A.V. Club: Best of the Decade

Artist Willie Nelson

As mainstream country continues its slide into bland, bombastic pop clichés, Willie Nelson stands out even more as a bright diamond in the rough. Possessor of one of the most distinctive voices in popular music, Nelson continues to record and perform tirelessly, and with the passing of Johnny Cash, he stands as an ambassador of the American songwriting tradition that he helped innovate. Not one to rest on his laurels, the Red Headed Stranger stretched out into reggae on 2005’s Countryman, to mixed success. Moment Of Forever, from 2008, finds Nelson steering back into genuine country territory under the production guidance of Kenny Chesney and Buddy Cannon. 

Updated 08/28/2009

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