The acoustic guitar has long been at the center of country music. In the early days of the genre, it was the only kind of guitar available. Even after the introduction of electric guitars, many ...

The Laughlin Event Center has announced several big concerts. Roger Daltrey with special guests Billy Idol and Steve Stevens (acoustic) are set to take the stage on Sept. 11, followed by award-winning ...

Back in 1986, Dwight Yoakam told CMT, “That Cadillac meant you made it. If you came out of the hills of Kentucky and you had a Cadillac, you were somebody.” The skinny singer with the tight pants was ...

The country musician will release a new album, “Brighter Days,” on Nov. 15 It’s his first album of new music in nine years Yoakam collaborated with Post Malone on the album’s lead single, “I Don’t ...

For all its professed love of traditional values, commercial country radio has become as processed and modern as any pop station, with pretty blondes and big-hatted hunks driving out the genre's ...

Some country singers ought to be legally required to cut at least one album that distills their music down to the elemental sound of a human voice and an acoustic guitar. Perhaps because they tend to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though Dwight Yoakam seems a freewheeling conversationalist, he's always firmly in control of how the 120-mile stretch between ...

At 68, the Nashville outsider is releasing his first album of original material in nearly a decade, inspired by a joyous shift in his personal life. At 68, the Nashville outsider is releasing his ...

Though Dwight Yoakam seems a freewheeling conversationalist, he's always firmly in control of how the 120-mile stretch between Bakersfield, California, and Los Angeles is preserved alongside the roots ...