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"Down at the Twist and Shout" is the only one of her singles that I still hear getting any recurrent airplay on the modern country stations. Our local classic country station has a handful of her singles in moderate rotation, though.
Definitely wouldn't classify her as part of the NeoTraditionalist movement that included acts like Randy Travis, Clint Black, and Patty Loveless. Even her early records had a strong folk bent, and singles like "You Win Again" and any of the hits from Come On, Come On had more in common, production-wise, with the likes of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and early Indigo Girls than with what Alan Jackson and Suzy Bogguss were recording in the early 90s. Hence the VH-1 rotation and the broad appeal that led to "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" getting a surprise Record of the Year nomination at the Grammys.
Come On, Come On and Stones in the Road are no-question classics, and she released quite a few terrific singles both before and after that pair of albums. After the Party Doll comp, though, I've found her consistently dull, delivering over-written lyrics in hushed, reverent tones. At this point in her career, I don't even know what her primary demo would be: The Americana artists that get airplay on AAA stations are a whole lot livelier than what she's putting out, and when your music is sleepier than what, say, The Civil Wars are doing...
― jon_oh, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 15:30 (ten years ago) link
She lived around DC for a long while and came out of the DC folk scene before getting into country and honky-tonk. I used to go to the long since gone Twist & Shout club in that American Legion room that hosted zydeco, rockabilly, country and more. She now performs at the 5,000 seat Wolf Trap Park outdoor concert location in Virginia near DC every summer. But I don't think I have ever listened to any of her albums-- just know the "Twist & Shout" song.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 15:52 (ten years ago) link
MCC is one of the most underrated songwriters I know of. She's still doing good work, too. Listen to "Houston" from The Calling or "Transcendental Reunion" from her latest.
― banjoboy, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 23:50 (ten years ago) link
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