Missing longtime member Tom Pittman, but none of the knee-slapping fun, the Austin Lounge Lizards’ fizzy Home and Deranged takes on such typically topical subjects as airport patdowns, big-ego music stars, fat-cat bankers and government conspiracy theories. You May Also Like: Genesis, “Home by the Sea / Second Home byRead More

Arriving as it does amidst of flurry of similarly themed songbook albums — from Rod Stewart to Paul McCartney to Jeff Lynne — Let’s Face the Music and Dance reminds us of Willie Nelson’s age-old command of the genre. You May Also Like: Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis shared anRead More

For the next few columns, Deep Beatles shines a spotlight on their BBC performances. Before incessant screaming and the rigors of touring took their toll, the Beatles had become one of the most polished live bands on the road. You May Also Like: The Beatles, “Boys” from Please Please MeRead More

Bob Wayne discusses some of our favorite songs from his two Century Media releases, including the first song he ever wrote for the Outlaw Carnies.

Though his music is very much set in the world of traditional country, Bob Wayne is not what you’d call a traditional country musician.

There has been, over the last months, much more chatter about Robert Plant’s private affairs with Patty Griffin than anything they’ve done in the studio. “Ohio,” from Griffin’s upcoming release American Kid, changes that. You May Also Like: ‘Maybe this new album is the end now for me’: Led Zeppelin’sRead More

With John Oates of Hall and Oates fame, the worry might have been that his on-going Nashville residency would lead to a turn toward the soft commercialism of modern-day country music. You May Also Like: John Oates on the thing he hates most about Hall and Oates: ‘Just be totallyRead More

A raunchy, no-bullshit punkabilly record, Where Do You Want It? begins with a paean to snot-slinging drunkeness — and the Beaumonts never take their steel-toed boot off the gas. You May Also Like: Deep Purple + Bruce Dickinson, others – Celebrating Jon Lord: The Rock Legend (2014) The Flower PotRead More

You never know quite what to expect from Shooter Jennings.

The news release that accompanies Wayne Hancock’s latest release on Bloodshot Records opens with a quote from Hank Williams III, who says, “Wayne Hancock has more Hank Sr. in him than either I or Hank Williams Jr. He is the real deal.” You May Also Like: Bob Wayne, “All AboutRead More