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Bobbie Lee Nelson
For women in country music, life isn't all sequins and rhinestones. Today we examine the roles women have played in the country genre and talk with Bobbie Lee Nelson, sister of country icon Willie Nelson. Plus: Quadruple platinum-selling kids' music star Laurie Berkner plays songs from her new record, "Rocketship Run."
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Another Side of 'Stand By Your Man'
Seventy-seven year-old Bobbie Lee Nelson is a country music legend, but she only released her first solo album earlier this year. She's the pianist and older sister of icon Willie Nelson. We'll talk with her and writer Holly George Warren about the supporting roles women have played in country music. ...
CD Picks of the Week
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, "Angles" (Strangefamousrecords)
Way back in January, we touted the bearded London poet and rapper Scroobius Pip, with the caveat that he didn’t actually have a cd out yet. Well, that has just changed. The debut album, "Angles," is credited to Dan Le ...
Laurie Berkner
Ten years ago Laurie Berkner was a preschool music teacher by day and folk-rocker by night. She started selling albums out of her living room and ended up a quadruple platinum-selling kids’ music star. She joins us to play live songs from her new record, "Rocketship Run."
The changing role of women in country music
As I mentioned on Wednesday’s blog, country music wasn’t really my thing, at least while growing up here in the city. But I was aware that some of the better known singers were women – Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and much later on people like Shania Twain. Since I didn’t ...