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Miley Cyrus Covers Dolly Parton's "Jolene"

posted: December 27, 2012

Dolly Parton‘s Jolene has been covered by big name acts like The White Stripes and The Sisters Of Mercy, but for the first time, Parton’s own goddaughter, Miley Cyrus has covered the track as part…
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Your Country's Right Here: Janie Fricke Joins with the Roys for "The Country Side of Bluegrass"

posted: May 31, 2012

Janie Fricke has once again added to her already hefty musical arsenal. After going from a jingle singer (Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Red Lobster are among the corporations that featured her vocals) to a back up…
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Your Country's Right Here: Connie Smith's Star Glistens in Hall of Fame Spotlight

posted: March 29, 2012

It’s not that Connie Smith wasn’t thrilled to receive the news that she was one of three inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. It’s just that when the news arrived, she was completely…
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Sound And Vision: Strange Bedfellows — The Best of Music's Unlikely Collaborations

posted: December 16, 2011

“I get high with a little help from my friends,” Ringo Starr sang on the Beatles‘ 1967 classic. These days, so do many of music’s top stars. Two’s company, and so is three and sometimes…
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Your Country's Right Here: Dolly Parton Offers A 'Better Day'

posted: July 21, 2011

Dolly Parton reminds fans that “Better Day” is much more than the name of her new studio album. Even though the legendary singer, musician, actress and philanthropist ”who, by the way, writes the majority of the…
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Sound And Vision: Why I Miss the '90s

posted: July 1, 2011

Every decade lives twice. Each one seems to get a second shot about twenty years after the fact. The ’50s were hot again in the ’70s (which might be why Happy Days was one of…
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