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There's a warm welcome in the sound of acoustic guitars. Resonant, woody, and mellow like a fire in the grate after an autumn walk in the country, colored by the inflections of fingers and picks, strings and slides. So close to the timbre and range of the voice

by Terry Roland Author: Julian Dawson Published by: Backstage Press They are sometimes called, 'sidemen,' or 'back-up musicians.' They are always there throughout the history of recorded music setting ego aside in favor of the song. They've rarely been paid their worth in light

Buck Owens - Bound for Bakersfield (Rockbeat, 2011) Before signing with Capitol Records and pioneering new sounds in country music, Buck Owens recorded in the 1950s for Pep, and waxed a number of original demos. His earliest sides showed little of the invention and none of the electric sting he’

George Jones, a legendary country music singer of our time, recorded the theme song for the upcoming episode of Squidbillies premiering, Sunday, Oct. 2 at 11:45 p.m. (ET, PT) on Adult Swim. Watch behind-the-scenes footage of George Jones singing the track with a live band in the Blackbird

R.E.M officially called it quits this week, which triggered this ... It is May 2001 and I’m walking northward on Yonge Street, the main artery through Toronto’s downtown core, puddle dodging and ears ringing with the lingering sound of R.E.M.’s just completed set. The