Lee Ann Womack Was Just 'Hardcore Country' — Until This Happened originally appeared on Parade. Lee Ann Womack burst onto the country music scene with her 1997 self-titled album that featured such ...

DAVID BIANCULLI, BYLINE: This is FRESH AIR. Lee Ann Womack's biggest hit song, 2000's "I Hope You Dance," has been played at everything from countless weddings to the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize concert.

Lee Ann Womack sang the words, “I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.” I’m not a huge country music fan, but there have been few times when I was near the ocean that those words ...