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Jubal Lee Young

Wild Birds Warble

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Jim Lauderdale

My Favorite Place

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Lonesome River Band

The Winning Hand

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David Serby

Low Hanging Stars

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Willie Nelson

The Border

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Kelsey Waldon

There's Always a Song

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Jaime Wyatt is a fantastic country singer that has just released her third album, "Feel Good," and is currently on her first headlining tour. This trek has taken her to places and venues where she's never played before and has been a heartening success.
Rodney Crowell's career is littered with butterfly-effect decisions that, in retrospect, represent life-altering milestones along the singer/songwriter's star-crossed path. If the Houston native hadn't moved to Nashville at age 22, he wouldn't have been discovered by Jerry Reed...
Steve Earle pays tribute to one of his mentors and heroes, Jerry Jeff Walker, on "Jerry Jeff," which follows his "GUY" tribute to Guy Clark and "TOWNES" tribute to Townes Van Zandt. Earle has called these projects a necessary form of therapy, as each of these great artists have passed on.
The title track to James McMurtry's "The Horses and the Hounds" plays out like one of those great running songs, namely Merle Haggard's "The Fugitive." "Lord I've been running for so long I just can't find a way back home," McMurtry sings, in that enjoyable deadpan vocal tone of his. When the Haggard song is mentioned, though, McMurtry responds, "I don't really remember.
Back before the world retreated into makeshift fallout shelters for a year of Netflix binging, board games and what Warren Zevon referred to as splendid isolation, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Shannon McNally was invited to play a Music City benefit concert.
By their own admission Track45 hails from a town that is "big enough for a WalMart and a Waffle House, but not a Target or a Starbucks." Ironically, Meridian, Miss. (population (41,148) is the birthplace of the father of country music, Jimmy Rodgers. The harmony-driven sibling trio of Track45 includes Ben Johnson and his infectiously bubbly sisters Jenna and KK.

Concert Reviews

Davis makes for a Damn Good Time

For those looking to hear what some might refer to as "real country music," there was not a lot of that from headliner Jordan Davis, Mitch Tenpenny or Ashley Cooke on Davis' Damn Good Time Tour. Instead, Alan Jackson (twice actually with "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" and ...

Silverada make for a night of memorable music

Touring in support of its recently released eponymous album, Austin's Silverada rolled into town for a sold-out show. The venue, with its cozy 120-person capacity, offered those with a ticket an up-close audience with one of the tightest touring bands in country music. Up-and-coming local talent ...

Langley does the best she can, and it's paying off

Life's been good for Ella Langley. She's enjoyed success as a songwriter, singing with likes of Kameron Marlowe and Koe Wetzel, and released her debut full-length disc, "hungover," just a few weeks ago. At a sold-out concert, Langley was able to show a few different musical sides. ...

Jerry Douglas Band lives up to their name

The Jerry Douglas Band lived up to their name. Douglas, who is said to have played on a few thousand albums as a session player and is also a member of Allison Krauss' Union Station band, certainly was the focal point of the band live. They are touring shortly before the release of Douglas' ...

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