David Cantwell

From Brenda Lee to Buck Owens, a round-up of country’s best holiday releases

Last-Minute Gift Guide for Music/Box Sets: U2, Tom Petty, Elvis, More  Rock Cellar Magazine

From Emmylou Harris to Willie Nelson and Charley Pride to Hazel Dickens, a dozen must-hear country albums from 1980

From the PTSD narrative “Still in Saigon” and the jammy “Sweet Louisiana” to the unforgettable “Devil Went Down to Georgia”

From classics by Dolly Parton and Kris Kristofferson to overlooked gems by Lawrence Reynolds and Linda Martell

From the Dixie Chicks to a surprising Dolly Parton comeback

Garth Brooks and Clint Black’s classic debuts, plus strong offerings from Dolly Parton and George Jones

The genre would not exist if it weren’t for black music serving as an inspiration and a source. But there was no modern black country star before Charley Pride.

With both volumes of 1962’s ‘Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music’ being reissued, we look at the records’ cultural impact

I respect him. He’s the only mogul in Ireland with no intention of running for the presidency

From Johnny Cash’s ‘At Folsom Prison’ to Dolly Parton’s ‘Just Because I’m a Woman’

Irish Times’ secret on-court weapon helped it to winner’s enclosure for first time in years

From 1972’s stunning ‘Glen Travis Campbell’ to a 1974 tribute to Hank Williams, some of the late country star’s best work is largely unknown

Country singer and critical darling Sturgill Simpson posted a tirade to Facebook that went viral this week, by Thursday morning racking up more than...

Listen closely to country radio’s defining sounds over the last four decades and Hank Williams, Jr., is right there.

Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys”Long Shot of Hard Stuff” (Little Class Records, 2015)Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys’ first album in a decade, “Long Shot of…

Singer was pushing for another song about an interracial romance when he was strong-armed to record this politically-charged tune instead

Roisin Ingle on . . . the homeless season  Irish Times

Science doesn’t involve merely telling stories about history.

For too long now, the Staple Singers haven’t received the level of respect they deserve. The family’s body of recorded work, stretching across a half c ...