With mainstream Country music all but abandoning traditional country sounds for pop-leaning ditties, artists like Dale Watson are still fighting the good fight with their Traditional leaning music.  "The Truckin Sessions, Vol. 2" is Watson's latest workin' man's record.

Texas has given birth to some great country music over the years and on this one album, Ranchin' man Todd Fritsch seems to cover all the bases.  "Sawdust" is the kind of album many artists would love to make but does that make it good?

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

Warning: Tradtional country music ahead.  With Todd Fritsch having secured a successful regional career, he continues to turn out solid traditional songs (with steel guitar solos no less) that should please many people but will radio give this fine song a spin? That's the real question.

Here's Texan Todd Fritsch's latest single "Texas Talkin'."

A masterful songwriter, Darrell Scott isn't above recording other writers' works and that's just what he does on this record.  It is composed of songs that helped define who he is as a writer/artist and it has a classic mood and sound.

The Grascals, now on their third release, have taken the country music world by storm with their previous two studio efforts, winning boatloads of accolades from their peers and the bluegrass music industry.  With a slight change in band members, fiddler Jimmy Mattingly has decided to be Dolly's sideman instead, will The Grascals "Keep On Walkin'" successfuly or fall on their feet?

In an era of pro-tools, auto-tune and other forms of digital studio trickery, Hal Ketchum decided to record “Father Time” the old-fashioned way.  In the course of two days, Hal and band cranked out 14 tunes the old school way; live, in the studio, the singer with the band. While fine and good, does this make for a good album?

One thing that's always been a special about country music is the fact that it has, from time to time, had families perform together. These families always have a bond with their voices that allows for harmonies that naturally blend. Carter's Chord is one such band. Becky, Emily and Joanna Robertson come buy their musical talent naturally as the children of musicians but does the natural talent translate to a successful album?