Country & Western Music

North Carolina fiddler and banjo player Jim Scancarelli's extensive career as a string band musician began in the early 1960s. A founding member of...

The ultimate pick-me-up to save you from the nine-to-five heartbreak blues. The Little Guide to Dolly Parton is your bible of devastating Dolly-ism...

Johnny Cash remains one of the most recognizable artists in the world. Starting in 1956 he released an album every year until his death in 2003. I...

Covering three generations of Hank Williams ÊFamily TraditionÊ is both unique and vast in scope. Beginning in the present day with Hank III ä who ...

Immediately upon publication in 1998, the Encyclopedia of Country Music became a much-loved reference source, prized for the wealth of information ...

Thriller, Born in the USA, Brothers in Arms, Faith, The Joshua Tree, Graceland the 80s saw some great albums both from recording artists who had b...

Ever since the birth of rock & roll, popular music has done more to define the spirit of each passing decade than any other form of popular cul...

After he died in the back seat of a Cadillac at the age of twenty-nine, Hank Williamsa frail, flawed man who had become country musics first real s...

Forty years after Henry Horenstein began documenting the country music scene in and around Nashville, his deep love for the music and its people co...

The most atypical of bluegrass artists, Bill Clifton has enjoyed a long career as a recording artist, performer, and champion of old-time music. Bi...

Neil V. Rosenberg met the legendary Bill Monroe at the Brown County Jamboree. Rosenberg's subsequent experiences in Bean Blossom put his feet on th...

Reissued for the 40th Anniversary of the Oscar-winning, Sissy Spacek-starring film of the same name, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER recounts Loretta Lynn's ...

For more than half a century, Kenny Rogers has been recording some of the most revered and beloved music in America and around the world. In that t...

George Jones's nearly 60-year recording and performing career has had a profound influence on modern country music and influenced a younger generat...

When the story of banjo superstar Earl Scruggs is told, the rich musical environment that produced him is often ignored. During his lifetime Scrugg...

In the twentieth century, Appalachian migrants seeking economic opportunities relocated to southwestern Ohio, bringing their music with them. Betwe...

In the twentieth century, Appalachian migrants seeking economic opportunities relocated to southwestern Ohio, bringing their music with them. Betwe...

For more than 40 years, the legendary Oak Ridge Boys (40 million records sold) have been on the road entertaining sold-out audiences with their cla...