http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13689488&rws=%2Fsunny-sweeney%2Fmusic-videos.rssNo, you didn't step into a time machine and no, you are not listening to a reissue. Austin, Texas' Sunny Sweeney sings old-school honky-tonk, and that shouldn't seem so weird. She <i>shouldn't</i> be an anomaly in her field, but she's one of the only modern-day country singers playing twangy, timeless roadhouse songs. She grew up in a Texas town called Longview, where absorbing the songs of Kitty Wells, Buck Owens, George Jones and other country legends came as easy as breathing air. Having a stepfather and a grandfather who are country musicians surely helped influence her as well. Before singing country music, Sweeney lived in New York City and worked with a comedy improv group. Every time a skit required her to sing, the folks in her troupe encouraged Sweeney to pursue her more obvious gift. So she moved back home to cut an album. <i>Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame</i> showcased her as a brassy and soulful singer as well as a songwriter who puts her living into the narratives of her compositions. But it also reveals a woman who knows her country music so well that she can pick songs not only to cover, but to make her own (dig her life-size version of Audry Auld's "Next Big Nothing"). - Eric SheaHonky-Tonken720Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:10:43 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.13689488&rws=%2Fsunny-sweeney%2Fmusic-videos.rss No, you didn't step into a time machine and no, you are not listening to a reissue. Austin, Texas' Sunny Sweeney sings old-school honky-tonk, and that shouldn't seem so weird. She <i>shouldn't</i> be an anomaly in her field, but she's one of the only modern-day country singers playing twangy, timeless roadhouse songs. She grew up in a Texas town called Longview, where absorbing the songs of Kitty Wells, Buck Owens, George Jones and other country legends came as easy as breathing air. Having a stepfather and a grandfather who are country musicians surely helped influence her as well. Before singing country music, Sweeney lived in New York City and worked with a comedy improv group. Every time a skit required her to sing, the folks in her troupe encouraged Sweeney to pursue her more obvious gift. So she moved back home to cut an album. <i>Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame</i> showcased her as a brassy and soulful singer as well as a songwriter who puts her living into the narratives of her compositions. But it also reveals a woman who knows her country music so well that she can pick songs not only to cover, but to make her own (dig her life-size version of Audry Auld's "Next Big Nothing"). - Eric Shea http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.13912639&rws=%2Fsunny-sweeney%2Fmusic-videos.rss Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:43:24 -0700 Music Videos by Sunny Sweeney on Rhapsody Online mvid.13912639 mvid.13912639 Sunny Sweeney art.13689488 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=mvid.13912639&rws=%2Fsunny-sweeney%2Fmusic-videos.rss