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Reissue CDs Weekly: For The Good Times - The Songs Of Kris Kristofferson
An unexpected brush with punk from the writer of ‘Help me Make it Through the Night’
by Kieron TylerSunday, 21 February 2021
Kris Kristofferson: a unique package
The ninth track on this collection of interpretations of songs written by Kris Kristofferson is so surprising it’s bewildering. The commentary in the booklet of
For The Good Times – The Songs Of Kris Kristofferson notes its “sneering Joe Strummer-like delivery” and that the “guitar-heavy riff is very Clash-like.” Baffling.
They deserve a medal - the teachers and schools praised by parents for support in pandemic
Families have been telling us the schools and teachers they want to thank for supporting pupils
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Thank you posters outside Oak Tree Primary in Cheadle Hulme (Image: Vicky Moran)
Schools across Greater Manchester have been thanked by families for all they have done to support them during the pandemic. In an article last week about executive headteacher Chris Hanson praising families and staff at Corpus Christi RC Primary in Chadderton, Oldham, for pulling together amid the pandemic, we asked parents to tell us who they wanted to thank.
Untangling Queer Countryâs Many Connections to Country Music Talking with artists Mercy Bell, Melissa Carper and Brennen Leigh, Country Queer founder Dale Henry Geist and many more Tweet
Mercy BellPhoto: Chad Cochran
At first glance, you might get the impression that the genre called queer country is a kind of country music that exists in its own zone, apart from any concerns about commerciality. Without a doubt, queer country â because of its range of sensibilities and its variety of musical approaches â sounds familiar to fans of Americana, itself another capacious genre that seems to connect only fitfully with country music.Â
On his 2020 album,
Blue Eyes, the Harlot, the Queer, the Pusher & Me, Waylon Payne is open about many of the difficult parts of his past. Both in his music and in interviews for the record, he s shared his experience of getting addicted to and sober from meth, as well as the challenges and enduring friendships that he encountered along the way.
Payne s familial past also plays a central role in his music not just the country music legacy that he was born into as the son of Help Me Make It Through the Night star Sammi Smith and Willie Nelson guitarist Jody Payne, but also as a kid who endured abuse from a family member and rejection when he came out as gay.