Darius Rucker Learn to Live On his first country single, “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It,” Darius Rucker delivers an honest, heartfelt performance of a pensive ballad about love lost and the mark that it
After a three year absence from the country music scene, a revived Patty Loveless has arrived with a brand new album featuring her versions of country classics called Sleepless Nights. An appropriate title, considering Loveless
Patty Loveless Sleepless Nights Thankfully for country music disciples, Patty Loveless blends classic and contemporary country music seamlessly, a practice that is often used, but rarely mastered. On Sleepless Nights, she delivers a record that
Vince Gill The Way Back Home 1987 Vince Gill’s third and last album for RCA is his best for the label. It even contained a few moderate hits. With this album, the production becomes more
Vince Gill Turn Me Loose 1983 While most people consider Vince Gill to be one of the superstars of the ‘90s, they may often forget that it was an arduous climb to the top before
100 Greatest Women #1 Dolly Parton She emerged from poverty in the Smoky Mountains, the first of her family to graduate high school. She dreamed of being a country music singer, but it was
100 Greatest Women #6 Reba McEntire Her rise to the top was slow, with four years passing before her first top ten single and a decade before she earned her first gold album. But with
100 Greatest Women #11 Alison Krauss The history of country music has long included women who have sought the crossover audience, tailoring their music so it will be more palatable to pop and adult contemporary
100 Greatest Women #13 Patty Loveless “I’m a combination of Linda Ronstadt, Loretta Lynn and Ralph Stanley.” – Patty Loveless, 1989 Patty Loveless may be the last of the great mountain singers who will ever