Sunny Sweeney, spirited Texas singer-songwriter, made a career move not a lot of artists admit to wanting to make, few pull off and even fewer pull off convincingly. She started out a darling of an alt-country world that typically turns up its nose at mainstream country. Then she not only enticed a mainstream label to [...]
Waylon Jennings had not yet realized his potential as a songwriter when he first played “Good Hearted Woman” for Willie Nelson at a poker game. After hearing it, Nelson sneaked in this line right before the hook: “Through teardrops and laughter/we’ll walk through this world hand in hand.” And suddenly that collaboration, now a country [...]
