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By this point in the Darius Rucker discography, it's no longer a talking point that the former Hootie & the Blowfish singer is attempting a country career. True Believers is the singer's third album exploring contemporary country styles, following a ...

For a few months in 2012, the Beach Boys managed to put aside all their differences and bask in the glow of an entirely successful reunion. They had a new album of original material that people liked and sold well, ...

While there's certainly a lot to be said about innovation, a band like Airbourne really makes you step back and appreciate the simplicity of the old ways. Cut from the same cloth as AC/DC and Krokus, the Australian band return ...

The folks at the modest Seattle imprint Light In The Attic have dedicated themselves to providing the public with carefully assembled re-issues of forgotten soul, reggae, and psychedelic albums, and have scored yet another triumph with their reissue of Rodirguez's ...

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 ...

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 ...

Track Listing: Give Life Back to Music; Game of Love, The; Giorgio by Moroder; Within; Instant Crush; Lose Yourself to Dance; Touch; Get Lucky; Beyond; Motherboard; Fragments of Time; Doin' It Right; Contact;

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 ...

Singer/songwriter Beth Hart continues to explore her blues and soul roots via 11 cover versions of her favorite tracks on Seesaw, her second album with blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa. Following the same path as their first collaboration, the 2011 all-covers ...

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 ...

This single-disc collection features several of Restless Heart's hits released on RCA between 1985 and 1992. Among the 15 tracks are the original versions of the number one hits "That Rock Won't Roll," "I'll Still Be Loving You," "Why Does ...

Born out of the tradition of the old Southern ensemble string bands of the 19th century, bluegrass is no older as a genre than rock & roll is, and both were born when the amplification of instruments became widely available ...

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," ...

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 ...

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. ...

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).

Recording information: Double-U-Studio, Ibiza; Impronte Sonore Studio Recording, Novara; Redhead Audio Production, Wihelmshaven. Editors: Holger Thielbörger; Markus Teske. Photographer: Martin Häusler. Personnel: Udo Dirkschneider (vocals); Kasperi Heikkinen, Andrei Smirnov (guitar); Francesco Jovino (drums). Audio Mixers: Martin Pfeiffer; Udo Dirkschneider.

This one was a long time coming, and given its nearly effortless execution, one wonders what took so long. Old Yellow Moon is an album of duets between Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell. He was a rhythm guitarist and backing ...

2012 two CD release. 19 Below Zero is a kaleidoscopic double album of ethereal beats, hypnotic rhythms and sensuous soundscapes of warm electronic artistry. A collection of songs most of which have not been released in the UK, it features ...

Upon first spin, Trouble Will Find Me, the warm, wistful, and weary sixth long-player from the National, sounds a lot like 2010's warm, wistful, and weary High Violet, but where the former was built on a foundation of suburban despondency ...

Part of Rural Rhythm's series celebrating the 150 Year Anniversary of the Civil War, Home Sweet Home features 14 instrumentals from the era, including well-known pieces like "Turkey in the Straw," " Battle Hymn of the Republic," "Bonaparte's Retreat," "Camptown ...

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 ...

Dave Brubeck's TIME OUT ranks alongside Miles Davis' KIND OF BLUE as one of the few advanced jazz masterpieces to achieve great commercial success. In fact, the widespread popularity of TIME OUT, with its cool-toned ambience, smooth style, and elements ...

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 ...