From today's New York Times:
Kelly Willis: Refugee From the Nashville
Factory Finds Her Own Audience
By BEN RATLIFF
Country music often prides itself on how much it can say and still be
taken at face value, but there was a lot of subtext coursing through
Kelly Willis's show on Friday night
Three weeks ago she
appeared on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry for the first time,
something she was never able to do while she was making records for
Nashville producers.
[Matt Benz] Yeh, using those Nashville Producers generally
keeps you off of the GOO stage
Hi folks,
Here's what you missed if you weren't at JD's! Both were excellent, but,
Bruce's songwriting and singing is killer. "Desperately" still being my
favorite on "Wrapped." Kelly dipped back into her repertoire for "River of
Love" (shout from moi!) which she said they hadn't been doing
Kate:
Here's what you missed if you weren't at JD's! Both were excellent, but,
Bruce's songwriting and singing is killer. "Desperately" still being my
favorite on "Wrapped." Kelly dipped back into her repertoire for "River of
Love" (shout from moi!) which she said they hadn't been doing for
Country flame
After 10 years, Kelly Willis gets what she deserves
By Donna Freydkin
CNN Interactive Contributing Music Writer
(CNN) -- Given country singer Kelly Willis' less-than-easy sojourn in the
music business, she's probably earned a certain amount of bitterness.
In less than a
