![]() ![]() It’s also one of the few things left that can bring people together across the cultural divide.Ī few days ago, someone sent me a video of professor, thinker, and author Jordan Peterson talking about music on The Joe Rogan Experience. Music expresses emotions mere words just rarely can, so the written or spoken medium is ultimately at a disadvantage. Whether it’s music as a concept, country music in general, or a song or album specifically, attempting to describe the deep emotions music makes us feel is the evergreen struggle of the music journalist, but one that is rewarding in the fleeting moments your words rise to meet this challenge. And something tells me that if you’ve found yourself on a niche website called “Saving Country Music,” you probably feel similarly.Įxpressing what music means to all of us is the ever-present challenge of a music writer. ![]() In a world of vices with their inherent negative tradeoffs, music is one of the few things that can bring you immense joy and pleasure without some sort of negative counterbalance, like a hangover, or addiction or health concerns, or emotional entanglement. In a world of chaos, it is the only thing that can make me feel somewhat simpatico with existence.
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