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MARGO PRICE Mon 5/8 Crystal BallroomANGELINA CASTILLO

MON MAY 8

I often hear people explain that they like “OLD country... like Loretta and Dolly,” condemning (rightfully, in my opinion) the more contemporary country-pop that often plays like a parody of itself. For purists, Margo Price is a reason to celebrate. The folksy songs on her 2016 debut Midwest Farmer’s Daughter are undoubtedly modern, but capture the warm nostalgia of past greats—like the aforementioned country queens—without ever seeming like a byproduct of the genre. Hopefully Price’s success foreshadows an old-style country revival.