Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys brought Western Swing to the fore in the 1940s and helped define the ‘other’ half of Country & Western music. Continue reading “Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys – San Antonio Rose”
Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen – Like I Used To
Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen come together for an emotion-packed vintage-sounding country-tinged duet. Continue reading “Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen – Like I Used To”
The Carter Family – Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow Tree
If Jimmie Rodgers bridged the gap between blues and country, then The Carter Family did the same for folk and bluegrass. Continue reading “The Carter Family – Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow Tree”
Jimmie Rodgers – Waiting For A Train
Jimmie Rodgers might not have been the first country musician to make a record – that was Eck Robertson. But with his Blue Yodels he was country music’s first superstar. Continue reading “Jimmie Rodgers – Waiting For A Train”
Eck Robertson – Sallie Gooden
Eck Robertson was the first country musician to make a record. He might have been called “the Hendrix of the fiddle” if only he’d been born half a century later.