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Recent Examples of countrifiedThis year's countrified holiday music program will be hosted by Amy Grant and Trisha Yearwood and feature a night of spirited Christmas classics.—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 3 Dec. 2024 In the rendition, recorded live at BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge, Beabadoobee recasts Carpenter’s acerbic pop-rock hit into something gentler, with a slightly countrified, acoustic-guitar-and-strings arrangement — almost how the Corrs would’ve done it.—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024 God Save the Animals contains guitar solos, gothic keyboard riffs, spare and off-key acoustic guitar, warbles, countrified fiddle, at least one very thoughtful love song, and (don’t worry) enough moments that sound like Built to Spill.—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024 The album, his eighth, is chock-full of all the countrified themes that hold sway over his life: good times, the outdoors, the love of a good woman and devotion to family.—Nancy Kruh, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024 Giger’s place in Zurich was on a countrified neighborhood block in a section called Oerlikon.—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2024 The Spanish is paisa — countrified — while the English has the tough tone of someone who grew up off Vermont Avenue.—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024 The countrified look was a backlash to the urban styles inspired by Miami Vice and Memphis design in the previous decade.—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023 This is a whole, full-throated countrified musical based around the U.S.’s favorite heavily subsidized grain.—Vulture, 4 Apr. 2023
At Henrietta Red in Germantown, the raw bar and restaurant’s atmosphere and chef/co-owner Julia Sullivan’s menu feel simultaneously down-home and elevated.
Jessica Ritz,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Nov. 2024
Huddleston brings a gregarious energy to the role — a sort of Santa-as-Kenny Rogers down-home father figure with a raspy voice and a sincere love of children.
The main room is full of locals seeking an early-afternoon pick-me-up, but the backyard is quieter, with rustic tables and large plants under a makeshift roof made of golden tarp.
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
12 Dec. 2024
Where to eat In Ben Lomond, Aroma Restaurant has indoor and outdoor tables, with a pair of fireplaces in the rustic but stylish dining room.
Christopher Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Dec. 2024
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