Jun 1, 2008,
By Bud Scoppa
The people I admire most had the guts to do this kind of record, says Jakob Dylan with quiet intensity. As he talks about his first solo album the stark,...
May 1, 2008,
By Blair Jackson
In this age of Young Country radio and 'round-the-clock videos on country television, it helps to be youthful and attractive. Even so, if you don't have...
May 1, 2008,
By Barbara Schultz
In her 1976 memoir, Coal Miner's Daughter (written with journalist George Vecsey), Loretta Lynn dispels the myth that all of her song lyrics come from...
May 1, 2008,
By Blair Jackson
Tradition runs deep in the bluegrass music community. At the same time, no one expects albums today to be made the way they were when Bill Monroe, Flatt...
May 1, 2008,
Compiled by Barbara Schultz
SOUTHEAST Sugarland, aka Jennifer Nettles and Christian Bush, recorded their third album for Mercury Nashville at Southern Tracks (Atlanta). Byron Gallimore...
May 1, 2008,
By Rick Clark
Few artists in any genre have created a body of work as substantive and rich as Emmylou Harris. Over the years, Harris has mined great songs from folk,...
May 1, 2008,
By Peter Cooper
Anyone who would criticize Nashville for safeness or homogeneity has never spent any time around Jack Clement's Cowboy Arms & Recording Spa studio at...
Apr 1, 2008,
By Blair Jackson
While it's undeniable that the record business can be cruel and cold, and it spits out some of its best while lesser talents rise to the top, there are...