Posts tagged classic country

DALE WATSON The Truckin’ Sessions Trilogy Red River Entertainment Lord knows there’s a lotta truckin’ songs in the classic country cannon, but it takes a true …

MERLE HAGGARD Okie from Muskogee: Anniversary Edition Capitol/UME Despite the title, this is a double-disc twofer of Haggard’s late-60s live albums Okie from Muskogee and …

By Drew Kennedy (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) “I don’t think so … don’t think I’ve even heard of ’em before.” The question …

JASON EADY Daylight & Dark Old Guitar Records To misquote the late, great Waylon Jennings, this whole “they don’t make country music like they used …

Kathryn Legendre Old Soul www.kathrynlegendremusic.com Though still on the shy side of 30, Austin newcomer Kathryn Legendre ain’t kidding when she sings about being an …

By Scott Schinder (LSM July/Aug 2013/Vol. 6 – Issue 4) George Jones, who left this world on April 26, 2013, is widely regarded as the …

DALE WATSON & HIS LONESTARS El Rancho Azul Red House Records On Dale Waton’s latest album, the pompadoured honky-tonker wastes little time in displaying the honesty …

By Richard Skanse (March/April 2013/vol. 6 – Issue 2) When Country Music Hall of Famer George Strait made the announcement back in September that his current …

JUNIOR BROWN Volume Ten JRB Junior Brown has been working his Ernest-Tubb-on-acid schtick for more than 20 years now, and somehow it still works. And …

KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON Cheater’s Game Thirty Tigers/Premium Records Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis’ creative paths have been intertwined for years, but save for …