Robert K Oermann, Author at MusicRow.com

Robert K. Oermann is a longtime contributor to MusicRow. He is a respected music critic, author and historian.

DISClaimer Single Reviews: Tanya Tucker’s Vocals Soar On ‘Ready As I’ll Never Be’

October 27, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Country music is in the midst of one of its periodic artist shakeups. There’s a new generation of […]

October 21, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

It’s a day for some real country singing in this edition of DISClaimer. We’re truly in the presence […]

October 17, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

A record-label genius and two of the finest honky-tonk singers who have ever lived entered the Country […]

October 13, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

We’re all about gender parity today at DISClaimer. Note that half of the tracks reviewed in this edition […]

October 11, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Anita Kerr, who was a key figure in the development of The Nashville Sound, has died at age 94. She […]

October 4, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Revered music icon Loretta Lynn died on Tuesday (Oct. 4) at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee […]

September 29, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Joe Chambers, who founded The Musicians Hall of Fame in downtown Nashville, died on Sept. 28. Prior […]

September 29, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Fall is in the air in Music City, and with the new season comes a flood of new country sounds. Leading […]

September 22, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Ray Edenton, the rhythm guitarist in Nashville’s fabled “A-Team” of classic session musicians, has […]

September 22, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

For-real country music returns with a vengeance in this week’s DISClaimer column. It doesn’t come any […]