So Gibson (yes, the guitar people) have struck out and named the top five alt-country albums of all time. Well, Dave Hunter writing on behalf of Gibson made the list anyway. That’s quite the task since the genre really is a loose-association of underground music essentially, but one they undertook with gleeful abandon:
This [...]

Lord knows I bought plenty of Garth Brooks albums in the day, but looking back on it now I realize he was graced by picking songs by some good songwriters like Tony Arata, Stephanie Davis, Kent Blazy, Larry Cordle, Victoria Shaw, Pat Alger and Ty England to name a few. Of course, he covered [...]

I’m a jacket reader. In fact, their not really album jackets anymore, but CD inserts, but I’m stuck in my ways. Regardless, I read the credits, thank you notes and the like. Call it an addiction if you will.
Over the years I’ve constantly noticed Tom Littlefield’s name popping up. From Todd [...]

For all you aspiring Myspace stars out there, let me pass along a nugget of knowledge to add to your PR acumen: you cannot endear yourself to a critic by signing him up for your mailing list without approval.
Let me start by saying that “Cody” as I’ll call this act, surely has learned that [...]

You’ve heard it said that first impressions are everything. If that’s true, then Austin’s The Band of Heathens have found a fitting introduction with their self-titled first studio effort.
The boys are well-worn in the live scene, garnering an avid following in the short years since their transformation from standalone songwriters to an accomplished quintet. [...]