With a sound that straddles rootsy bluegrass and contemporary country can the new duo Winfield's Locket breakthrough with this, their self-titled 12 track debut album? Will they find a receptive audience?

Here's Sarah Jaroscz with a track from her debut album "Song Up In Her Head."

Here's an interesting new single from the legendary vocal quartet.  Did the Oak Ridge Boys choose wisely in choosing to rework a rock song into a song that would fit their harmonic vocal style? While radio will likely still ignore the single should new fans still take a listen?

At age 77, folk icon Ramblin’ Jack Elliot’s "A Stranger Here" offers a collection of depression-era blues standards that range from traditional 12-bar blues to looser pieces sounding like a New Orleans Mardi Gras with dark lyrical twists.

With her debut album set to be released on August 19, 2008, Crystal Shawanda recently took the time to sit down and talk with Roughstock's Matt Bjorke. Topics discussed ranged from her admiration for people like Wynonna Judd and Tina Turner to what country music and the fans mean to her.