Jason Aldean isn't a country music traditionalist -- unless one counts the pop- and rock-edged new country that emerged in the 1990s as a tradition, and since it's cruising well into a second decade as the dominant music on country ...

There have been many collections of Roger Miller's hitmaking peak on Mercury over the years, but few have been as comprehensive or as good as Mercury/Chronicle's 2003 CD, All Time Greatest Hits. Spanning 20 tracks over the course of one ...

Recorded at OmniSound Recording Studio, Sound Stage Studios and K.D. Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. Personnel: John Berry (vocals); John Willis (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Biff Watson (acoustic guitar); Connie Ellisor (violin); John Catchings (cello); Terry McMillan (harmonica, percussion); ...

Don Williams's mellow, amiable baritone and easygoing approach made him one of the biggest country stars of the 1970s. With simple arrangements, straightforward songs, and an emotionally honest but endearingly laconic delivery, Williams had an instantly appealing signature sound. He ...

Track Listing: Whenever You Come Around; You Better Think Twice; Real Lady's Man; What the Cowgirls Do; When Love Finds You; If There's Anything I Can Do; South Side of Dixie; Maybe Tonight; Which Bridge to Cross; If I Had My Way; Go Rest High on That Mountain;

Alison Krauss is back with Union Station for Paper Airplane, her 14th studio album and the band's first since 2004's Lonely Runs Both Ways. Krauss and the band self-produced the outing, working with engineer Mike Shipley. Recording information: Blackbird Studios; House ...

Lady Antebellum's third studio album, Own the Night, for which the group wrote ten of the 12 tracks, as well as co-producing the project with Paul Worley, generated a hot single on the country charts right out of the box, ...

It wouldn't be out of line to call Brantley Gilbert a country rocker or an outlaw country artist, but don't let those terms conjure nostalgic images of Willie and Waylon in your head, because they mean something different when applied ...

Toby Keith's newest studio album, Clancy's Tavern, was inspired by his grandmother's club, which he visited frequently as a child. Featuring Keith's signature sharp and bold songwriting, the deluxe edition adds four bonus tracks recorded live at New York's Fillmore ...

Personnel: Anne Murray (vocals). Track Listing: Hey Daddy; Stars Are the Windows of Heaven; Animal Crackers; Hi-Lili Hi-Lo; Why Oh Why; Teddy Bears' Picnic; Sing High, Sing Low; Inch Worm; You Are My Sunshine/Open Up Your Heart; I Can See ...

One of the strongest roots of country music has always been gospel, so this collection of country stars delivering gospel tunes live at the Opry seems like a perfectly natural occurrence. From the Charlie Daniels Band's frenetic, Southern-rock-tinged take on ...

Fantastic 2007 UK compilation that features all 23 tracks found on Ronstadt's original Greatest Hits (1976) and Greatest Hits, Vol. Two (1980). Although often overlooked today, Ronstadt was one of the most popular female vocalists throughout the '70s and '80s, ...

Relieving the pressure of delivering her eagerly awaited fourth album, Miranda Lambert formed the Pistol Annies with Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley, two similarly minded singer/songwriters whose profile doesn't come close to matching hers. Lambert may be the star, but ...

Colt Ford gets labeled country rap, but he's really closer in tone, spirit, and approach to rhythmic spoken word country records like Hank Williams' Luke the Drifter series, dramatically narrated trucker narratives like "Convoy," or Charlie Daniels' mock-epic "The Devil ...

Joy Williams and John Paul White aren't a couple, but they certainly sound like they're in love, singing together with the sort of familiarity that only seems to exist between couples and siblings. On Barton Hollow, their studio debut as ...

Adapters: Tennessee Ernie Ford; Jack Fascinato. Personnel: Tennessee Ernie Ford (vocals). Arrangers: Tennessee Ernie Ford; Jack Fascinato.

Release Me, Lyle Lovett's final album for Curb Records, the label he's been with since he broke onto the scene in 1985, was produced by Lovett and Nathaniel Kunkel, and features a mix of originals and covers showcasing the singer's ...

Numerous white rappers have combined hip-hop and rock, but the way the Moonshine Bandits do it on Whiskey and Women is unusual: they bring country into the mix. Whiskey and Women favors an unlikely yet successful blend of hip-hop, Southern ...

Like so many country singers from the Music City, Kip Moore got started as a songwriter, penning tunes for the duo Thompson Square. Moore displays a certain commercial savvy throughout his 2012 debut, Up All Night, sculpting his tunes with ...

Lady Antebellum have previously released a holiday EP, but 2012 brings On This Winter's Night, a full-length Christmas album recorded with deliberation and care by the country-pop trio. Working once again with their longtime producer Paul Worley, Lady Antebellum have ...

Hank Williams III and Curb Records had a contentious relationship through most of the 14 years he was signed to the label, and Curb hasn't exactly been going out of its way to get in his good graces since he's ...

Yes, this 2012 release has the exact same 23 tracks as the 2003 anthology titled It Couldn't Have Been Any Better, the songs even playing in the same chronological order. But since the 2003 collection wasn't easy to find almost ...

Old Crow Medicine Show sound like a prewar string band filtered through Uncle Tupelo via Nirvana, and if they aren't bluegrass by any stretch of the imagination, they are every bit as energetic as a breakneck bluegrass combo. They also ...

Jerry Douglas is the undisputed King of the Dobro, a musician with monster chops. He cut his teeth playing bluegrass with the Country Gentlemen, but he's equally adept at almost any kind of music and has played with the top ...

Gloriana recorded their follow-up album, A Thousand Miles Left Behind, without Cheyenne Kimball, who left the band in 2011, and the remaining three members, Rachel Reinert and brothers Mike and Tom Gossin, wrote or co-wrote all the songs on the ...