Two of the biggest stars in modern music — Neil Young and Eric Clapton — are fans of JJ Cale, who died in July 2013. Cale’s site offers a...
Category - Country
Merle Travis is one of the great country guitar players of the middle part of the 20th century. He also is noteworthy for writing Sixteen Tons, which was a big...
This is what This Day in Music said about Martin: [Martin] was a member of the legendary Nashville A-Team, playing guitar on hits ranging from Roy...
The site has a news item today noting that George Jones is winding it down. But a long wind down it will be: He is embarking on a year-long goodbye tour and...
Country star George Jones has started a year-long goodbye tour, according to Reuters. The tour started this month and is scheduled to conclude in November...
Down Home Girl This is from the Old Crow Medicine Show’s bio at its site. The band currently is touring the midwest: Old Crow Medicine Show got...
A very comprehensive collection of information about Emmylou Harris is available here. Basic biographical information is available at many places...
The power is out again. The End of the World–sung by Skeeter Davis–seems to be about right. What’s your favorite song of the apocalypse?
Jimmie Rodgers was an important figure in country music despite the fact that he only lived until his mid thirties. The first paragraph of the Wikipedia entry...
Kenny Rogers, who is promoting his autobiography, Life or Something Like It, was the subject of an interesting Q&A with Fox. Above is Rogers performing...
