Introductions

Hello, my name is J.R. Journey, your new blog buddy. I am 25 years old and hail from the Buckeye State.  I have been a country fan since I was 9 years old when I first saw Reba McEntire steamroll the courtroom in her video for ‘Take It Back’. And I’ve been hooked ever since. My favorite artists include Reba, George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, Conway Twitty, The Dixie Chicks, Wynonna, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and many, many more …

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Hey guys! My name is Chris, if you didn’t catch that from my user name! You may have seen me lurking around as “Chris D.” on the 9513 and other country blogs. I am currently 17 years old, and I also live in Ohio. Outside of the internet, I play tennis, as well as working as a tennis coach, I am currently an Eagle Scout, and I love to speak French! I also watch way too much TV, especially Fringe, CSI (not Miami), Pushing Daisies, Survivor, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I also love to play video games, so I end up being very busy, especially considering that I’m still in school.

I actually didn’t like country music that much until recently; namely 2006. My parents raised me on country, but I never really cared, with the exception of knowing the words to most Shania Twain songs at a young age and random stuff like that. Then one day, I heard the song “Want To” by Sugarland on the radio, and I was instantly obsessed with it, and from there I was obsessed with the duo that sang it. I moved from Sugarland to Sara Evans, branching out from artist to artist until I found myself with artists like Kathy Mattea, Nickel Creek (Who I am listening to as I write this), and The Judds. I also have branched out to other genres with artists like Feist, Jazmine Sullivan, Adele, Radiohead, and even Mariah Carey. I like to think of myself as having fairly diverse musical tastes, and you would probably agree if you heard my ipod on shuffle, but I always seem to return to country music. I think I like it so much because it’s one of the only genres where I consistently am made to feel some emotion. I also like sad songs a lot, so that helps too.

My favorite artists within country are Sugarland, SHeDAISY, Trisha Yearwood, Lee Ann Womack, and The Dixie Chicks. If I had to choose a favorite album, I would pick There’s More Where That Came From by Lee Ann Womack. Unfortunately my favorite country song changes constantly, so I won’t say that here. I hope you enjoy hearing from me in the future!

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Hi. I post on the 9513 and a few other places as Occasional Hope, but my real name is Lisa. I live in England, which is a hard place to be a country fan, but I’ve loved country music since I first started listening to it as a teenager in the late 80s.

I tend to prefer the more traditional end of mainstream, with some bluegrass and singer-songwriter artists. All-time favourites include George Jones, Gene Watson, Randy Travis, Keith Whitley and Patty Loveless, but it’s hard to limit it to a few, and I’m always looking for good new artists. Things I love about country music are the emotion (there’s nothing like a real broken-hearted lost love country song), the range of subject matter (it’s hard to think of a subject which hasn’t been tackled in at least one country song), and the sound of the voices, harmonies and instrumentation.

Thanks to J.R. and the guys for inviting me to join the team here.

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Hello, everyone.  My name is Rob, but most of you probably know me as “Razor X” from The 9513 and the other country music blogs.  I live in New Jersey and have been a huge fan of country music all my life.  I started listening to it in 1980, which was the Year of the Urban Cowboy, but was also a time when some of the legends of the genre could still be heard on the radio.   Some of my favorite artists are Randy Travis, George Strait, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, and Merle Haggard.  I look forward to discussing them and all the other great artists with you.

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Hello, I’m Meg Morrow and a newbie at both blogging and Country Music. At 47 though, I’m not so new to life and perhaps that’s why Country Music has begun to appeal to me in the last few years. It’s all about the ups and downs, ins and outs of ordinary life. The songs that strike a chord with me usually tell a good story, dig into the heart of life experience, or are just — for lack of a better word – real (that includes real humor, too!).

I’ve loved Kathy Mattea for a long time, and have always gravitated toward artists with a folk flavor, good lyrics, and more of an acoustic sound. But I was bitten by the Reba bug in 2006 and haven’t been the same since!  I enjoy Trisha Yearwood, Dolly Parton, Sugarland, Miranda Lambert, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley and Lee Ann Womack. I’m lovin’ what I learn here at My Kind of Country and look forward to learning more from you and with you about the music we love.