Famed Nashville guitarist Buddy Miller has achieved near-legendary status as a gifted sideman and Grammy-nominated producer on projects like Robert Plant's recent Band of Joy. But beyond Miller's skillful fretwork and finely tuned studio ear is a deep appreciation and encyclopedic knowledge of classic American roots music: the dusty musical intersection of raw and honest country, shuffling blues riffs, colorblind soul and the power of rock and roll. His inspired and inspiring new album Buddy Miller + The Majestic Silver Strings (March 1, New West) is a welcome culmination of Miller's unequivocal genius. With a world-class [...]
Review of 'Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute To Loretta Lynn' featuring Sheryl Crow, The White Stripes, Kid Rock and others. Covers of Loretta Lynn's iconic songs.

Filed under: News , New Music , New Releases Jack White was deemed a "friend forever" by Loretta Lynn after he produced and co-wrote the legendary country artist's acclaimed 2004 album 'Van Lear Rose.' And with word that the White Stripes will also lend their rendition of the singer's 'Rated X' to a new tribute album, that bond can only get stronger. The iconic Detroit duo originally released a live version of the [...]

My father loves himself some Reba, and growing up it was all Reba...all the time. We wore out her tapes, and then bought new ones. We watched a VHS of her best videos at least twice a week, and although I pretended not to be, I was totally into it. I still sing For My Broken Heart out of nowhere. It's forever in my head. I remember when my family went to see Reba in concert, and I stayed home. What was I thinking? I've been [...]

Since she came out with her debut single in 1997, traditional country music fans have held up the music of Lee Ann Womack as proof that greatness can still come out of Nashville. As the stunning Texas beauty celebrates a birthday today, let's go back and take a look at five of her best singles, and one that should have been. "I May Hate Myself In The Morning" (2005) This is a [...]
Difficile de donner une suite à un classique tel que There's More Where That Came From. C'est la lourde tâche qui incombe à Lee Ann Womack sur Call Me Crazy, son 6ème album.Nous voilà rassurés d'emblée par les 3 premiers morceaux : Last Call-Either Way-Solitary Thinkin', tiercé gagnant nous rappelant la chanteuse exceptionnelle qu'est Lee Ann Womack. A sa puissance vocale s'ajoutent un style et
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You can usually count on country music blog The 9513 to be a solid source for news within the genre, so it's not surprising that their top 50 songs of '08 list is full of solid picks from No. 1 on down. Plus, there's music by the adorable Joey + Rory scattered throughout, which should appeal to all three Can You Duet fans out there . 9513 's top three, via the magic of YouTube, below the cut. No. 3: Lee Ann [...]
Friday, June 13, 2008 The problem with posting songs in advance (even two of them) is that there is no way to be sure what any given day will hold and, therefore, whatever song(s) I chose in advance will almost always turn out to be wrong for the day. "Bouncing Off Clouds" fits our family's frantic Friday of travel. A day of rushing, waiting to rush, and rushing some more, through airports, on taxis, to resorts. Fast, fast, fast. And all of this fastness culminated in my travel purse [...]