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Alain here, and for February, 2021, it is my turn to pick an album for the guys to review as we mark the halfway point in our round of country music picks. If you’re a faithful Sonic Collective listener, you’re probably well aware by now that Country isn’t exactly in our wheelhouses – and that’s despite the fact that most of us live or have lived in Alberta, which is basically the Texas of Canada. Around these parts, it’s not uncommon to see grown men unironically wearing cowboy hats. We’ve got no shortage of brilliantly talented Country Music artists from around these parts. Despite not being big into country myself, my favourite country musician is Corb Lund, a fellow Albertan, who I highly recommend you check out. But he’s not who I picked for this round. No, I wanted to look a bit further back into the history of country music, to explore the natural evolution of the sound. We had Dolly, then we had Willy, and now… we have Dwight.Rumor has it that Johnny Cash once cited Yoakam as his favorite country singer. Chris Isaak called him as good a songwriter as ever put a pen to paper. Time Magazine dubbed him "A Renaissance Man" and Vanity Fair declared that "Yoakam strides the divide between rock's lust and country's lament." High praises indeed. So what will the Sonic Collective think of Yoakam’s debut album, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.? Tune in at the end of the month for our review episode to find out. And if you’re listening along with us, let us know!

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