Guardian Music — From Caribou to the Who, here are your favourite songs that say it's over, it's over, it's over. Warning: contains country musicBreaking up is hard to do, I noted rather glibly in my introductory blog to this topic. True enough. But the thing about d... more info

ContactMusic — Country music star Randy Travis is teaming up with Carrie Underwood, George Jones and Tim Mcgraw for a new duets album to mark his 25th year in the music business. Anniversary Celebration will also feature duets with the Zac... more info

Guardian Music — American singer who had a massive hit with Running Bear in 1960As a 20-year-old, Johnny Preston, who has died aged 71, had a massive hit on both sides of the Atlantic with the song Running Bear. With its infectious, rhythmic "ooka-chunka" chant, it t... more info

Totally Fuzzy — JPR said... Dave Rawlings Machine and Special Guests The Theater at Largo Los Angeles, CA January 7th, 2009 AUD http://spontaneouswednesday.blogspot.com Record Fiend said... Melvin Sparks - Sparks! (superb jazz-on-the-verge-of-funk debut LP from 197... more info

The 9513 Country Music — In Monday’s News Roundup, Brody linked to a CMT News item on upcoming books on country artists, the country music industry, songwriting and more. Country music has no shortage of interesting characters and stories that would exceed even a fiction w... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Only Good Song said... Denny Laine - A Tribute to Paul McCartney & Wings (1998) Thanks Fuzzy!!!!! http://onlygoodsong.blogspot.com W said... MACK VICKERY Live At The Alabama Women's Prison (1970) An old, Sun-era rockabilly/country guy, who's written... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Record Fiend said... Waylon Jennings - Singer of Sad Songs (way-underrated Lee Hazlewood-produced album from 1970 just before Waylon became an Outlaw...incl. the hit title track along with superb covers of Tom Rush's "No Regrets," Tim Hardin's "If I ... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Ray Price Interview - Side One 7:45 Ray Price Interview - Side Two 6:14 Today we celebrate the 85th birthday of the greatest voice in all of country music, Ray Price. I know George Jones has legions of acolytes who... more info

The 9513 Country Music — Here’s a briefer for the past couple of weeks: Shania Twain got married. So did Kellie Pickler. The Grascals’ Terry Eldredge got engaged. LeAnn Rimes got new boobs and engaged. The Shania and LeAnn stories seem to be the biggest, and of course th... more info

Topix — In this Dec. 7, 2008 file photo, George Jones arrives for the Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center in Washington. more info