Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline helped define classic country music from the 1950s through the Seventies. Today we peer inside the dark heart of a genre obsessed with drinking, cheating -- and redemption. Plus: singer-songwriter Jeffrey Lewis talks about his latest album of songs by the "peace-punk" cult band, Crass.
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Jeffrey LewisSturm and Twang
Country music's obsessions -- drinking, cheating, God and death -- are the obsessions of America as a whole, says author Dana Jennings. His book "Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death, and Country Music" is part memoir, part tribute to twang's golden years. He joins us to talk about the importance ...
Jeffrey Lewis
Anti-folk singer and comic book artist Jeffrey Lewis joins us to share his new album "12 Crass Songs," a tribute to the late 70's anarcho-punk band Crass.
A City Boy Muses on Country Music's Appeal
Dana Jennings’ story of how country music was so important to the lives of the people growing up poor in his New Hampshire hometown got me to thinking. Growing up in New York City, what did I know about country music? Very little, and that was the way I liked ...