Tammy Wynette

Trailer Trash's Nate Dungan: "Honky tonk music comes right up out of the ground"

When you walk into Lee's Liquor Lounge, located on downtown Minneapolis' fringes for over half a century, whether it's your first visit or 40th, the whiff of nostalgia and shiver of magic you feel is pretty undeniable. But there's more to it than the bar's wood paneling, its mounted mountain lion, t ... More >>

RIP George Jones, country legend (1931-2013)

To begin a remembrance of George Jones, one need look no further than his song lyrics. "He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door." "Yabba Dabba Doo, the King is gone, and so are you." Jones died this morning at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, after being hospitalized the ... More >>

The Ten Best Country Albums of 2012

By Alan Scherstuhl This list of the year's best country albums is assembled with two important premises in mind: First: If the people who record and listen to these records consider them country, than they're damn well country. Purists who argue that country should still sound like '68, '76, '84 or ... More >>

Ten George Jones career milestones ahead of his final "Grand Tour"

In his younger years, country legend George Jones was assigned the moniker "No Show Jones." Tales of his hard drinkin' and drug abuse were epic enough to make Keith Richards seem tame, and as such, he had a habit of not showing up to a lot of his own shows. But all this is behind him -- it's said he ... More >>

RIP, Kitty Wells: An appreciation of a banned star

By all appearances, she was the sweetest thing in the world, with her affable and rarely rowdy singing voice, her hoedown-ready ginghams, and her marriage to a cabinet-maker when she was just 18, a union that would last nearly 74 years and which would see Nashville undergo multiple musical transitio ... More >>

10 country divorce songs on George Jones and Tammy Wynette's anniversary

​Tammy Wynette was a beautician-turned-singer and twice-divorced mother of three. George Jones was a country superstar who, upon witnessing a fight between Tammy and her second husband, urged her and her daughters to drive away with him. On this day in 1969, the two married, and Tammy's fourth dau ... More >>

Alcina's Island: A Picnic Operetta

Alcina's Island: A Picnic Operetta

Alcina's Island: A Picnic Operetta

Alcina's Island: A Picnic Operetta

Alcina's Island: A Picnic Operetta

Alcina's Island: A Picnic Operetta

Alcina's Island: A Picnic Operetta

Alcina's Island: A Picnic Operetta

Alcina's Island: A Picnic Operetta

Alcina's Island: A Picnic Operetta

Alcina's Island: A Picnic Operetta

Alcina's Island: A Picnic Operetta

Alcina's Island: A Picnic Operetta

Suzy Bogguss, Sugarland, Little Big Town: the weekend in girl country

Photo courtesy of Valarie Allyn Bienas, http://sugarlandmusic.com​If you're a fan of strong women in country, this is the weekend for you.

Critics' Picks: Yelawolf, DeVotchKa, Bright Eyes, and more

Hayes Carll

Top 10 Country Breakups

​On this day in country music history, Bob Dylan brought about the dissolution of one of the most influential bluegrass bands of all time. Well, that might be an overstatement. Read on.

Jamie Lidell, Ra Ra Riot and more

JP, Chrissie & the Fairground Boys

The Knitters

Art-A-Whirl, Henry Rollins, and more: Critics' Picks

Songs for "I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore Day"

Situated between Cuddle Day and Man Watcher's Day, a badass country playlist celebrating the day to tell everyone to shove it.

Jayhawks Karen Grotberg, Tim O'Reagan, Marc Perlman make special appearance

Three-fifths of the Jayhawks reunited at the 318 Cafe in Excelsior Saturday night.

Heidi Newfield and Hot Roxx to cover the best and worst of country

Cabooze, Club Jäger and Cracker Barrel. Three ways to catch your country music this week.

City Planner: Tuesday 10/10

Rock 'n' Roll Grade School

Total and Faith Evans

Deana Carter and Lee Ann Womack

Southern Discomfort

Hello Rock Star and other salutations that may never reach the ears of the seriously talented but lamentably underappreciated singer-songwriter Marlee MacLeod

Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

Stand By Your Man