Country & western

At last, the authorized biography of Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997), who wrote such unforgettable songs as Pancho & Lefty" and If I Needed You." Born to a wealthy oil family in Ft. …

Buck 'Em! The Autobiography of Buck Owens is the life story of a country music legend. Born in Texas and raised in Arizona, Buck eventually found his way to Bakersfield, …

Chet Atkins was arguably the most influential American guitarist of the twentieth century and, through his work as a recording executive, is often credited as a founder of the …

"Det är tjejer som du som får saker att hända, så känns det rätt - så kör!"En ödesdiger septemberdag 2009 bestämde sig Jessica för att återta makten över sitt liv. Under uppväxten …

Celebrating the dark origins of our most American music, Country reveals a wild shadowland of history that encompasses blackface minstrels and yodeling cowboys honky-tonk hell …

Pick and roll your way through bluegrass banjo basics The banjo nearly defines the bluegrass sound, and you’ll be playing your own favorite tunes—or maybe writing some new …

I mer enn 50 år har Øystein Sunde gledet det norske folk med halsbrekkende sangtekster og intrikat gitarspill i vanvittig tempo. Ingen har som han skapt så mange låter som folk …

A No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022 The acknowledged maestro of the pedal steel guitar, Buddy Emmons lent his unparalleled virtuosity to over five decades of hit …

In 1934, WBT radio announcer Charles Crutchfield formed a spur-of-the-moment musical group to satisfy a potential sponsor looking for a "e;hillbilly"e; radio program to …

Billy Joe Shaver wrote nine of the ten songs included on Waylon Jennings's landmark albumHonky Tonk Heroes and played a dominant role in the origins and development of the Outlaw …