Tammy Wynette

RIP George Jones: The Story of How He Learned to Sing

The King is dead. Country singer George Jones, who entered Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center on April 18 with a fever and irregular blood pressure, checked out for good early this morning. Cause of death has yet to be made public, but it's amazing that the hard living honky tonk singe ... More >>

The Definitive Guide to the Music of The Big Lebowski

L.A. Weekly is celebrating The Big Lebowski's 15th anniversary with a massive cover story tribute! Check out our other Lebowski-themed stories. Not doing so would be very un-Dude. The Dude's identity is strongly informed by music. As a former Metallica roadie and free love-era denizen still trying ... More >>

The Ten Best Country Albums of 2012

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 >>

Make Us Laugh, Funny Boy Taylor Negron

Taylor Negron

Review: Amanda Jo Williams @ Echo Country Outpost

​Strumming a small child's guitar and tapping a giant bass drum that rattles like an earthquake, Amanda Jo Williams spins country-fried yarns about growing up in Georgia, hitchhiking to Woodstock, the men she's loved and the cosmos she abides by, with a voice somewhere between Minnie Mouse and ... More >>

Rock Picks: Everest, Mumiy Troll, Busta Rhymes

Also, Faun Fables, Chris Darrow tribute, Allen Toussaint and others

Behind the Velvet Fence

Prince of the desert; VIP couch; and other tales from Coachella

Theater Listings

For the week of May 26 - June 1

New Theater Reviews

For the week of February 24 - March 2

Hollywood Country

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.

July Surprises

The Kerry-Edwards cute meet plus Bush’s search for Osama

Serious Fireworks

Venus Rising

Natalie Portman is Where the Heart Is

There She is, Miss Macabre

Back to the Country

Randy Travis comes full circle (almost)