All About Jazz — Called the empress of the unexpected by NPR, singer-songwriter Susan Werner turns another corner in her multifaceted musical career with her vibrant new album, Kicking the Beehive. It's an 11-song collection of provocative, poignant, lyrical original... more info

Mjsbigblog — The guitar player for Lee DeWyze’s band, Chris Wrate tweets, “What up Lee fans!? Follow @Drapetastic aka Jon Draper. He’s @LeeDeWyze ’s bass player!” So far, We’ve got Chris Wrate, guitar, and Jon Draper, the Bass Player... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood will headline the fifth Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, slated for April 30 and May 1 on a weekend that also will feature country veterans Loretta Lynn, Rodney Crowell and Ricky Skaggs... more info

The 9513 Country Music — On Monday, Pierce reviewed Marshall Chapman’s new book They Came to Nashville, which interviews country stars such as Miranda Lambert and Rodney Crowell about their journeys to Music City. The post sparked an interesting debate on the merit of revi... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Capt. Willard said... * THE FACES Five Guys Walk Into A Bar... (4CD 2004) * ROD STEWART Reason To Believe: The Complete Mercury Recordings (3CD 2002) @320 Pretty Much everything you need. The Faces box is an astounding listen with lots of great live ... more info

Guardian Music — (Proper)Elizabeth Cook is an intriguing bunch of contradictions. She lives in Nashville, has the good looks of a country pin-up, and has made regular performances on that legendary country show, the Grand Ole Opry. But she's influenced by rock and pu... more info

Twangville — ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Wings, by Will Kimbrough Nashville’s Will Kimbrough has long been a musical journeyman, lending his [immense] talents to artists ranging from Jimmy Buffett to Rodney Crowell. Yet, despite this heavy schedule, he still fi... more info

Altsounds — Elizabeth Cook will release Welder on May 11th on 31 Tigers. Produced by Don Was (Rolling Stones, Kris Kristofferson), Welder features guest appearances by Dwight Yoakam, Rodney Crowell and Buddy Miller. Welder is the follow up to CookÃ�... more info

Live Daily — Country veteran Wynonna [ tickets ] has added a spring leg to her North American tour behind "Sing: Chapter 1," her first new studio effort in six years. The Kentucky-based songstress kicks off the new round of shows with an April 10 appearance at... more info

Rodney Crowell, Raul Malo, and Buddy Miller are among the newly elected board members for the Americana Music Association. If Drew Kennedy were to shoot a video for one of the songs on his new album, which one should it be? Vote on his website. Despi... more info