ContactMusic — The longtime steel guitar player for late country star Waylon Jennings has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 82. Ralph Mooney passed away on 20 March (11) in Kennedale, Texas. The pioneering musician began his career... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Johnny Farfisa said... # UNITED STATES OF EXISTENCE - The Collection (1994) # SICK ROSE - Floating (1990) # UNDERTAKERS - 13 Savage Garage-Punk Rippers (2001) # MORTICIANS - She's Like Heroin or Vombadill Versus - Early Recordings (1988) # PLASTICLAN... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — You can’t listen to this freewheeling Texas singer and songwriter long without becoming thoroughly convinced that he’s a full-blooded relative of Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb and Merle Haggard. Waylon Jennings’ famous observation about Grand Ole ... more info

The 9513 Country Music — The third major posthumous multi-artist tribute to Waylon Jennings is certainly the most youthful of the lot. In fact, about half the performers featured here had not yet made any significant mark on mainstream country music by 2003, the year that sa... 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

Popdose — Chris Holmes offers a selection of songs that helped him fall in love with some of his now-favorite artists, such as Randy Newman, Wilco, and Waylon Jennings. more info

The 9513 Country Music — You might know him as the former rockabilly Road King with a standing gig at Austin’s Broken Spoke. Or as a Cajun crime lord in the upcoming film The Sinner. Perhaps you’ve heard his guitar work on albums by Waylon Jennings, Ray Price or The Supe... more info

Guardian Music — Fans of Will Oldham and Bill Callahan will find much to admire in the work of MC Taylor, a revivalist who also lectures in folkloreHometown: San Francisco.The lineup: MC Taylor (vocals, instruments), plus band.The background: Because country and soul... more info

The 9513 Country Music — A petition in favor of “XXX” music – a name derived from the labels of moonshine jars – has been making its rounds this week in music circles that lean more country than rock and more rock than country. Shooter Jennings, son of Waylon Jenning... more info

Guardian Music — The surprise at the top end of Rolling Stone and Spin critics' albums of the year lists was The Guitar Song by a liberal country singer who's more Oprah than OpryHovering at the top end of Rolling Stone and Spin's albums of 2010 lists was a name unfa... more info