The modern country music business is putting a little of the western back into country & western.
. That era, which brought an adult viewpoint to the pop and rock music that preceded it, is celebrated in the aptly timed Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum exhibit “Western Edge.”
“I think the further we get into the future, and our society is so reliant on screens and technology, that we really want to go back to the old ways of life,” suggests Munsick. “That’s living under the stars and having free range to roam around in. That’s what the West offers.”, who inserted what she calls a “spaghetti western” steel guitar into her single “Drive You Out of My Mind,” sees the cowboy ideal being applied to small-screen social media.
This wave is not likely to inspire country music to reestablish the dated country & western brand. Back in 1980, the genre rode themovement for a year or two before it petered out. But it does hint at a reexamination of ideals, both in the arts and in humanity.
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