Dwight Yoakam

Even today the stereotype lingers that country songs are all words – storytelling lyrics
backed by merely functional music. That cliché can be shattered once and for all with a
listen to Dwight Yoakam's first studio album in two and a half years. On Gone, the lyrics are
utilitarian – the pleasure and revelations come out of the music. Yoakam runs through
well-worn tales of faded love, but this familiar subject matter is made fresh again... More >