Alison Krauss, at the age of 33, has achieved more career milestones than most people do in their lifetime. Her first album was released when she was 16. She has released ten studio albums, all on Rounder Records, with her long time band of highly acclaimed musicians, Union Station.
"What I've always loved about country music is that the music tells you that we're having a good time, while the lyrics tell you why we need to have a good time. What I've always loved about rock and roll is the attitude," explains Ingram. Jack writes and records music that talks about real life and offers moments of insight, comfort and fun outside of everyday existence. His provocative, but truthfully universal, songs are evidence of a deep respect for country music. Then, with his rock and roll style delivery, Jack performs these songs - both in the studio and on the stage-to their truest, fullest, and most raucous.
Joe Nichols' emergence from a long, cold winter of grief may signal the completion of a rite of passage. The wide-eyed boy who recorded MAN WITH A MEMORY, who was nearly crushed beneath a weight of grief, has risen with the revelation that, for the first time, he is the man in his life. Putting boundaries around boyish pursuits isn’t about deprivation, it’s about finding the equilibrium that opens the door to contentment.
Joe reveals himself through his music, exploring the deepest reaches of his own humanity to inevitably create an emotional bond with any listener who accepts that expression of emotions and experiences.
The story of Sugarland is one of those fairy-tale country music successes that just warms your heart. For one thing, it has the most idyllic of starts: an early morning round of coffee at an Atlanta Starbucks where Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush sat down and penned a list of their dreams on a napkin; 1) Balance being in a band and having a family; 2) Get a Grammy nomination; 3) Sell a million records.
It is one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in country music history, and fittingly enough it belongs to one of the genre's true rugged individualists. The booming baritone and unshakable sense of self have made Trace Adkins a star, but it is the indelible stamp of authenticity he brings to his life and music that have made his body of work so important to so many people.
