news

In the music business, a break of six months can have detrimental consequences on your career.  But Jimmy Wayne, an eternal optimist, didn't give up and foproceeded to score his first career #1 single after four years off the charts.  "I Will" is his next single but will it be able to find similar success?

The Grascals, now on their third release, have taken the country music world by storm with their previous two studio efforts, winning boatloads of accolades from their peers and the bluegrass music industry.  With a slight change in band members, fiddler Jimmy Mattingl

Calling all country boys!  Alan Jackson has delivered the latest single from his "Good Time" album with the release of "Country Boy." Along with a review of the single, click through the image above to find out how you can be in the video. 

With a plethora of handsome country singers with marginal talent gaining record deals nationally, it's nice to know true singers like Tood O'Neill are out there.  "Cajun Queen" is the second single from his new Aria Records Nashville release"Real Life."  Does the song do enough to stand out?

One of the best things about country music is how diverse it is and how the community often champions artists and songwriters not quite known among the public.  For the first article in a new series, we introduce country music fans to singer/songwriter Jeff Black, a writer of a pair of 90's hits.

Carrie Rodriguez has become a critical darling of mainstream musical publications and fans of alt-country (or Americana, choose your moniker) over the years due to her strong duet albums with Chip Taylor.  "She Ain't Me" is miss Rodriguez' second solo releas

Based in the Twin Cities, Becky Schlegel is known to fans of Prairie Home Companion and roots music devotees.  "Jenny" is the second national single release (after "Bound For Tennessee") from Schlegel's "For All The World To See" album.  Does it have a chance at radio? Is it any good?

Rebecca Lynn Howard has been the part of two Grammy-winning projects in her career and shuffled from record label to record label.  Most of those labels tried to change her into something she really wasn't.  Now signed to an indie label, Rebecca Lynn went in an

Like six other people, Kristy Lee Cook has used the American Idol platform to realize her dream of a country music career.  From the beginning of the show it was obvious that Cook was one of the most commercially ready packages of the seventh season, after only the winner David Cook and runner-up David Archuleta. While commercially viable