http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2119&rws=%2Fmatraca-berg%2Fdiscography.rssMatraca Berg began her career as a songwriter, penning hits for such Nashville luminaries as Reba McEntire and Deanna Carter. Initially considered too eclectic for the industry stuffed shirts, Berg's 1990 debut was received rather coolly but has since been re-evaluated and recognized for the quality country that it is, culminating in a 1999 re-release of the record. Nevertheless the faltering start affected her career and it wasn't until <i>Sunday Morning to Saturday Night</i> (1997) that she lived up to her true potential as a singer-songwriter. Bluesy ballads and lonesome drinkers show just how deep her roots go, but it's the Honky-Tonk stompers that are the real attraction. With a deliciously insinuating delivery and pure country backing, Berg's songs are loaded with cow-town double entendres and punch-drunk rowdiness. With a voice that communicates Dolly Parton's delicacy, Loretta Lynn's uncompromising self-reliance and a brand of barroom raunch that is very much her own, Matraca Berg cuts quite an impressive figure in the Nashville scene. - Mike McGuirkNew Countryen720Wed, 6 Jan 2010 00:49:14 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2119&rws=%2Fmatraca-berg%2Fdiscography.rss Matraca Berg began her career as a songwriter, penning hits for such Nashville luminaries as Reba McEntire and Deanna Carter. Initially considered too eclectic for the industry stuffed shirts, Berg's 1990 debut was received rather coolly but has since been re-evaluated and recognized for the quality country that it is, culminating in a 1999 re-release of the record. Nevertheless the faltering start affected her career and it wasn't until <i>Sunday Morning to Saturday Night</i> (1997) that she lived up to her true potential as a singer-songwriter. Bluesy ballads and lonesome drinkers show just how deep her roots go, but it's the Honky-Tonk stompers that are the real attraction. With a deliciously insinuating delivery and pure country backing, Berg's songs are loaded with cow-town double entendres and punch-drunk rowdiness. With a voice that communicates Dolly Parton's delicacy, Loretta Lynn's uncompromising self-reliance and a brand of barroom raunch that is very much her own, Matraca Berg cuts quite an impressive figure in the Nashville scene. - Mike McGuirk http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.134704&rws=%2Fmatraca-berg%2Fdiscography.rss New Country Matraca Berg Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.134704 alb.134704 Matraca Berg art.2119 0.0 Lying to the Moon & Other Stories alb.134704 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/0/6/7/427600_170x170.jpg null 1999-08-10 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.134704&rws=%2Fmatraca-berg%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.134704&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatraca-berg%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.191380&rws=%2Fmatraca-berg%2Fdiscography.rss New Country Wed, 3 Sep 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Matraca Berg Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.191380 alb.191380 Matraca Berg art.2119 0.0 Sunday Morning to Saturday Night alb.191380 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/5/6/9/529655_170x170.jpg 1997-09-03 00:00:00.0 1997-09-23 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.191380&rws=%2Fmatraca-berg%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.191380&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatraca-berg%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.142948&rws=%2Fmatraca-berg%2Fdiscography.rss New Country Matraca Berg Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.142948 alb.142948 Matraca Berg art.2119 0.0 Lying to the Moon alb.142948 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/4/6/2/242646_170x170.jpg null 1990-01-01 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.142948&rws=%2Fmatraca-berg%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.142948&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatraca-berg%2Fdiscography.rss