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George Strait decided he'd retire from the road once he turned 60, so he launched a farewell tour in 2013 that is scheduled to run into 2014. Hanging up his concert hat doesn't necessarily indicate that he's taking a break ...

Universal International's Best of Barbara Mandrell gathers her chart-topping entries from the '70s and '80s. These original recordings include the number one country hits "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed," "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Wanna Be Right," ...

Although country icon George Jones had made gospel albums before this 2003 recording, both solo and with duet partner Tammy Wynette, this one bears a special significance. The two-disc set of spirituals marks the first time he'd tackled such material ...

Track Listing: True Believers; Miss You; Wagon Wheel; Love Without You; Radio; Lost in You; I Will Love You Still; Take Me Home; Shine; Heartbreak Road; Leavin' the Light On; Lie to Me;

Even the title of the three-disc George Jones collection 50 YEARS OF HITS should be enough to tell you that the man being anthologized is one of the all-time giants of country music. A towering influence on all that followed ...

Track Listing: DISC 1: Do It Again; Little Honda; Catch a Wave; Hawaii; Don't Back Down; Surfin' Safari; Surfer Girl; Little Girl I Once Knew, The; Wendy; Getcha Back; Then I Kissed Her; Marcella; Isn't It Time; Why Do Fools ...

Coming hot on the heels of his surprisingly successful gig hosting Saturday Night Live, singer, songwriter, and producer Bruno Mars offers an album's worth of swerves on the aptly titled Unorthodox Jukebox. Expect the unexpected as pop, rock, hip-hop, and ...

Her return from darkness out of the way, Demi Lovato returns to the serious business of stardom on Demi, her fourth album and the first positioned as the work of a true adult. Maturity is a bit of a tricky ...

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli (vocals); Tommy DeVito (vocals, guitar); Bob Gaudio (vocals, keyboards); Nick Massi (vocals, bass). Additional personnel includes: Joe Long (vocals, guitar, nass); Charlie Calello (bass). Recorded between 1962 & 1978. Includes liner notes by Pat ...

In 2013, over a quarter century removed from his first album, Joe Satriani uses his solo albums as a way to stretch himself, both to flaunt his skills and perhaps to move him into areas where he's not quite comfortable. ...

Agnetha Fältskog faded into a quiet retirement in the late '80s, resurfacing with an autobiography in 1996 and then a collection of covers, primarily standards, called My Colouring Book, a 2004 release loosely tied into the popularity of ABBA's jukebox ...

Why did Miranda Lambert choose to form a group at the height of her career? At first, it seemed she used Pistol Annies as a way to catapult kindred spirits Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley into the spotlight, but now ...

The actress Julie London more than held her own amidst all the other jazz and pop singers of the mid-'50s. In fact, she was probably more successful in her recording career than as a movie star. "Cry Me A River" ...

Track Listing: Memphis Rain; Fast Movin' Train; Tender Lie, A; When She Cries; Home; Big Dreams in a Small Town; Bluest Eyes in Texas, The; Big Iron Horses; Why Does It Have to Be; I'll Still Be Loving You; That ...

Deep Purple have never quite been placed in the revered 1960s canon that includes the Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, or any of the other British rock bands who continue to reunite in various configurations to tour and even periodically ...

Rod Stewart returns to rock & roll with Time, his first collection of original songs in over a decade. Inspired by authoring his 2012 memoir Rod: The Autobiography, Stewart returned to songwriting and also returned to his guitar-heavy roots, sometimes ...

Deep Purple have never quite been placed in the revered 1960s canon that includes the Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, or any of the other British rock bands who continue to reunite in various configurations to tour and even periodically ...

Track Listing: Them There Eyes; Close to My Fire; Nutbush City Limits; I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know; Can't Let You Go; Miss Lady; If I Tell You I Love You; Rhymes; Sunday Kind of Love, A; See Saw; Strange Fruit;

Recording information: University Of Texas, Arlington, TX (10/06/1973). Personnel: Rod Evans (vocals, tambourine); Larry Reinhardt (guitar, background vocals); Bobby Caldwell (drums); Lee Dorman (background vocals).

In the two-and-half years since Volbeat's wildly successful Beyond Hell/Above Heaven, they've traveled some miles, both literally and figuratively. They toured not only Europe but the U.S. and Canada in support for nearly a year, and parted ways with lead ...

Lady Antebellum's heart and soul belong to Nashville, the place where dreams are packaged, polished, and sold. The trio, lead equally by vocalists Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley, and rounded out by by jack-of-all-trades instrumentalist Dave Haywood, are designed to ...

Produced by Marshall Altman, How Mercy Looks from Here is Amy Grant's first full studio album in ten years. Grant wrote all but one of the songs for the set, which features guest spots from James Taylor, Carole King, Sheryl ...

This is a romantic album, as the title Love Will... suggests: sweet, soulful, and slow, almost entirely ignoring the honky tonk that was once Trace Adkins' stock in trade. In its stead comes a duet with Colbie Caillat, a singer ...

The 2013 compilation Icon contains the basics from Grand Funk Railroad: "We're an American Band," sure, but also "The Loco-Motion," a live "Mean Mistreater," "Some Kind of Wonderful," "Shinin' On," "Footstompin' Music," and "Rock & Roll Soul." An album-oriented rock ...