Features
Wednesday, December 15 2010
The Best Country Music of 2010
The synthesis of the past, present and future is so much of what country music is about these days. The traditions haven’t disappeared, but the music is changing all of the time.
Columns
Monday, January 14 2013
Is Hero Worship All There Is to Country Music?
All of the albums that critics/fans who fancy themselves “pure” country defenders have praised as the best of 2012 carry a heavy aura of the past about them. But how much can country music progress if it’s spending all of its time looking back?
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.
Thursday, June 4 2009
To Lefty to Willie to Phossy with Love
Even in railing against the influence of another, the musician must admit that influence and its inescapability. Like Br’er Rabbit and the tar baby, every blow struck just brings the two closer together.
Monday, April 6 2009
Willie Sounds Better Naked
Editing the original RCA tapes makes the songs on Naked Willie so much better that I’m remembering the reasons why I fell in love with Willie Nelson so many years ago.
Reviews
Monday, May 6 2013
Willie Nelson and Family: Let's Face the Music and Dance
For Willie's 80th birthday, the Family brings it all back home.
Monday, December 10 2012
Willie Nelson: The Classic Christmas Album
A new collection of Willie Nelson Christmas songs provides a warm, rustic accompaniment to your holiday activities.
Thursday, May 17 2012
Willie Nelson: Heroes
At 79, Willie Nelson can still sing the hell out of the right song, but the songwriter is likely to be somebody else.
Friday, April 6 2012
Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson: Live! at the US Festival
The US Festivals took place during the post-Woodstock/Altamont and pre-Live Aid years, when rock festivals were equated with hippie values and squalid sanitary conditions.
Wednesday, March 28 2012
Willie Nelson & Family + Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real: 7 March 2012 - San Diego
Few acts will see as many people eagerly awaiting the arrival of the tour bus as a beloved icon like Willie Nelson.
Blogs
Friday, June 8 2012
Willie Nelson – “Just Breathe” (Video)
For his latest album 'Heroes', country legend Willie Nelson covered Pearl Jam's "Just Breathe" and now the video release finds Willie and his son Lukas, an up-and-coming musician, on a roadtrip together.
Thursday, January 29 2009
Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel (MP3 and video)
Willie Nelson is teaming up with one of my favorite bands, Asleep at the Wheel, for an album of western swing tunes, Willie and the…
