#Loretta Lynn

MUSIQUE BOUTIQUEWitch Camp (Ghana), Loretta Lynn, Nashville Ambient Ensemble, and Leandrul

Welcome to Audiofemme’s monthly record review column, Musique Boutique, written by music journo vet Gillian G. Gaar. Every fourth Monday, Musique Boutique offers a cross-section of noteworthy reissues and new releases guaranteed to perk up your ears. “Hatred Drove Me From My Home” was the first...

Gillian G. Gaar

Denise Hylands Introduces Listeners To The Dark Side of Country on 3RRR's Twang

Denise Hylands with musician Joshua Hedley. Every Saturday afternoon, driving home from teaching a Pilates class, I'd hit the freeway right as the theme song for Twang introduced Denise Hylands' regular 2-hour country music show on 3RRR. I have to admit, I've never been a fan of country music, but...

Cat Woods

ONLY NOISEThe Women of Country Music Offer Wisdom in Times of Crisis

Loretta Lynn's alcohol-soaked pity party for herself in "Somebody, Somewhere" echoes quite a lot of our newly solo Saturday nights. Dolly Parton reminds us all that wealth is a state of being, rather than the (declining) value of our bank accounts. Lucinda Williams asks the simple, but potentially...

Cat Woods

5 Christmas Songs by the Women of Country Music You Need to Hear

Katie Pruitt, YouTube Year after year, the same holiday standards come pouring through our speakers when the calendar flips to December (or before Halloween in recent years). While these often become ubiquitous, there are several artists who deliver original renditions of these holiday standards,...

Cillea Houghton