Music Is My Weapon

Gretchen Wilson of Epic records put out an album called All Jacked Up. It is the second album from the CMA award winning and Grammy nominated self confessed redneck girl. I don't really like this kind of music, but her outright insults on Paris Hilton made me listen to more.

Working with John Rich she does a good job at emulating the style of heroines Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt in tracks like "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today" and "Rebel Child".

Heavy on the fiddle and steel, littered with references to George Jones, Dolly Parton and Charlie Daniels, and featuring Merle Haggard on harmony vocals, this is refreshingly good, honest country music that sees the sharp-shooter from Pocahontas living up to her early promise.

Now, pulling away from redneckness, and going to the other side of the spectrum, Crazy P just put out a grand dance album called A Night On Earth. It is a follow up to last year's 24 Hour Psychedelic Freakout, and shows Crazy P dropping the 'enis' and turning in a set that makes our collective boobs swell with pride. Providing a perfect panacea for the glum rock epidemic, Crazy P has once again seduced us with a record of perennial beauty.