By Alan Scherstuhl This list of the year's best country albums is assembled with two important premises in mind: First: If the people who record and listen to these records consider them country, than they're damn well country. Purists who argue that country should still sound like '68, '76, '84 o ... More >>
The lineup for Stagecoach 2013 has been announced. It will be held April 26-28, 2013 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. See also: *Stagecoach Festival: The Fashion Report *Stagecoach Festival: The Music *Johnny Cash's Anti-Semitism Touched On In New Documentary The headliners are Toby Keith on F ... More >>
Also, Jesus Makes the Shotgun Sound, Octavius, Cosmologic and others
Also, Scorpions, Viza, the Park and others
Country singer-songwriter Mike Stinson, the consummate indie underdog, spent the better part of two decades in Los Angeles quietly churning out a slew of uniformly first-rate original honky-tonk ballads. While beloved by local fans (and music journalists), Stinson enjoyed few other rewards an ... More >>
Country poet Mike Stinson's farewell letter to the "Late Great Golden State"
Also, Seasons, Brodinski, Autolux and others
In ongoing effort to bring weird little songs from Rhino's catalog to the top of the digital avalanche, the legendary LA reissue label is launching a new series of so-called 'digital 45s.' This morning the label announced the program: Rhino will spotlight songs originally issued on 45 by offering t ... More >>
Plus this week's film pick: The Band's Visit
For March 3 - 9
Crossing the border with Tommy Lee Jones’ elegiac Western
Don’t look for the soul of country music in glitzy Nashville — or even Bakersfield. It’s right here on the grand ole streets of L.A.
When the music was fast, and the players anonymous
Edited by Kateri Butler
None to be had in Fincher’s Panic Room
onnie Mack’s Barn Dance is lookin’ for love
You can’t argue with Dwight Yoakam
Charlie’s Angels and The World’s Greatest Sinner
Stir of Echoes and The Minus Man
Rick Shea keeps it country
Yakin’s mishegoss, Linklater’s mild bunch
