"DEL MCCOURY AND FRIENDS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE STRUGGLES OF RURAL AMERICADel McCoury has put out a compilation project that sings about the plight of rural America. The album enlists a stellar group of artists to tell this story. Moneyland, which is also the name of the title cut, invokes..."

"Scenecast Episode 137 makes like toaster strudel this week with sweet warm gooey goodness from Parachute Musical, Helen Keller, Black Skies, Missy Raines & The New Hip, Justin Townes Earle, Joshua James, Richard Julian, Murali Coryell, Centro-Matic, Glossary, Merle Haggard, and Daniel Johnston...."

"The top-secret military testing ground in the Nevada desert known as Area 51 holds a place in the collective imagination as a hotbed of extraterrestrial life. Will Smith ends up at the site—which the government only admitted existed in 2003—after crash-landing in Independence Day, and the scores of songs with..."

"    David Cantwell returns to blogging the records that hit number one on the country charts during the Nashville Sound era. We started with “Don’t Be Cruel,” proceded to “Singing the Blues,” and now, at last, turn to…  A bit of trivia to amaze your friends: Between 1964 and 1973,..."

"Usually I’m totally above board here on S:I. All the songs are cleared and free and legal with an occasional exception. Heybale is one of these exceptions, they’re a country supergroup of sorts from Austin, Texas. I haven’t exactly been given permission to post this but as soon as several..."