[GSWarrior]

''Faith (Hill) and Shania (Twain) were so hot at the same time that they sort of dominated the charts,'' he says. ''When those albums diminished, there wasn't another swell of females behind them to fill that void.''

There are countless female country performers who are twice as talented as Hill and Twain but don't comfortably fit the Nashville "image" and who are more concerned with making good music than appearing on the cover of Entertainment Weekly. Kelly Willis and Allison Moorer come to mind.

[bigghurtt]

is it me, or does any1 else not consider faith ill or shani twain country?

I like hill, not twain, but I think of both as pop.

[Tax-chick]

Kelly Willis and Allison Moorer come to mind.

I've got Allison Moorer's records. Hoo-ah!