Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music

About Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music

Have you always thought there was something special about 80s and 90s country music that you've never been able to put your finger on? Why does this music stand out? Well, let's don our cowboy hats, adjust our oversized belt buckles, tease that hair, and see if we can get the bottom of it, by picking apart one song at a time.

Publisher

Melton McMaynerbury

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Jan 2022

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

128 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Finale

   We wrap up this podcast with as tidy a bow as we can muster, with our ultimate answer to our ultimate question of what makes 80s & 90s country music particularly work. We also tackle some listener questions, indulge in some personal divulgences, and try to send you away with some ideas on where to go from here. Thanks so much for listening to Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music.

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Dissecting "Cowboy Take Me Away" by the (Dixie) Chicks - 1999

   We round out the 90s, and round out this podcast, by filling the most glaring hole in our back catalogue, with a signature song by the artist that dominated the end of the decade: the Dixie Chicks' (as we knew them then) 1999 hit, "Cowboy Take Me Away". The trio seem to re-channel some of the sentiment of their earlier hit "Wide Open Spaces" in this whimsical follow-up. But how have the protagonist's feelings changed since she left home in 1998, and how do the Chicks use theiir perfect blend ...

3. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Dissecting "I'll Think of a Reason Later" by Lee Ann Womack - 1998

   We start to round out the 90s with a lighthearted, neotraditional turn from a pre-I-Hope-You-Dance Lee Ann Womack. It's her hilarious late-1998/early-1999 hit: "I'll Think of a Reason Later". The slightly tongue-in-cheek lyrics set the stage, but how does Womack charm us with her down-to-earth delivery of them? And what does the Dolly Parton have to do with it?

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

14 ratings

Spotify

4.5 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

57

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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