Country and Americana

“Buck took the shuffle beat and he took the lyrics and the style of honky-tonk, and he added the spunk, the vitality of rock and roll to his sound.”

The Wandering Hearts do stick close enough to CSNY's 'Déjà vu' arrangements to give fans of the original album a bit of the feeling named in its title.

Gene Wilson (aka Gene Forrest) and Eunice Levy, a married couple, scored several hits in the 1950s but dented the pop charts only once, with “Poco Loco.” But the songs collected here are almost uniformly excellent.

Andersen has been serving up poignant, powerful music for six decades now. 'Dance of Love and Death' leaves no doubt that he can still deliver.

While Nelson’s list of five-star releases is long, it’s hard to imagine that any of them outshine this album of Rodney Crowell covers.

Mark O'Connor's compositions made the juxtaposition of styles and centuries work smoothly, and created a joyful concert experience.

Ole Red, Blake Shelton's new venue on the Las Vegas Strip, became my new favorite hangout and I discovered a great band, Paige and the Overtones.

Fleetwood Mac's colorful history embraces lots of little-known stories and recordings, 15 lineups, and more than two dozen studio and live albums.

Nighthawk (Parker Hawkins) is clearly brimming over with musical ideas, most of them excellent. And somehow, his seemingly disparate material all fits comfortably on one CD.

It's Murphy's 52nd album, so it’s not surprising that ruminations on aging, mortality, and years gone by permeate this engaging CD.