With his profile raised as high as it can possibly go after winning the Oscar earlier this year for The Weary Kind, Ryan Bingham worked with his co-writer/producer T-Bone Burnett on this record.  Does Junky Star live up its buzzworthyness?

Here's Texas' Ryan Bingham singing the theme song (used during the end titles) for the Jeff Bridges film Crazy Heart.

While not an award show heavy on music, The Oscars did hand out a few music focused awards and one of those awards was for “Best Original Song.”  The winning song is one of those songs, like great songs, that transcends time.  Hear it on the next page.

Country music's biggest indie success of 2009 will now gain a personal highlight with his Grand Ole Opry Debut.  The Dixie Chicks's Martie and Emily have a name for their new duo while Ryan Bingham won a Golden Globe for "The Weary Kind."

Scott Cooper, the director of Crazy Heart discussed recently what "Real Country Music" is to him while Eddie Montgomery opens a Restaurant in Lexington, KY. The Dixie Chicks also have something brewing in this latest edition of News Briefs.

Listen to Ryan Bingham sing the theme song from the new film Crazy Heart.

Arriving nationally with 2007's "Mescalito" and returns with his sophomore Lost Highway release.  Does this album showcase a star alt-country rocker or does it find Bingham regressing from the status many had forecasted for on him?