(Vocals, b. 1982) Rimes’ career in country music reads more like fiction than reality. Aged 13, she was riding high in the US country and pop charts with her first hit single, ‘Blue’ (originally recorded by her father at Norman Petty’s studio in Clovis, New Mexico). Her 1996 album, also titled Blue, sold eight million ...
(Vocals, b. 1982) Country singer Rimes scored her first hit single ‘Blue’ (1995) – originally written for Patsy Cline – at the tender age of 13. Her subsequent album Blue (1996) – amazingly, her second – sold vastly. Her career gained momentum via Sittin’ On Top Of The World (1998), which spawned the international hit ‘How Do I Live’. ...
Composed in 1944–45 and first performed on 7 June 1945, Peter Grimes reopened London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre following the Second World War – at the request of managing director, soprano Joan Cross. This opera, and its success, provided the momentum that the post-war arts environment needed. From the moment Britten read ‘The Borough’ he began making plans ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 1988–96) Formed in Oxford in 1988 by Mark Gardner (vocals, guitar), Andy Bell (guitar) and Stephen Overalt (bass), Ride revelled in a loud guitar sound that won favour with critics and fans alike. With more than a nod in the direction of The Who’s ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, ‘Leave Them All Behind’ was their biggest hit single ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 1977–present) Formed in 1977 by journalist and music historian Douglas Green (b. 1946), this trio (a quartet since 1988 when Joey Miskulin first played accordion with them) have kept alive the spirit and folklore of western cowboy songs – not least in their stage shows, which include expert yodelling – performing material associated with The Sons Of ...
Vince Gill (b. 1957) broke out of a respected but static 10-year career as a bandmember and solo act and into country stardom with the 1990 hit ‘When I Call Your Name’. Gill was in the forefront of the neo-traditional country movement and became one of the biggest crossover singing stars in Nashville. It helped that he was an excellent country ...
The young country movement was an industry-driven trend aimed at the mass market of teens and twenty-something music fans. Like the urban cowboys, young country artists often contemporized or diluted prevailing styles like honky-tonk and pop country for mass consumption. The early 1990s saw a continuation of the mid- and late-1980s neo-traditionalist movement and produced a glut of gifted young ...
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