Toby Keith’s Debut Single Is Still One of His Biggest No. 1 Hits
“Should’ve Been a Cowboy,” the first of 20 No. 1 hits for Toby Keith, was released on Feb. 12, 1993. Continue reading…
The Saddest Country Love Songs Ever, Ranked
What’s the saddest love song in country music history? Here’s our picks. Continue reading…
REVIEW: Ed Alstrom “This Idea of Humanity”
Ed Alstrom – This Idea of Humanity This blues album is driven through a different neighborhood than most blues, since Ed Alstrom uses a Hammond organ. Last year, Ed scored with his self-produced debut album. With this new collection, Alstrom is said to offer a compelling musical vision of the humanity he tolerates with humor […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Clay Street Unit Debuts Ear Worm, Fearless Newgrass on ‘Sin & Squalor’
It’s likely difficult being a new string band today. The role comes retrofitted with some onerous responsibilities. There are certain tenets to uphold, time-tested musical traditions to follow, duty weighing on every roll and break.
With the release of Sin & Squalor, however, it seems newcomers Clay
Flatland Cavalry Readies New Album “Work of Heart”
Flatland Calvary fans rejoice, because the boys from Lubbock have a new one on the way called Work of Heart. Featuring 12 new tracks, the album will be issued on the recently-relaunched Lost Highway label.
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THE READING ROOM: Jonathan Bernstein’s ‘What You Do When You’re Lonesome: The Authorized Biography of Justin Townes Earle’
The road to literary and musical fame lies littered with the bodies of authors and artists who succumbed to the notion that the path to making great art or music runs through the valleys of suffering, the more torturous the better. On the one hand, the exquisite pain that
Clay Street Unit – Sin & Squalor
I have no doubt the first secular song ever written was a love ballad. I’m equally certain the second tune was about being away from home and longing to return. Denver’s Clay Street Unit just released their debut full length album, and while they don’t call that out as any kind of unifying theme, a […]