David Chiu
Tim McGraw Ready to Ditch Dad Roles After ‘Dirty Girl’
He's sold more than 40 million albums over a two-decade recording career that will go down in the country music history books. Tim McGraw is now on track to make as much of a name for himself in Hollywood history. In the last couple of years, the superstar has appeared in such films as 'Friday Night Lights,' 'Four Christmases,' 'The Blind Side' and most recently 'Country Strong...
Hilary Williams Details Her Brush With Death in ‘Sign of Life’
On a March day in 2006, sisters Hilary and Holly Williams, the daughters of Hank Williams Jr., were driving in a Toyota truck from Nashville to Mer Rouge, Louisiana, to attend their grandfather's funeral. However, the sisters came face to face with their own mortality when in Mississippi, their truck skidded on the road and flipped over several times before landing a near a field
Both sisters were
Tift Merritt Is Over the ‘Moon’ for Her New Album
Before the advent of burning music on CDs and iPods, people assembled their playlists of songs on cassette tapes. Tift Merritt once made mixtapes herself, particularly of her early music, and had also received them from other people when she was younger...
Alison Krauss + More Celebrate 40 Years of Rounder Records
Rounder Records, the renowned American record label of roots music, is marking its 40th anniversary with a special concert on Monday (Oct. 12) at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House. Performers at the event will include Alison Krauss and Union Station with Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Mary Chapin Carpenter and R&B legend Irma Thomas, as well as other acts to be announced. Ac...
Billy Bob Thornton Revisits ‘Hillbilly Music’
Long before he became a major Hollywood actor and an Academy Award winner, Billy Bob Thornton was once a roadie for many musical acts such as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Johnny Paycheck and Blood, Sweat and Tears. While he took part in some partying as a roadie, Thornton remembers that time as being all work...