12 Jun 2022

Moving to the Country

From New Horizons, 5:00 pm on 12 June 2022

You might be able to take Jeff Tweedy out of the country, but a new Wilco album shows that you can't take the country out of Jeff Tweedy. William Dart investigates this issue, with a few asides from Elvis Costello and Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Music Details

Collage photo of the band Wilco to promote their 2022 album Cruel Country

Wilco Photo: Jamie Kelter Davis, ex band website wilcoworld.net

ARTIST: Buffy Sainte-Marie
TITLE: I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again
ALBUM: I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again
COMPOSER: Sainte-Marie
LABEL: Vanguard

ARTIST: Buffy Sainte-Marie
TITLE: Lyke Wake Dirge
ALBUM: Fire & Fleet & Candlelight
COMPOSER: Britten
LABEL: Vanguard

ARTIST: Buffy Sainte-Marie
TITLE: Now that the Buffalo's Gone
ALBUM: I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again
COMPOSER: Sainte-Marie
LABEL: Vanguard

ARTIST: Buffy Sainte-Marie
TITLE: A Soulful Shade of Blue
ALBUM: I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again
COMPOSER: Sainte-Marie
LABEL: Vanguard

ARTIST: Elvis Costello & The Attractions
TITLE: I'm Your Toy
ALBUM: Almost Blue
COMPOSER: Parsons, Ethridge
LABEL: Demon

ARTIST: Uncle Tupelo
TITLE: Grindstone
ALBUM: March 16-20, 1992
COMPOSER: Tweedy, Farrar
LABEL: Rockville

ARTIST: Wilco
TITLE: Blue Eyed Soul
ALBUM: A.M.
COMPOSER: Tweedy
LABEL: Sire Reprise

ARTIST: Wilco
TITLE: Jesus, Etc.
ALBUM: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
COMPOSER: Tweedy, Bennett
LABEL: Nonesuch

ARTIST: Wilco
TITLE: Cruel Country
ALBUM: Cruel Country
COMPOSER: Tweedy
LABEL: dBpm

ARTIST: Wilco
TITLE: Falling Apart (Right Now)
ALBUM: Cruel Country
COMPOSER: Tweedy
LABEL: dBpm

ARTIST: Wilco
TITLE: Country Song Upside-down
ALBUM: Cruel Country
COMPOSER: Tweedy
LABEL: dBpm

 

 

 

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