Robyn Flans

Vince Gill, Dwight Yoakam, Emmylou Harris Melissa Etheridge, Kara DioGuardi and Michael McDonald treated Los Angeles' Club Nokia with some new hits, old classics, good humor and great harmony in an old fashioned guitar pull format on Thursday...

With a tour just underway to support the Sept. 29 release of 'Mountain Soul II,' Patty Loveless is taking the opportunity to spotlight the Christian Appalachian Project. By logging on to their official website, visitors can make a donation to the organization and also receive a free download of a track from 'Mountain Soul II,' the traditional gospel tune, 'Working on a Building...

Coming off the success of 'Down the Road,' his recent No. 1 hit as both an artist (with Kenny Chesney) and songwriter, Mac McAnally is set to release his debut album on Toby Keith's Show Dog Nashville record label. 'Down By the River' hits stores tomorrow (Aug...

Tracy Lawrence will personally deliver his new CD, The Rock, this Sunday (May 31) to the military men and women stationed at the Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia. The album, Tracy's first compilation of Christian songs, doesn't come out until June 8, but the singer wanted to make it available early for U...

For the third year in a row, Little Big Town are set to participate in T.J. Martell's Ride for a Cure. This year's event takes place June 14 and features a motorcycle ride from a Harley-Davidson dealership south of Nashville to another dealership in Columbia, Tenn...

Billy Ray Cyrus is going back to his roots. The singer/actor released his new album, 'Back to Tennessee,' this week. The title aptly reflects Cyrus' heart these days, having had to relocate his family in 2006 to Los Angeles to star alongside superstar daughter Miley in the Disney TV series, 'Hannah Montana...

When you're a celebrity, it's hard to be just "one of the guys," but that's all Billy Bob Thornton really wants to be -- a band member, one of The Boxmasters. In fact, in the music world, he's not going by Billy Bob at all. His musical alter ego is W...

Billy Bob Thornton is hard pressed to decide whether making music or films is more personal. "I've talked to my peers and compadres of that world -- like Levon Helm and Kris Kristofferson, who do both acting and music -- and we all agree that there's a real deep satisfaction in both of them...

"Whenever anyone says I'm an actor making a record, I tell them to kiss my ass," says Billy Bob Thornton, who may be better known for his movies but insists that music is his first love. The Boot was invited inside Thornton's Beverly Hills home to talk about his country-rock band, The Boxmasters...

What initially attracted you to playing music? My two dreams were to either be in the Beatles or pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals. I listened to country music -- particularly Ray Price and Jim Reeves -- when I was a little kid, because my folks did...