Midwest Farmer's Daughter - Margo Price
Released by Jack White’s Third Man Records Margo Price’s Midwest Farmer’s Daughter is probably the best classic country record released in the 21 st century. The Nashville singer-songwriter perfectly sings 11 great country songs in 43 minutes on her debut album, with themes ranging from alcoholism to heartbreak. Price sounds eerily similar to fellow female country artist Loretta Lynn on this record and just like Lynn she challenges traditional country themes but with a modern sensibility that serves her very well. Price is an oddball with a traditionalist tendency, it’s hard to imagine an artist sounding as loyally nostalgic and at the same time singing lyrics which would be radically had they been released alongside it’s classic contemporary records. The record is released by Jack White's, of The White Stripes, record label. Unlike other country musicians of the 21 st century Price successfully sounds genuine, there is no over producing and there is no pr...