio and stations couldn’t stop playing it.
June 18, 2015 @ 6:46 pm
Sara said much the same one year ago with her “Bra Country” spiel. Everyone waved their pom-poms and cheered her on. And you know what changed because of this? Not a damn thing.
Here is the article from a year ago,
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/06/07/sara-evans-bra-country-not-bro-country/10190815/
If these established women artists REALLY wanted to have more female representation on the radio (other than themselves) they would do more to help the up and coming females in the genre. But in the time I was following the genre from 2004-2013, the established female artists seemed to do almost nothing for the upstarts. They need to follow Miranda’s lead and bring lesser known female artists on tour with them as Miranda is doing now, Miranda has three female openers that I have never heard of Rae Lynn, Claire Dunn and Courtney Cole. What are the others doing besides wearing tomato shirts?
June 20, 2015 @ 1:11 pm
Hahahaha, you consider Miranda giving RaeLynn greater exposure a victory for women?
Her song “God Made Girls” is the single most disgusting and insidiously misogynistic country song that has hit the charts in the “bro-country” era.
June 22, 2015 @ 1:50 pm
She gets demerits for the bra-country term.
June 18, 2015 @ 5:52 pm
Today’s Trivia: Sara’s husband is Jay Barker, Alabama’s starting QB when Bama beat Miami to win the 1992 national championship. And Sara and Jay are next door neighbors in Mountain Brook, Alabama, of a good friend of mine.
Just thought I’d add to this discussion with that little irrelevant tidbit.
June 18, 2015 @ 6:53 pm
That sure was irrelevant, thanks …
June 18, 2015 @ 10:02 pm
In an attempt to cash in, country music, like america has lost it’s soul.how sad for us all. God bless Jamey Johnson
June 18, 2015 @ 10:27 pm
Jamey Johnson co-wrote Honky Tonk Badonka Donk and has done a song with Colt Ford,he helped start the downward spiral
June 18, 2015 @ 10:35 pm
Not really. “Honky Tonk Badonka Donk” came out in 2007, and bro-country and the associated collapse in female representation in country radio did not begin until 2011.
June 18, 2015 @ 10:49 pm
Right F***** On Sara .If only Miranda and Jana Kramer and Reba and a few others with an ounce of clout would ALL stand up for the state of things , perhaps SOMEONE that matters would take notice.When the artists themselves are talking about how shitty the genre has become ( commercially ) you KNOW its bad . That was unheard of 10 years ago . Sara Evans is one of THE finest vocalists working . She releases solid material that , more often than not , gets ignored of late . In favour of THE CRAP we’re subjected to by the bro boys . It DOES suck …….in every way .
June 18, 2015 @ 11:24 pm
Good for Sara. I was actually surprised that she would speak out on this, because she has largely stayed away from feminist themes in the past and has often projected the persona of a traditional Christian housewife who would be happy as long as she had a nice doting husband.
I think she made some good points in her comments. But I doubt anything will change unless mainstream country’s audience starts to demand more female artists and more substance in the music, and votes with their feet.
September 28, 2017 @ 11:29 am
What would we do if Hollywood said they were only putting out movies with all men?
I’d be fine with it, personally. You should go into acting Albert. You’re range and depth is amazing.
As well, I’m happy with having all men on country radio. As long as they all do country like Midland and Cadillac 3 🙂
September 28, 2017 @ 11:33 am
I meant, as long as they PLAY country, not Do country. Sorry about that. Who “DOES” country? 🙂
June 20, 2015 @ 12:29 pm
Sara always manages to mix the more traditional sounding country with the pop sounding country. But regardless of the sonic direction, her songs do have substance compared to Florida Georgia Line or most of Luke Bryan’s (i say most because Luke actually have some good album cuts for a pop-country)