Country

American Aquarium's songs, filled with biographical lyrics about last calls, lost love and long horizons, have always explored both sides of that divide. For every drunken night at the bar, there's a hangover in the morning. For every new relationship,...

Always one to defy conventions and expectations, bassist Charlie Haden attained his now legendary status through his ground-breaking work with the original Ornette Coleman Quartet in the late Fifties, recording some of the most seminal albums in the...

Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. (August 12, 1929 - March 25, 2006), known professionally as Buck Owens, was an American musician, singer, songwriter and band leader who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band the Buckaroos. They...

Although something of an 'unknown quantity' to the general public, Jimmie Logsdon is revered among collectors of hillbilly and country music for a significant quantity of classic recordings - many of them up-tempo 'boppers' - that he cut under his own...

Although perhaps one of the Brill Building's less obvious names, Paul Hampton is indelibly linked to one of the most celebrated songwriting duos of the 20th Century, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, as he wrote regularly with both. Whilst he wasn't as...

Although nowadays chiefly remembered for his 1969 million-seller 'Games People Play', Joe South had been writing, recording and producing records since the late 1950s. This compilation presents South's first dozen 45s, recorded between 1958- 62 for a...

Although known predominantly as a songwriter and session singer, Margie Singleton (the wife of producer Shelby Singleton) was a vocalist of extraordinary quality in her own right and she recorded an excellent body of work, which included several...

Although Johnny Cash is known the world over as one of the most recognizable and successful country musicians of all time, the music that was truly closest to his heart was gospel. In Fact, Cash left original label Sun Records when producer Sam Phillips...

Although he would become a big Country star in the 1970s and 80s, singer/songwriter Dickey Lee started out as a heads-down Rock'n'Roller in the 1950s. His first release, 'Stay True Baby', is nowadays a hugely collectable R&R rarity, as are the two 45s he...

Although he was not destined to be a superstar, Red Murrell unquestionably played an influential part in the development of western swing. Red also recorded with country greats such as Merle Travis, Porky Freeman and Cliffie Stone. This 24 track country...

Although he died at the young age of 35, Rodgers is widely cited as the "Father of Country Music" and is increasingly regarded as "the most important and influential popular singer of the '20's and '30's." This digitally re-mastered 20-track set...

Although Floyd Robinson is largely remembered as the archetypal "One-Hit-Wonder", for his 1959 million-seller 'Makin' Love', there was rather more to him than that. A multi-talented performer, he carved out parallel careers as a Country singer (he was a...