Billboard must be really good: These are labeled as the top country songs for the week of August 18. Seriously, they probably can deduce what will happen from...
Category - Country
Bobbie Gentry was born on this day in 1944. This is her classic Ode to Billie Joe.
Taj Mahal has been around forever. The only thing that seems to have changed is that he gained a bit of weight. He still sounds great. Mahal released one of...
Kitty Wells, called The Queen of Country Music, has died at age 92 in Madison Tennessee. Wells, originally Ellen Muriel Deason, was born on August 30, 1919 in...
There is a ton of great video on Tommy Emmanuel on YouTube. He is on tour through autumn and has some dates in November and next February.
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Nobody can say that Willie Nelson follows the crowd. He started as a button-downed singer-songwriter in Nashville and now is the world’s oldest hippie...
John Hiatt’s work has been covered by many artists, including Jewel, Buddy Guy and Roseanne Cash. Riding with the King was the cover tune of an album by...
The Daily Music Break periodically repeats posts from earlier in the site’s run. This was originally posted on April 20, 2012, marked the passing of...
Jerry Reed is one of the few guitarists who could hold his own with Chet Atkins. Indeed, in the clip above, Reed leads. Reed was a very funny good old boy, who...
(Editor’s Note: The Daily Music Break periodically re-posts great music. Earl Scruggs died on March 28, 2012, two days before this post–in a...