Welcome to the Beyonce rodeo: new country album drops to praise
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New York: Fans and critics alike are lavishing praise on Cowboy Carter, Beyonce s rhinestone studded, history rich honky tonk of an album that s ris...
New York: Fans and critics alike are lavishing praise on "Cowboy Carter," Beyonce's rhinestone-studded, history-rich honky tonk of an album that's rising in the charts after Friday's hotly anticipated release.
A rowdy, wide-ranging homage to her southern heritage, the 27-track second act to her "Renaissance" trilogy is a genre-bending triumph that vaunts Black country culture.
"No one will mistake this sprawling set for ever following a straight path, or having a remotely dull moment," wrote the critic at entertainment trade publication Variety.
"It's almost as if Beyonce was watching some of the evolutionary leaps and hiccups country has been experiencing as it redefines its boundaries -- as the Music always has -- and said, 'Hold my Armand de Brignac. I've got this.'"
"But it's not just a matter of what Beyonce can do for country Music; it's what her concept of country can do for her, in expanding her Musical empire and even her already well-honed sense of self. It's a lot."
