Tuesday, November 1 2011
The Best of Times: Texas Artists Performing the Music of Sara Hickman
Texans band together for the kids.
Thursday, October 13 2011
Various Artists: The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams
The only thing more exciting than the release of 12 previously unrecorded Hank Williams lyrics is the group of artists recruited to put them together.
Friday, October 7 2011
Merle Haggard: Working in Tennessee
Merle Haggard's new album sounds good, but doesn't add anything to his legacy.
Friday, September 30 2011
The 18th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival - Telluride, CO
In mid-September each year, the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival caps off the summer season with musically varied artists and a three-hour Grand Tasting featuring over 150 beers from 50 microbreweries.
Monday, June 27 2011
Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown: 21 June 2011 - Red Rocks Amphitheater
The smell of chewing tobacco, and the sight of cowboy hats and cut-off jean shorts were enough to make even the most weathered cowboy say something along the lines of, “Well, my God, this is a party”.
Wednesday, September 22 2010
Marty Stuart: Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
Marty Stuart recorded his latest album in the old RCA Studio B in Nashville where so many classic albums were recorded, including those he made with Lester Flatts’ band when Stuart was a prodigy at a mere 13 years of age.
Wednesday, September 1 2010
Marty Stuart: 30 August 2010 - New York
Though Marty Stuart is arguably a country artist’s country musician—virtuosic and omnipresent yet unknown to mainstream listeners—he still cuts a commanding figure.
Tuesday, May 11 2010
He Is What He Is: The Merle Haggard Interview
The legendary "poet of the common man" talks to PopMatters about the state of country music today, his friendship with Johnny Cash and why he hasn’t liked a president since Ronald Reagan.
Monday, February 8 2010
Willie Nelson in the Twilight Glow
At 77, Willie's hair is now down to his tailbone, and you can see his trademark red locks fade to gray about midway up his back -- it's like examining the rings of a tree.
