
Anything But Country
Who has been the biggest influence on your taste in music? Possibly your parents, probably your friends. We've all been led to praise or reject an artist to fall into line with the opinions of our peer group. As a long-haired teenager I lauded the great rock bands, and expressed contempt for nearly all electronic music, along with a lot of classical, R&B, metal and... country. (Now, taste is a fascinating thing. Why do two siblings grow up with wildly different opinions about