Hank Williams

...Calling Me"-might be reason enough to check out this collection in and of themselves. In a way, they epitomize Hank Williams, much as Hank Williams Revealed: The Unreleased Recordings reveals him: as both the American music icon and the...

In this article: Drifting Cowboys, Orange Blossom Special, Lovesick Blues, I Saw the Light, Don Helms, and Fire on the Mountain

...however, since they transcend country. They belong to everyone, and so, to a lesser extent, do Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, Dolly Parton, and George Jones. Cash and Nelson are quintessential Exceptions in part because...

In this article: George Strait, Johnny Cash, Strait Country, Nashville, Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, Screwdriver, and Western swing

...of storytelling. " And however surreal it seems, the subject matter is real for Langford. "When I painted Hank Williams surrounded by monsters as he signed his contract, it was very personal and very autobiographical," he says. "That moment...

In this article: Jon Langford, Mekons, Chicago, and Chopin Theatre

...the broken down Lofty Deeds (played by Nathan Allen) reflects on his life. He's an amalgam of hard-living hard-country legends such as Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Cash and Charlie Louvin. He's originally in a duo with his chaos-courting brother,...

In this article: Jon Langford, The Mekons, Chopin Theatre, Hank Williams Sr., Chicago, Tom Greenhalgh, and Johnny Cash

...features lyric soprano Rhonda Reid, who has performed with the New Jersey Opera, and Jim Hank Singleton of Attalla, who performs Hank Williams Sr. songs and is a second cousin to the late country music legend. The program will be at 7...

In this article: Hank Williams Sr., New York City, WSM, and Porgy and Bess

Though he is an acquired taste, to many of his loyalists, he is as elemental to the world of music and songwriting as Dylan or Hank Williams. Asked to explain their fondness for Cohen, several local musicians and music fans (via Facebook)...

In this article: Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Songs from a Room, Robert Christgau, Robert Altman, and DVD

...respect of the Ryman itself. Nelson played a number of tunes from artists who had graced the stage of the fabled hall, including Hank Williams' "House of Gold," Jimmy C. Newman's "Cry, Cry Darlin'" and Johnnie & Jack's "Poison Love." He also...

In this article: Willie Nelson, Nashville, Abandons, Bob Wills, Buddy Miller, Coal, Dark as a Dungeon, Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, and On the Road Again

...Va. : What is your opinion of the "Let's pick Daddy's bones"-style of musical duets that never happened, such as Nat and Natalie Cole or Hank Williams Sr. and Jr.? Paul Farhi: It doesn't offend me, but it doesn't impress me, either. It's a...

In this article: Michael Jackson, Walt Whitman, Billy Mays, DirecTV, Levi Strauss, Elvis Presley, Fred Astaire, and Billy Martin

...Elvis Costello and Rufus Wainwright, who help Cash make these songs her own. Electronic shadings give new color and depth to the Hank Williams hit "Take These Chains From My Heart," as do the organ and layered strings on her atmospheric...

In this article: Rosanne Cash, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, She's Got You, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, Rufus Wainwright, and Patsy Cline

"Southern Voice," the pop-country stalwart's 10th album, is teeming with characters who've populated the airwaves since Hank Williams first tamed the Opry. Homesick heroes, estranged fathers, lonely barflies -- McGraw's handsome voice...

In this article: Tim McGraw, Mark Twain, and Nashville