Talking with Bill Lloyd and Radney Foster before this much-anticipated reunion gig, the capper in a series of fund-raising shows for the Americana Music Association at the storied club, we were trying to scope out how long it has been since the innovative country duo had performed together like this. There had been, they recalled [...]

When the Country Music Hall of Fame honors an act with the request that they be its single annual “Artist In Residence” – the featured performer and producing ringmaster for a series of special shows at the Hall – the selection itself implies that the artist is comfortable as an emcee. In the case of [...]

You may imagine that seeing a full-force, honky-tonk-loaded set from the great Connie Smith and her crack band is commonplace in Nashville, seeing as how she’s on this town’s Grand Ole Opry radio broadcasts regularly, and more recently is also seen doing a number or two on her husband’s lively Marty Stuart Show on RFD-TV [...]

“The world will always welcome cowboys…as time goes by,” sang pop music’s own seriously jovial jester and sage, with that very Cowboy Jack Clement modification applied to the old standard. “As Time Goes By” may well be featured, as a foxtrot, on Clement’s planned album of dance songs of all styles. He introduced a few [...]