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-16 posts tagged "Country Music"
Lilian Jochmann | Thursday, March 9, 2023
Notre Dame freshman, Lilian Jochmann, talks with country music star Walker Hayes about the wild success of his crossover sensation “Fancy Like,” life on the road with his wife and six kids and his upcoming concert at Notre Dame on Apr. 15. The interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. Lilian: I wanted to
Mannion McGinley | Wednesday, March 8, 2023
“Bluebird Days” are days where the sky couldn’t be bluer, couldn’t be any more cloudless and the sun couldn’t be brighter. It’s a phrase most often recognized by skiers but has broadened to be used generally by people who enjoy being outside. These bluebird days usually come after a night of hard rain or, according
Observer Staff Report | Thursday, January 12, 2023
Walker Hayes, a popular country music star, will come to Notre Dame during IDEA Week in April, ExperienceND announced in an email Thursday. Hayes will perform at the Purcell Pavilion in the Joyce Center on Saturday, April 15. He will be joined by special guests Ingrid Andress and BRELAND. His performance will kick off IDEA
Brendan Nolte | Wednesday, October 12, 2022
The latest record from acclaimed country music singer Tyler Childers is a foray into experimentation rarely seen in the genre today. However, Childers’s 5th studio album “Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?” is sadly unable to follow through on its lofty ambitions. “Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?” is a very strange album,
Maggie Klaers | Sunday, May 8, 2022
Music holds the power to take us out of our time and place and make us feel something. The best music, in my opinion, feels like home. Our favorite songs become a place we can escape to or turn to remind us of a memory or place in our life. Musicians have a special talent
Mike Donovan | Thursday, April 2, 2020
The phrase “I hate country” rambles in shambling echoes around circles of self-described music nerds: a whiney chorus erupting from a choir of skinny little malcontents with mouths bigger than their record collections. “I hate country!” they sputter, hoping their spray might hit the nearest [Luke Bryan, Sam Hunt, Dierks Bentley, Toby Keith, Florida Georgia
Claire Rafford and Dessi Gomez | Monday, March 30, 2020
Picture this: it’s day who-even-knows of quarantine, social distancing, self-isolation — whatever you want to call it. You’re stuck inside, away from the comfortable chaos of the tri-campus community. You’ve watched absolutely everything good on Netflix, there’s no sports of any kind to distract from the world and you absolutely cannot play another round of
Gina Twardosz | Tuesday, March 3, 2020
In her 1996 Grammy-nominated single, “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?”, singer Paula Cole muses the whereabouts of her real-life John Wayne. She laments the toxic masculinity that underlies the traditional country singer cowboy archetype that makes a figure like the bygone Hollywood star an unrealistic and problematic aspiration. Yet, she raises an important point:
Observer Staff Report | Friday, February 21, 2020
Singer and songwriter George Strait will perform at Notre Dame Stadium on Aug. 15, the University announced in a press release Friday. Though the artist — whom the release referred to as the “King of Country” — no longer tours, he occasionally performs in certain cities. Recently, Strait played in Wichita and Kansas City. The
Observer Staff Report | Friday, February 22, 2019
Award-winning country musician Scotty McCreery will perform April 10 at Elkhart’s Lerner Theater as part of the 2019 IDEA Week festivities, the University announced in a press release Thursday. McCreery is scheduled to perform three days prior to fellow country musician Tim McGraw’s concert in Purcell Pavilion on April 13. McCreery and McGraw’s visits follow country music