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Ry Cooder is an iconoclast and a searcher, and when he chooses his collaborators, he tends to ally himself with characters just as fiercely enigmatic. This is to be expected from a man who pores through discarded, cheap guitars, looking for a sound or tone he hasn't yet

For decades, Tommy and Charlene Hancock have been a force in Lubbock and Austin, credited by Sonny Curtis as an influence on Buddy Holly & the Crickets. Tommy X Hancock, the original Flatlanders fiddler and a patriarchal figure, became one of the original cosmic cowboys and, with his Supernatural Family

The advent of rock 'n' roll indisputably altered the course of American cultural history. It's virtually impossible to overstate how dramatically this society's music changed during the 1950s, but it is possible to undervalue every style, idiom and sound that led to the emergence

Don't let the title fool you. On its first release with a new lineup, BR549 is connected as strongly as ever with the honky-tonk sound of yesteryear. The three originals and two covers that make up this EP showcase the band's shift away from the more

Though she has a rare cackle for a laugh, and sparkler eyes, it is almost impossible to imagine Lucinda Williams sustaining any kind of joy, even whatever is to be found in West Memphis. Williams turned 50 on January 26. If the text of her seventh album is to be

He was Uncle Pen incarnate, a snowy-haired, almost Biblical figure championing the purity of the music he created, seemingly poised to smite anyone who dared sully it. Six years after his death, that has become Bill Monroe's image beyond the bluegrass world. It's understandable, since in