Short Takes : Nashville Restful--K. T. Oslin

NASHVILLE, Tenn. —  When country singer K. T. Oslin isn’t touring, she finds life in the Music City a restful alternative, if a little slow.

And Oslin, 48, who spent more than 20 years in New York City, says the biggest cities can seem quite small where love is concerned.

“New York City has 8 million people, and women there say, ‘There’s no men here, I can’t meet anybody.’

“In a town of 1,800 they say, ‘There’s no men here.’ Of course, there it’s closer to it that there ain’t no men there,” she said in a recent interview with The Tennessean newspaper.

Oslin, best known for the hits “ ‘80s Ladies” and “I’ll Always Come Back,” was born in Crossitt, Ark., and raised near Mobile, Ala.

A Nashville resident since 1988, Oslin calls the city lovely but says it can be a little slow for her tastes.

“It seems to be a very married town, and that disturbs me. I was never so aware of being single as I am here.”