Playing By Ear
Every episode of this podcast breaks an album down, track by track, to cover why it's not only worth playing, but replaying.
Displaying 2 items of Playing By Ear with the tag "country music".
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Mini-Sode: 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton)
September 1st, 2026 | 14 mins 40 secs
1980s, 80s, country, country music, dolly parton, jane fonda, lily tomlin, songwriting
To help you along with your working week, we're going to start releasing mini-episodes on individual songs, and this time, we're celebrating the late and unimaginably great Dolly Parton by analyzing one of her most famous tracks, 9 to 5.
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Wide Open Spaces (The Chicks)
June 16th, 2026 | 2 hrs 4 mins
country, country music, dixie chicks, emily strayer, martie maguire, music, natalie maines, songwriting, the dixie chick
Easy on the ears, The Chicks' fourth album "Wide Open Spaces" broke wide open and made the band, then known as The Dixie Chicks, a household name. Nearly thirty years on, this album still holds up beautifully, as the trio's impeccable harmonies and their collaborators' exceptional melodies results in an album that will take care of you. Searingly sincere and clear vocals from the band's then new singer Natalie Maines cemented The Chicks as a County force to be reckoned with, and this first album with her plants a big old boot proving why.