Classic Rewind: Willie Nelson ft Johnny Rodriguez – Forgiving You Was Easy’
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View ArticleClassic Rewind: Willie Nelson and Roger Miller –‘Old Friends’
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View ArticleClassic Rewind: Willie Nelson –‘Too Sick To Pray’
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View ArticleClassic Rewind: David Lynn Jones and Willie Nelson –‘Living In The Promise Land’
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View ArticleAlbum Review: Willie Nelson & Ray Price –‘San Antonio Rose’
The Urban Cowboy days of the early 1980s are justifiably criticized as an era in which country music was drowning in a sea of pop influences and overproduction and on the brink of losing touch with its...
View ArticleClassic Rewind: Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack –‘Mendocino County Line’
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View ArticleClassic Rewind: Willie Nelson –‘Beer For My Horses’
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View ArticleAlbum Review: Willie Nelson –‘To All The Girls’
The newest Willie Nelson album finds Willie treading familiar ground, recording eighteen duets with various female partners. These partners range from young to old, famous to fairly unknown and across...
View ArticleClassic Rewind: Willie Nelson –‘Still Crazy After All These Years’
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View ArticleAlbum Review: Julie Roberts –‘Good Wine & Bad Decisions’
It’s nearly 10 years since Julie Roberts first appeared on the radar of country fans, and in the years since she’s endured more reverses than many artists, including losing her major label deal, losing...
View ArticleRazor X’s Top 10 Albums of 2013
It’s that time of year where we publish our picks for the best singles and albums that country music had to offer during the previous twelve months. Usually I begin by lamenting the meager selections...
View ArticleRay Price Remembered
With the recent passing of legendary singer Ray Price, the chapter closes on the last of the great male honky-tonk singers of the 1950s. At times overshadowed by contemporaries such as Webb Pierce,...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Rosanne Cash –‘The River & The Thread’
In the decade since Rosanne Cash returned to music following a two-and-a-half year silence caused by a vocal chord polyp, she’s gone inward, looking to her musical and personal legacy for creative...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Beth Nielsen Chapman –‘UnCovered’
Beth Nielsen Chapman was one of the finest songwriters in Nashville in the 1990s, getting a lot of high-profile cuts (and hits), particularly among female artists. More of a genreless singer-songwriter...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Ray Benson –‘A Little Piece’
Ray Benson may be best known as the leader of joyous Western Swing band Asleep at The Wheel, but he is also a fine songwriter, and his new solo album showcases Ray Benson the musically eclectic...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Rhonda Vincent –‘Only Me’
Although she is primarily known as a bluegrass artist, Rhonda Vincent has moved back and forth between bluegrass and country a number of times over the course of her career. She’s done bluegrass albums...
View ArticleFavorite Country Songs of the 1980s: Part 7
It’s been a while since my last installment of this series. Here are some more songs from the 1980s that I liked and remember. See if you recall any of these records. “Shame On The Moon” – Bob Seger...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Marty Raybon & Full Circle –‘This, That & The Other’
Marty followed up the excellent When The Sand Runs Out with a gospel record, What I Came Here To Do, and then 2009 saw the release of This, That & The Other, a generous 14-track collection which he...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Bill Anderson –‘Life!’
Veteran songwriter Bill Anderson’s most recent venture into the recording studio showcases some of his newest songs. Whispering Bill was never known for the quality of his voice, but that means he is...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Various Artists –‘Working Man’s Poet: A Tribute to Merle Haggard’
I have to admit to receiving the news of another Merle Haggard tribute album with a distinct lack of enthusiasm. It seemed unnecessary coming on the heels of Suzy Bogguss’ excellent Lucky and the...
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