Country Singers Move to the Mainstream
Last year, Ken Tucker reviewed albums by Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakum, whom he thought had the power to shake up the country music establishment. Now they are the establishment, both with new albums. Tucker says Travis gives listeners a postmodern take on traditional country; Yoakum has fashioned himself the genre's Raymond Chandler, with songs that are brooding and sometimes offensive.
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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 15, 1988: Interview with Otis Williams; Review of Randy Travis's album "Old 8x10" and Dwight Yoakum's album "Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room"; Interview with…
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