Bob Wills

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Bright Lights, Big City

Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams shine a light on vintage country.

Best juke-friendly jukebox

Skylark Lounge

Below Freezing

Edith Frost creates music that fits the season perfectly.

Muzak to My Ears

Elevator music is looking up.

Country Breakdown

Robbie Fulks may not be a radical, but he has definitely changed the face of good ol'-fashioned C&W.

All He Wrote

Singing cowboy Bret Bertholf sums up country for kids.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Ethyl and the Regulars

3 Kings Tavern

The Wills Way

Nick Forster gives an appreciative nod to the pioneering music of Bob Wills.

The Show(case) Must Go On!

Nick Forster gives an appreciative nod to the pioneering music of Bob Wills.

Brown and Red

These days, his signature guit-steel playing leaves listeners slack-jawed. But it took Junior Brown a long time to get to center stage.

Hit Pick

Dusty Drapes & the Dusters

Five Alive

The country revisionists behind BR5-49 play Nashville's numbers game.

Kelly Hogan & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts

Beneath the Country Underdog
(Bloodshot)

Honky-Tonkin'

Two-steppin' through a slew of recent country releases.

Thrills for the week

Two-steppin' through a slew of recent country releases.

Sliding Home

Lee Roy Parnell thought that slide guitar had a place in country music. He was right.

Playing the Classics

Lee Roy Parnell thought that slide guitar had a place in country music. He was right.

Free Willie

A gospel album on a Denver record label is the latest step in the rehabilitation of Willie Nelson's career.

Old Hag

A Merle Haggard boxed set serves as a welcome reminder that country music can be dangerous.

Thrills for the week

A Merle Haggard boxed set serves as a welcome reminder that country music can be dangerous.

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A Merle Haggard boxed set serves as a welcome reminder that country music can be dangerous.

PLAYLIST

A Merle Haggard boxed set serves as a welcome reminder that country music can be dangerous.

THRILLS

A Merle Haggard boxed set serves as a welcome reminder that country music can be dangerous.

Byrne, Baby, Byrne

A Merle Haggard boxed set serves as a welcome reminder that country music can be dangerous.

Chris Combs on Race Riot Suite, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey's forthcoming new album

​Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (due at Dazzle tomorrow and Thursday) has just made an important record. Just how important remains to be seen. But one thing is certain: When this quartet of proud Oklahomans turns its attention to one of its state's most shameful events, the musical results are elect ... More >>