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Country music was beginning to fall out of popularity in America in the 1980s, but the emergence of Neo-Traditionalism changed all that. Neo-traditionalism can also be referred to as New Traditionalism, Neo-classicism or New Classical Country. This era began with changes in Nashville and Music Row.
New Traditionalists is the fourth studio album by the American new wave band Devo, released in 1981 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was recorded over a period of four months between December 1980 and April 1981 at the Power Station in Manhattan , New York City.
New Traditionalist refers to the legions of young country singers that emerged in the late '80s. These artists reworked and updated the classic sounds of honky tonk and traditional country, adding contemporary production touches to make it more commercially viable -- even with the flourishes, the music was essentially hardcore country.
These artists reworked and updated the classic sounds of honky tonk and traditional country, adding contemporary production touches to make it more commercially viable -- even with the flourishes, the music was essentially hardcore country.
New Traditionalists has a few obvious Top Forty finger poppers — “Through Being Cool” (the latest Devo fight song), “Jerkin’ Back ‘n’ Forth” and “Enough Said” (this year’s “Whip It”) — and...
Skaggs. In Ricky Skaggs. …a leading role in the New Traditionalist movement of the 1980s by adapting bluegrass music’s instrumentation and historically conscious sensibility to mainstream country music. Read More.
