Could Obama's Election Be Good for Country Music?
Wait - wasn't much of the country music world (and its fans) behind John McCain? Sure - "The GOP and Nashville hitched themselves to each other as far back as the Nixon years." But, says David Browne, as country ruled the charts through the years of conservative political dominance, Nashville churned out "too many Southern-adult-contemporary ballads and obnoxious power chords." Some time in eclipse might be just what country music needs. The New Republic 11/19/08

Posted November 19, 2008 09:40 PM