India Ramey “Villain Era”

ALBUM REVIEW: India Ramey’s Feminist Outlaw Country Kicks Ass on ‘Villain Era’

Country music is as much about image as it is authenticity. Most country artists wear a certain type of drag to indicate their belonging in the genre – whether it’s full-on hats, boots and chaps or a trucker hat and band t-shirt — to signal what part of the Americana spectrum they’re on. That’s one of the most fascinating contradictions of the music: it projects authenticity while invoking a set of time-tested tropes. On Villain Era, outlaw coun…

India Ramey “Villain Era”

The Wednesday Adams of country music serves up a treat. Fifty-one years after Loretta Lynn shocked Nashville by releasing The Pill, her spirit is alive and well in the form of India Ramey. Her fifth studio album, Villain Era, raises a middle finger to anyone who tells her or women in general how to behave. As Ramey says, “I’ve spent the last few years finding my authentic self, reclaiming my identity. The title track, Welcome To My Villain Era,’…