The Music Fix — News Flash: find out how much wood he can chuck on his UK tourChuck Prophet has announced two rare UK solo acoustic shows in April which will be followed by a more extensive run of May UK dates with his band The Mission Express to coincide with the r... more info

Star Online, Malaysia — NEW YORK: Gary Allan, "Get Off on the Pain" (MCA Nashville) Many modern Nashville artists copy the macho swagger of the outlaw movement of country music's past, but few remember how artists like Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson balanced self... more info

My Old Kentucky — Admit it. Black Ribbons is a record you never saw coming from Shooter Jennings, even if he did spend a portion of 2009 rabble rousing with Tom Morello on The Justice Tour II. But yet, here it is: Operation: Mindcrime meets Radio K.A.O.S. Twenty tra... more info

Mjsbigblog — How to tell when ‘American Idol’ is playing favorites I had lunch with Phil Stacey and Chris Sligh last week, and we got into an interesting discussion about how to watch the show and which cues signal the show’s producers and judges’ desire... more info

CMT — Country newcomer Josh Thompson isn't offering up any apologies for his roughneck ways but he is offering an excuse -- Waylon Jennings. In his new video, "Blame It on Waylon," Thompson credits the late outlaw for his don't-care attitude, his long hair... more info

CMT — Sirius XM's Outlaw Country radio station calls itself a "sanctuary for the freaks, misfits, outcasts, rebels and renegades of country music." To back it up, they regularly showcase artists like Hank Williams, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Dwight Y... more info

The 9513 Country Music — Country Music Hall of Famer Carl Smith passed away in his home on Saturday at the age of 82. “From the minute he came out, I wanted to look like him, tried to comb my hair like him and learned every song he ever recorded,” Waylon Jennings... more info

Country Music Hall of Famer Carl Smith passed away in his home on Saturday at the age of 82. “From the minute he came out, I wanted to look like him, tried to comb my hair like him and learned every song he ever recorded,” Waylon Jennings... more info

CMT — In the 1960s, Waylon Jennings regularly cracked the Top 20 with his singles, although that fledgling era of his career has been largely overlooked since becoming one of the original Outlaws in the 1970s. His albums from that earlier era, six of which... more info

The 9513 Country Music — The Zac Brown Band topped the 2009 list of the top 10 country dance club hits with its song “Toes.” GAC has the rest of the top 10 plus lists for the previous five years. Craig Shelburne considers George Strait’s second album, Strait From the ... more info