country and western
Example Sentences
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When they asked him what he heard in corny country-and-western — seemingly at odds with his avant-garde, big-city bebop — he’d tell them he liked the stories.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2021
Their break came when a record executive, Charles Spurling, heard them play and enlisted them as the band for blues and black country-and-western acts such as Bill Doggett, Hank Ballard and Arthur Prysock.
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2020
Once upon a time in country-and-western: “American Masters” remembers the supergroup formed by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash in the new episode “The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2016
It’s not unusual to meet a modern music lover with an iPod full of opera, country-and-western ballads, show tunes, punk-rock classics, hip-hop remixes, celebrity duets and sensitive singer-songwriter self-explorations.
From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2015
I knew I sounded snotty, but like the first notes of a country-and-western tune, these days the mere mention of Fang gave me an uncomfortable twang.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
