Totally Fuzzy — Four Steps From The Blues said... Since the early Seventies, Big Star has been near the top of the list of Pop bands. I bought their first album back then and was less than impressed. The songwriting was very good but the performance was less than aw... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Ultra-deluxe collections from the likes of Elvis Presley, Miles Davis and Hank Williams are priced at up to $1,200. Retailers recognize they're not for the average fan. Ultra-deluxe collections from the likes of Elvis Presley, Miles Davis and Hank Wi... more info

ContactMusic — Country legend HANK WILLIAMS JR's daughter HILARY has recalled the moment she died after a near-fatal car accident in a heartbreaking new autobiography.The singer-songwriter's memoirs, Sign of Life, opens with her account of the 2006 accident, which ... more info

The 9513 Country Music — In 1951, Hank Williams and his band, The Drifting Cowboys, recorded a series of radio shows sponsored by Mother’s Best Flour. Recorded on fragile acetates, 72 of those shows have survived, and have now been cleaned up and swankily packaged as The C... more info

The 9513 Country Music — Current Sugarland members Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush settled a lawsuit with the group’s founding member, Kristen Hall, who claims she was owed more than $14 million. Details of the settlement weren’t disclosed. NPR’s Meredith Ochs says ... more info

The 9513 Country Music — The Songwriter Agency opened in Nashville with the specific goal of booking hit songwriters into a variety of mainstream venues. Full roster here. The official count for Taylor Swift’s first week of sales for Speak Now is 1,047,000 copies. Only 16 ... more info

The Late Greats — Got three bits of music for you to throw back today. 1) John Francis’ sophomore album – The Better Angels” will be out next month (11.9).  John reminds me a little of Hank Williams I and III. The album was … Continue reading → more info

The 9513 Country Music — On Wednesday’s News Roundup, Brody highlighted a Washington Post review of a recent Hank Williams Jr. concert. In the article “Hank Williams Jr. flashes his own brand of charisma,” writer David Malitz thought Hank Jr.’s show seemed less about... more info

The 9513 Country Music — Kenny Chesney slipped to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 this week with his album Hemingway’s Whiskey, but for the second week in a row a country album topped the chart in its debut week. This time, it was Toby Keith’s Bullets in the Gun with 71,000 c... more info

Totally Fuzzy — soundhaus said... VA - A New Breed Of Dub 1997 The Replacements - Let It Be 1984 Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey 1986 Portishead - Third 2008 Miles Davis - Blue Haze 1956 Four Tet - Rounds 2003 Andy White - Rave On Andy White 1986 Tom Waits - Small Chan... more info