Tuesday, October 4 2011
Hank Williams: The Legend Begins
The latest release from the estate of Hank Williams offers old amateur recordings and a nostalgic foray into radio entertainment circa 1949, but the music itself can't top his back catalogue.
Friday, August 26 2011
Jimmie Vaughan: Plays More Blues, Ballads and Favorites
More blues, ballads and favorites from an American favorite.
Monday, November 8 2010
The Secret Sisters: The Secret Sisters
Could the Secret Sisters be the saviors of country music?
Monday, February 2 2009
Hank’s Other Side: Religion, Radio, and the Roots of Country Music
Hank Williams' recordings for WSM's Mother's Best Flour radio show challenge the modern listener's idea that country music reserves Jesus for Sunday morning.
Wednesday, January 21 2009
Spectacle: Elvis Costello with Cash, Jones, Kristofferson, and Mellencamp (Episode 8)
Thursday, December 18 2008
The Best Country Music of 2008
The year's best country music may be topped by archival releases from deceased artists, but the living managed to offer a strong alternative to the Nashvegas machine.
Friday, December 12 2008
Hank Williams: The Unreleased Recordings
A legend's output is doubled with stellar results.
Wednesday, November 26 2008
Who Says Country Can’t Hip-Hop?
Poverty, crime, disenfranchisement, sinning, saving, and no-account women: Stereotypical subjects of the average country song, or the average hip-hop song?
Thursday, July 10 2008
Sing Me Back Home by Dana Jennings
A personal history and a love letter, urging us to embrace country music as American music.
