The attraction of singer-songwriter Jimmy LaFave's music lies in his voice and vision that strikes responsive chords at the heart of folk, blues and American rock & roll. Jimmy's latest album, Favorites 1992-2001, is a collection of songs from his days on Bohemia Beat Records. It includes cuts from all six records as well as three newly recorded versions of songs he wrote during that time period.

Dixie Revival’s journey began in 2012, when Gaston County native Matt Branch created a country music band called Dixie Still. In just two years the band evolved from a hometown band playing local music in local venues, to the two-time Carolina Music Award-winning, Nashville recording vocal group consisting of Matt and Holly Branch, and their best friend. They traveled with a 5 piece band which featured lead guitarist and Tire Swing Records recording artist, Mike Dufault. Dixie Still released various singles to country radio, “I Fell For Memphis,” "Dark Horse" and "Even Now". The singles were played on radio stations in Tennessee, Minnesota, Ohio, Georgia, Oregon, Florida, South Carolina, Maryland, West Virginia, Texas, Utah, their home state of North Carolina and even overseas. They toured consistently through 2015 all across the southeast and mid-west United States until the decision was made to focus more on the recording side of the music business when Matt & Holly took over management of Son Sound Music Group and Tire Swing Records in Bessemer City, NC.

Phoenix, Arizona 1955, a twenty-five year old disc jockey and fledgling songwriter, Lee Hazlewood, is trying to break into the music industry. He takes Greyhound bus trips to Los Angeles to pitch songs, only to be rejected each time. Undeterred, Lee starts a record label called Viv Records. Running the label out of his house, Lee finds the artists, writes the songs, produces the sessions, arranges the pressings of the records and handles distribution.

"Hell, everybody's sick of all my f–-ing happy songs anyway," Steve Earle declares in the liner notes to his 2015 album Terraplane as he explains why he chose to cut a blues album. If you feel like you somehow missed Earle's Pollyanna period, you're not the only one, but if he was motivated to turn to the blues because of personal troubles – he was going through his seventh divorce while he wrote and recorded these songs – it sure sounds like he chose the right kind of musical therapy. Terraplane is the most relaxed and least fussed-over album Earle has made in quite some time, and frankly, he sounds like he's having a ball on these sessions; with rare exceptions, this isn't music that ponders the dark night of the soul, but semi-acoustic roadhouse boogie that rocks with a steady roll and gives Earle a chance to crow like a rooster as he ponders broken hearts, long lonesome highways, battles with the forces of destiny, and the enduring appeal of women in go-go boots.

Tired Hungry Homeless Poor is Chad's first album as a recording artist. Growing up in a loving church environment, Chad found his relationship with Christ at a very young age. It has been the most important transformation of his life. His faith has permeated not only his music, but also the way he approaches all things. Along with Grammy Award Winning Producer Chris Lathem, they have crafted an expressive blend of Country, Singer/Songwriter and Gospel Blues that is sure to stir the soul.

Taking what talents they've garnered from previous bands such as Hominy and Whiskeytown, lead singer Jesse Sykes and guitarist Phil Wandscher are onto something far bigger than the two could have foreseen. The opening title track lends itself as much to Margo Timmins as it does to a latter-day Lucinda Williams à la "Lonely Girls" in its almost morose tempo and arrangements, making the nearly seven-minute song glide along effortlessly and, to the listener, far shorter. The following numbers offer the same barren sounds, evoking images of members recording the songs in a log cabin. The well-trodden but solidly produced tracks never waver, especially "Doralee" and the slightly upbeat, honky tonk of "Lonely Hill." Resembling a trace of Neil Young's "Harvest Moon," the tune discusses heartbreak over a cross between Appalachian music and traditional country twang. "Don't Let Me Go" is another fine gem that doesn't stray too far from Sykes' strong points.

Dottie West (born Dorothy Marie Marsh; October 11, 1932 – September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and fellow recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. Dottie West's career started in the 1960s, with her Top 10 hit, "Here Comes My Baby Back Again", which won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965, the first female in Country Music to receive a Grammy.

Through his involvement with the latter band, he acquired a reputation as something of a progressive player, true indeed but not limited to his picking from only that period. His work on the Jim and Jesse recordings, reissued by Pinecastle as The Old Dominion Masters box set, shows that forward-thinking melodic phrasing was already something Shuping was quite adept at well long before anyone dreamt up the term "newgrass."Shuping died in his late forties following a fight with pneumonia and upper lung infection. He died on the table while waiting for tests, apparently of a heart attack.

The Saint Of Lost Causes is the 8th album from American roots troubadour, Justin Townes Earle. Earles latest album finds a songwriter and artist who is unflinching and unequivocal in his truth. When writing this album, Earle focused on a different Americathe disenfranchised and the downtrodden, the oppressed and the oppressors, the hopeful and the hopeless. Theres the drugstore-cowboy-turned-cop-killer praying for forgiveness (Appalachian Nightmare) and the common Michiganders persevering through economic and industrial devastation (Flint City Shake It); the stuck mother dreaming of a better life on the right side of the California tracks (Over Alameda) and the Cuban man in New York City weighed down by a world of regret (Ahi Esta Mi Nina); the used up soul desperate to get to New Orleans (Aint Got No Money) and the sons of bitches in West Virginia poisoning the land and sea (Dont Drink the Water). These are individuals and communities in every corner of the country, struggling through the ordinaryand sometimes extraordinarycircumstances of everyday life.

With songs written about real-life experiences and stories behind the songs, he hopes to make a lasting impression on new listeners and withhold the bond of past at current followers by opening up his songwriting soul to everyone. With an immense effort to make music that truly speaks to him and those who listen, Tanner has proven that his focus relies solely on music and giving his best performance that he absolutely can.

Eric Woodring currently resides in Houston, Texas and is a performing songwriter. He is as Texan as they come and classifies as a traditional country musician. Woodring writes true Texas music and delivers it with a voice that will knock your boots off.

Jason Tyler Burton looks at his 84-year-old father as they stand near the old commissary at the Mary Helen coal mine site in Harlan County, Kentucky. He sees a man who is appalled at what has happened to this place where he spent his childhood, and yet he also knows his father still loves that place. While many of the complexities and nuances of life have changed from his father’s time to his own, Burton works to unpack them as he creates his own brand of rural Americana. A brand in which he is not afraid to break down the stereotypes and cliches that are presented in books, on the news, or the endless stream of pop country songs coming out of Nashville.

Enjoy this Compilation with the most successful A Country Christmas singers like Forrester Sisters, Jimmy Wakeley, John Anderson and many more!

COUNTRY MUSIC – A Film By Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) showcases essential recordings, drawn from the nearly 600 music cues used in the documentary, covering the wide historic terrain of 20th century American country music. A tree with deep roots and ever-expanding branches, American country music evolved from songs passed down from generations of settlers and slaves until 20th century recording technology made it possible for hundreds and thousands (if not millions) of listeners to share the same musical experience on a record.

Northwest native Jenny Anne Mannan began her musical education at a tender age, touring with her family’s bluegrass band, The Bullas, and garnering awards at fiddle contests along the way. In 1998 she moved to Nashville with her brother Luke Bulla, where the pair co-founded a band and became fixtures in the Nashville bluegrass scene. Jenny Anne toured with country songwriter Paul Overstreet, and was often a guest of artists such as Ricky Skaggs, Chris Jones, and Jim Lauderdale. Since her return to Spokane, WA, where she currently lives with her husband, author Caleb Mannan and their 4 children, she has released Saints and Sinners, in addition to lending fiddle and vocals to Irish band An Dochas. Her newest release, Carnies & Cowboys, will be available soon.