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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.


Tuesday, April 27 2010

On the bus with Merle Haggard at Stagecoach 2010


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.


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Willie Nelson: One Hell of a Ride (Reviews) [25.Apr.08]
Merle Haggard: Hag’s Christmas (Capsule Reviews) [21.Nov.07]
Willie Nelson: Songbird (Reviews) [31.Oct.06]
Willie Nelson (Reviews) [22.Sep.05]
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