L'ALBUM COUNTRY 2010 ?

Evidemment, la selection est quand même subjective et y'aura des oublis. J'essaye de ne pas inclure les artistes trop pop tendance sirupeux qui sont à la country ce que André Rieu est au classique et Franck Michael à la chanson française ...

Pas d'énorme coup de coeur en country cette année mais j'ai quand même beaucoup apprécié l'album de Marty Stuart (Ghost Train : The Studio B Sessions), celui de Jamey Johnson (The Guitar Song) même si j'ai moins accroché que son précédent, ainsi que Carryin' On de Dale Watson. J'ai encore plus aimé celui de Caitlin Cary (Own Side Now) mais peut-être qu'il n'est pas à classer country. J'ai découvert Dierks Bentley avec Up On The Ridge et ce fut une très belle surprise. A part cet album et celui de Rhonda Vincent (qui ne m'a pas hyper emballé), je n'ai pas écouté grand-chose en bluegrass. Je pourrai citer Trampled By Turtles (Palomino), Brothers Comatose (Songs From The Stoop) et Chatham County Line (Wildwood) mais c'est davantage de l'alternative bluegrass.
A part ça, Elizabeth Cook a signé encore un très bon album (Welder), tout comme Miss Leslie (Wrong Is What I Do Best). Quant au Junky Star de Ryan Bingham, il m'a un peu déçu. Willie Nelson et Merle Haggard ont signé 2 albums dignes de leur légende, Country Music et I Am What I Am.

J'ai même pas écouté ce Ryan Bingham, sans doute l'album n'a pas été distribué chez nous. Je ne l'ai jamais vu en magasin. Nox septuagénaires country vont bien en effet !

Je me suis penché un peu sur Lynn Miles, elle a sorti ou va sortir un nouveau disque et je n'en avais jamais entendu parler.

L'album de l'année pour moi c'est celui de Dierks Bentley que je viens d'ailleurs de commander. Le Taken de Rhonda est également très bien, comme tout c'est album d'ailleurs et j'ai hâte de la voir a Craponne. Je suis aussi un peu déçu par l'album de Ryan Bingham il m'avait habitué a mieux. Quand a Hank Williams III en général je suis fan c'est album mais celui la je ne les pas encore découvert

PS: Le dernier album de Ryan Bingham est en ligne sur deezer.

Le Dierks Bentley, je l'ai acheté en France et je l'ai emmené avec moi en Australie et il m'a apporté beaucoup de bien sur les milliers de kilomètres parcourus. Cette reprise de Dylan, wow.

Sinon, je ne l'ai pas mis sur la liste, mais si l'album de ce nouveau EASTON CORBIN est un peu trop classique, son 1er single est pour moi un grand plaisir. Dans ce clip, il fait vraiment figure du type américain hyper sympa qu'on croise dans ce pays et qui font que c'est un plaisir d'y voyager.

Plus pour le single et le clip donc !






Dans cette chanson, il met en valeur les valeurs qu'il a du fait d'être un gars de la campagne. J'avoue, ça me touche !

J'aurais pu aussi inclure ZAC BROWN BAND. J'aurais même dû. Si l'un d'entres vous est fan de cet artiste, défendez le, car j'ai un peu de mal à le cerner !

Le top 10 du blog country The 9513, toujours très avisé!

Citation :

• 10. The Jukebox In Your Heart,
  Mike Stinson
  With the possible exception of Brennen Leigh, Mike Stinson is
  arguably the most unsung singer on this list, but it’s my hope that that
  lack of notoriety doesn’t lead to his dismissal. He writes the kind of
  songs that feel transported from a bygone era (“Late Great Golden State”
  appeared on the 2003 Dwight Yoakam album Population Me, which
  is almost a bygone era) and were only recently discovered. Some are
  better than others, but a dud there is not. Robert Black put it best in
  his review when he described Stinson as “sounding like the
  distillation of a thousand heartaches.” Check out these songs: “Square
  With The World,” “No One to To Drink With,” and “Ashes of a Dream.” — Brody
  Vercher
  
• 9. Freight Train, Alan Jackson
  For a man often criticized for playing it safe, Alan Jackson has
  managed to keep his fans on their toes for the last few years. After a
  brief romance with adult contemporary music, a gospel tribute to his
  mother and a collection of songs
  penned entirely by himself, Freight Train is, in a sense, a
  return to the normal, everyday Jackson album. When you’re one of country
  music’s few remaining legends still getting radio airplay, however,
  “normal” and “everyday” are compliments well-deserved for an album full
  of wise additions such as its titular cover song and a gorgeous duet
  with Lee Ann Womack. — Karlie Justus
  

• 8. The
  Box, Brennen Leigh
  With her rich voice and unflinchingly honest songwriting, Brennen
  Leigh delivers some of the best country music you’ll hear all year. The
  Texan’s most recent album is a collection of midtempo, wistful
  traditional-leaning country. Though there isn’t a bad song to be found
  on the record, pay special attention to the superb “Are You Stringing Me
  Along,” featuring brother Seth Hulbert, a song which sounds influenced
  by close harmony duos like the Louvins or Delmores. — Juli Thanki
  
• 7. Homecoming, Joe Diffie
  From the moment Joe Diffie and Rounder Records walked down the aisle
  to slicing fiddle and mandolin music, a beautiful marriage was born.
  Diffie had a string of hits
  during the Garth-dominated 1990’s, but he was always just too country to
  appeal to the suburban and international audiences that Brooks
  captured. But throw Diffie’s thick twang in front of some of the best
  bluegrass pickers (and singers) in town and you’ve got a great album.
  Diffie pays respect to the
  murder ballad (“Till The End”) and the upbeat romp (“Hard To Handle”).
  Hopefully this marriage lasts. — Pierce Greenberg
  
• 6. Welder, Elizabeth Cook
  One of country’s sharpest, quirkiest female voices is here and there and everywhere on this
  musical mish-mash of an album that would’ve ranked higher if it had
  lived up to its title a little better. Working for the first time with
  Don Was, Cook pretty much does whatever she wants and leaves the welding
  of all these disparate identities up to us. The results are a little
  uneven at times, but the best of these songs – “El Camino,” “Heroin
  Addict Sister,” “Mama’s Funeral” – more than take up the slack. In fact,
  they’re downright stunning. — C.M. Wilcox
  
• 5. Carryin’ On, Dale Watson
  On Carryin’ On Dale Watson pays tribute to the Nashville of
  the 1960s and ’70s with polished shuffles and smooth, poignant ballads.
  He’s backed by some of Music City’s best session musicians (Lloyd Green,
  Pete Wade, and Pig Robbins), and his songwriting is sharp as ever. If
  there’s one song from 2010 that you should hear, it’s the
  Bakersfield-sounding “Hey Brown Bottle,” which sounds as though it
  could’ve been a hit had Merle Haggard recorded it in his prime. — Juli
  Thanki
  
• 4. Reckless, The SteelDrivers
  Chris Stapleton makes his SteelDrivers swan song one to remember on
  this outstanding combination of dark delta blues and traditional
  Appalachian bluegrass. It delivers fresh takes on traditional bluegrass
  themes with a flair for the history of the area. The tragic ending of
  the protagonist on “Good Corn
  Liquor” is told in sharp dobro notes representing shots ringing out.
  While that little bit musicianship is just a snapshot, it makes a great
  analogy to the rest of the album as it captures the imagination of
  scenes on almost every track. — Ken Morton, Jr.
  
• 3. Up On the Ridge, Dierks
  Bentley
  It shouldn’t have come as a surprise that Bentley could put together a
  standout bluegrass album. He’s been showing off his bluegrass writing
  and vocal chops on every album he’s released. The impressive part is
  that he so successfully blended bluegrass into mainstream without
  creating a diluted half-hearted effort. “Draw Me a Map” is one of the
  best singles of the year, but “Bad Angel,” “Fiddlin’ Around” and “Love
  Grows Wild” are just a few of the must-listen tracks. — Sam Gazdziak
  
• 2. Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions,
  Marty Stuart
  As one of the key stewards of traditional country music, Marty Stuart
  has also crafted a number of exemplary albums that speak to the
  still-beating heart of the common people. His harmonizing with wife
  Connie Smith on two songs is alone worth the price of admission, but the
  best track is “Hangman,” a riveting tale written by Johnny Cash mere
  days before his death. Stuart pays homage to his musical heroes—Elvis,
  the Louvin Brothers, Ray
  Price—and testifies to all the grace and power that can fit in a
  four-minute country song. — Blake
  Boldt
  
• 1. The Guitar Song, Jamey
  Johnson
  Johnson makes following That Lonesome Song seem deceptively
  easy, neatly sidestepping the problem of ‘matching’ his previous work by
  giving us something different enough that it defies one-to-one
  comparison. Where That Lonesome Song was a lean, concise wonder
  modeled after Waylon Dreaming My Dreams, The Guitar Song
  is a sprawling epic that finds Johnson exploring a wider range of
  sounds and emotions over two ‘Black’ and ‘White’ themed discs. The
  extended length left some critics wishing Johnson had pared it down a
  bit, but it’s testament to the quality of these compositions that
  there’s little agreement on which
  tracks should have been axed. Even if we could all agree on three to
  cut, there’d still be 22 deserving of this top spot. — C.M. Wilcox