Loudon Wainwright III has made plenty of great roots music albums over his career and reurns now with a lovely tribute to Charlie Poole that is an album as layered and complex as the man it pays homage to.

Here's a track from his latest album "Last Exit To Happyland."

Here's a grat track from singer/songwriter and respected producer Gurf Morlix' latest album.

Here's a track from the great duet album from Mark Olson & Gary Louris, the main songwriters of The Jayhawks. 

Here's a great track from Townes Van Zandt. 

One of the best things about country music is how diverse it is and how the community often champions artists and songwriters not quite known among the public.  For the first article in a new series, we introduce country music fans to singer/songwriter Jeff Black, the writer of a pair of Blackhawk hits in the 1990s.

Here's one of the many classic songs from Texas singer/songwriter Guy Clark.

Carrie Rodriguez made her mark in Austin, TX when she parterend with legend Chip Taylor. Now out on her own (and on Major label Manhattan Records), the fiddler has expanded her sound to include more than country music. Here's the title track to her sophomore album.

What happens when you add a superstar vocalist with acoustic instruments? You get something "For All The World To See." The first national release for Minnesota's Becky Schlegel.