New Album Roundup: Sara Evans, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, and Chris Stapleton
Here’s the rundown on five new albums already released this year.
Willie Nelson
Album Review: Rodney Crowell, Close Ties
Close Ties is a dark and harrowing album, full of desperate sorrow and self-loathing regret.
Single Review: Chris Stapleton, “Broken Halos”
Stapleton previews the first of two albums he will be releasing this year, and it has all of the elements that conspired to make him the surprise success story of the past three years.
Album Review: Alison Krauss, Windy City
The first great album of 2017 has arrived, as Alison Krauss returns from a long hiatus with a stunning collection of standards.
2017 New Music Preview
2017 promises new releases from many Country Universe favorites, along with other new and veteran artists.
The Twenty Best Singles of 2016
Our Best of 2016 retrospective begins with a look at the year’s best singles.
A Country Music Conversation, Day 19: “Quittin’ Time” to “Seven Year Ache”
Day 19 features tracks from Mary Chapin Carpenter, Eric Church, Sara Evans, Lynn Anderson, and Rosanne Cash.
A Country Music Conversation, Day 4: “Blown Away” to “Burn One Down”
Day 4 features tracks from Carrie Underwood, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Jo Dee Messina (with Tim McGraw), and Clint Black.
Sunday Selections: November 13, 2016
RIP Leon Russell.
CMA Flashback: Entertainer of the Year
Our CMA Flashback series concludes with the biggest honor of them all: Entertainer of the Year.