Sure I could go on and on in a rant about how I don’t connect that much with mainstream music at the moment (aside from artists like Sara Bareilles, OneRepublic, Ed Sheeran and Josh Groban to name a few!), but I won’t. They relied more on their actual talent, singing for real and using very different instrumental techniques- more natural ones. I did grow up in the 1990s and early 2000s, and while I didn’t latch onto the artists of that time period (Britney Spears, Madonna, Savage Garden, Vanessa Carlton, Kylie, Backstreet Boys and NSYNC to name a few)- because at that time I was only listening to Carman (which I’m to expound upon in another post altogether) I am nevertheless understanding that music back then was a lot less produced than what it is now. Much of their discography has been spiritually and emotionally charged, and while it’s a far cry from what is being played on the radio today, I am grateful and thankful that I can relate to music that is not from the era I am in right now. Caroline, Andrea, Jim and Sharon have all utilised their harmonies to create a group that has redefined what it means to walk the line of giving something traditionally Irish and holding onto roots, while still giving something relevant and in times with the current fashionable music trends. And since I myself came very late to the ‘mainstream music’ party- just these last few years, I’ve come to respect and understand that while I wouldn’t traditionally have sought after Celtic music prior to The Corrs, I’m glad I have listened to them. In the state of music today, The Corrs are hardly a blip on the screen of current music, but rewind back to the 1990s and early 2000s, and their influence and hand over anthems and music at that time was very much seen and experienced. And so here begs the question- if an artist is not successful in the U S of A, but so everywhere else, does that immediately disqualify them to be any sort of influential? If they’re not well known in the 50 states of America, are they influential, period? Not sure if I know the answer fully to that question, but what I will say is this- The Corrs have made me appreciate the Irish music genre (if ever there was a genre called ‘Irish’…maybe Celtic is more like it!) and understand that such a style of music is very much underrated. Yes, if you’ve figured out my cryptic sentences already, then you’d already know- this week is all about The Corrs, an Irish group of 4 siblings- Andrea, Jim, Caroline and Sharon Corr, all who have banded together to form The Corrs that have impacted the world from the mid-1990s onward. What I’ve grown up to label as influential to me may be totally different to you- and this is why I have my 20 artists that I’ve set aside that I will discuss later on, that I’m sure anyone who is anyone who loves music, can agree that these artists inside the 20 are indeed influential, without question!įor this next artist that I’m delving into is very much well known and influential…in probably every other country, except for America. What I like may be different from what you like, and that’s ok. Criteria for influential artists can vary from artist to artist, and as I’ve gone through these weeks of delving into an artist each week, I’ve known and understood that I indeed don’t know that much, and it is in my honesty in admitting that the pool of music and artists are too big for even me to delve into fully, that I can truly appreciate the vast musical and sonic landscape for what it is- music artists who impact and affect different time periods and different genres.
They are influential, but in the grand scheme of things as to whether they are influential according to sales and people noticing these artists…well, they’re not.
But rather, artists like CCM/folk singer-songwriter Andrew Peterson, CCM band Tenth Avenue North, even the Aussie Country-trio The McClymonts, aren’t that well known outside of their particular niche, and yet, I’ve been impacted and touched by each of their careers in music thus far. What determines if something is successful or dare I say, even influential? Can an artist be as influential as they can be, even if no one really notices? I say this because there has been a few artists on my list thus far that people can deem to be ‘controversial’- not in a sense that their lyrics and message can be questionable- far from it.
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