stuart wrote:
> > Oh, and the other thing is, we found this great CD shop
> > today... as in they're Alt Country section was about the
> > size of their Pop music section. Anyway, we came across
> > that Lucinda williams CD that was stolen for cheep.
>
> I got this email from the boy, who is in London. Alt.country the size of
> Pop? Can this be true? You English P2ers know?. Is it only outside
> the U.S that one can find this stuff in retail shops?
>
> Stuart
> thinking about the British Invasion of the 60s
Well, I don't know about large alt.country sections in music shops. Usually
the alt.country gets mixed in with the mainstream country which adds up to
a pretty large selection.
You can get Lucinda, Robbie, loads of Alison Krauss and Dale Watson in the
Southampton HMV shop, and I know you can a get quite a lot more in London
stores (hell, you can *even* buy the Okeh Wranglers in HMV shops now)
Lucinda Williams is very 'vogue' in serious music circles in the UK. She
was voted no. 4 by a Sunday Times reviewer for album of the year, which is
pretty amazing, and Robbie Fulks' 'Let's Kill Saturday Night' get a good
review by Q magazine. However, it's one thing being popular among the
people who know better, and another thing having mass appeal over here,
which they don't.
Steve Earle has always had a good/better press and support over here than
the Nashville 'stars' and Lucinda could probably do the same. However, acts
that are too strongly country and less rock influenced would find it tough
in the UK because country music is generally seen as a joke.
I bet there aren't any other Brits on P2 that can get Let's Kill Saturday
Night in their local library....
Louise
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