Once Upon A Time In A Honky Tonk

“Traditional country sound is an amazing art form that I am obsessed with,” Kimberly Murray. This passion is evident in her music. If your taste in country music, like mine, falls a little bit too far “West” of the Nashville sound, you can’t just turn on your car radio or stroll into a WalMart and catch [...]

Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story

Faron Young, who is today one of the more underestimated country singers of his generation despite his long career and many hit records, was a hard man for even his friends to peg. That is because, as so aptly described by Diane Diekman in her Faron Young biography, Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young [...]

Randy Travis: The Wager (DVD review)

It’s not news that Randy Travis has been involved in another movie production. But if you missed the press releases prior to production, you may be surprised to hear Travis plays the leading role in this movie. Travis plays a successful actor on the verge of winning an academy award…and the edge of [...]

A Tale Out of Luck - Willie Nelson Novel

Country singer and national icon Willie Nelson has teamed up with Mike Blakely to write A Tale out of Luck, a western novel with a bit of a mystery thrown into the mix. Hank Tomlinson, the novel’s protagonist, has probably fared better than most Texas Rangers who were suddenly thrown out of work when the [...]

Dailey & Vincent Prove Duos Are Still Hot

In the short time they’ve been working together, Dailey &Vincent have performed and recorded with some of the top names in the industry; have busted Billboard and Bluegrass Unlimited charts with their debut CD as well as singles released so far; gained high acclaims from Serious and XM satelite radio; performed at the [...]

Brantley Foundation 4th Annual Concert/Auction

I had the honor of attending this annual benefit for the Daniel Brantley Foundation, established to help families of children with cancer. While Daniel battled bravely for eleven years, he became an accomplished dulcimer player and recorded two CDs with his father and mother before the Lord called him home. There were two [...]

Stuart Offers Photo History of Country Music

It wasn’t enough that youth prodigy mandolin picker Marty Stuart started his music career at 13. Or that he became a country rock icon in his twenties with the introduction of “hillbilly rock.” Stuart has continued to re-invent himself. All the while, through photographs and memorabilia, he has been creating an archive of [...]

Miss Leslie - Between the Whiskey and the Wine

Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers are back with their third album, Between the Whiskey and the Wine, and it is the best work they’ve done to date. There are a few faces missing from the original Juke-Jointer lineup, and a few new ones in the mix now, but this current [...]

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Sunny Sweeney - Featured Artist of the Week

Although singer/songwriter Sunny Sweeney’s first aspirations were theater and comedy, thank goodness for us she discovered putting her East Texas twang to music is her true calling. Her very first CD release proves it. Heartbreakers Hall of Fame is filled with gems – from the title song to each track — hard to [...]

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• Carolina Chocolate Drops, “Will Adam’s Breakdown”
  Recorded by newoldtymer at the Bear on the Square Festival, Dahlonega, Georgia, April 20, 2008.