Topix — Published: Thursday, May 05, 2011, 12:51 PM Updated: Thursday, May 05, 2011, 1:09 PM An initial list of country music stars has aligned with CMT to raise money for tornado victims across the South. more info
Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country music stars Hank Williams Jr., Keith Urban, Tim McGraw and the band Lady Antebellum are to hold a concert to raise funds for victims of storms and tornadoes that struck Alabama and nearby states, organizers said on Thu... more info
Totally Fuzzy —
Imagine Green On Red hitting it off together with Creedence Clearwater Revival. It's still early days for these guys, it's only their debut album, and it's still a bit too rough around the wrong edges, but there's definitely potential here... if you... more info
Totally Fuzzy —
Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian band built around the melodic folk rock songs of singer-songwriter Tony Dekker. Originally from Wainfleet, Ontario, the band is currently based in Toronto.
The current touring line-up includes Tony Dekker on lea... more info
Totally Fuzzy — AMD said...
SAVED! Vol. 1
Music to make you believe...or wish you did:
1. LaVern Baker – Saved (1961)
2. The Staple Singers – Don’t Knock (1960)
3. Marie Knight – What Could I Do (1947)
4. Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers – Wonderful (1959)... more info
The Vinyl Villain — It really is only the fact that so many of you leave comments behind saying you enjoy this particular series that keeps it going. It really is a weekly task that is proving bad for my state of mind.Every week I end up going for a singer or band for ... more info
Mercury News, California — The singer-songwriter says his book -- 'I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive,' whose title refers to the last song Williams released before his death Jan. 1, 1953 -- is 'about morality.' more info
The 9513 Country Music — The song “Lost Highway” has a very special place in Hank Williams’ canon. Recorded shortly before his death in 1953, it remains one of his best and most worried songs, a bleak evocation of dark sin and bright redemption rendered in plainspoken ... more info
DrownedInSound — Like listening to Elliot Smith, Ian Curtis or Hank Williams, you are acutely and uncomfortably aware that Josh T. Pearson means every single word.
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Guardian Music — Vortex, LondonPopÓlöf Arnalds Vortex, London ∂∂∂∂∂Ólöf Arnalds has been knocking around the Icelandic music scene for close to a decade, collaborating with Reykjavik scenesters such as Sigur Rós and working as a touring member of Múm.... more info