COUNTRY MUSIC

I am a lover of country music, but I am the first to admit it is not one of my areas of expertise. For their recommendtions I am indebted to my panel of country music advisers, including (on twitter) @Heidi_Jackson and @Bradshawww.

American country singer-songwriter Brad Paisley specialises in songs containing wry comment on contemporary phenomena. His song "Online" (link to official video here) contains the lyric "I'm so much cooler online"...not true in my case, as my real friends will testify, and "The Toilet Song" (live performance below) is a mildly cynical portrait of the "New Man":



Whitney Duncan built up a big audience after appearing on the American TV series "Nashville Star". Here she performs "Right Road Now" for radio station Hank FM: