De son vrai nom James Frederick Rodgers, Jimmie Rodgers naît le 18 septembre 1933 à Camas dans l’état de Washington. Il ne présente aucun lien de parenté avec l’autre Jimmie Rodgers, chanteur de country, disparu l'année de sa naissance. Il apprend la musique dès l’âge de cinq ans grâce à sa mère, professeur de piano, avant de se mettre à la guitare. Jeune adulte, hésitant à se consacrer totalement à une carrière musicale, il prend la voie militaire et s’engage dans l’US Air Force durant la Guerre de Corée. Finalement stationné à Nashville entre 1954 et 1956, il découvre le riche patrimoine musical de la ville et notamment la chanson qui allait devenir l’un de ses principaux hits : « Honeycomb ». Il enregistre sa version du tube de Georgie Shaw en 1957 et connaît un succès retentissant en s’installant pour un mois en tête des charts. Il publie alors l’album Jimmie Rodgers et plusieurs autres succès suivent, comme « Kisses Sweeter Than Wine » (n° 7 du Billboard) la même année, « Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again » (n° 7), « Secretly » (n° 3), et « Are You Really Mine? » (n° 10), « Bimbombey » (n° 11) en 1958 ou encore « Ring-a-ling-a-lario » (n° 32) et « Tucumcari » (n° 32) en 1959.

John Hiatt naît en 1952 à Indianapolis. Très vite, il doit faire face à des événements tragiques : son frère se suicide à 21 ans et son père décède d’une maladie deux années après. Afin de s’échapper de la dure réalité, Hiatt commence à écouter Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, les Rolling Stones et du blues. A onze ans il commence à jouer de la guitare et se met à jouer régulièrement dans divers bars locaux.

Auteur, compositeur, guitariste, interprète et acteur, Kris Kristofferson a marqué la country de son empreinte indélébile en lui fournissant quelques uns de ses plus grands succès, « Me and Bobby McGee » ou « Help Me Make It Through the Night », et de ses plus beaux albums, notamment Kristofferson (1970). En 1985, le « hors-la loi country » se joint à ses pairs Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson et Waylon Jennings au sein des Highwaymen. En 2009, il publie son vingtième album, Closer to the Bone.

'Ultimate… Movies' four-disc set, celebrating some of the biggest movie hits of all time. Features 72 classics, from Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Judy Garland, Simon & Garfunkel, Celine Dion, Sarah McLachlan, Van Morrison, Johnny Cash, Survivor, Kenny Loggins, Dolly Parton, Carly Simon, Billy Ocean, Herbie Hancock, Bob Dylan, Henry Mancini, John Barry, and many more!

Sheer Magic is a 2006 live CD by sitarist Ustad Shahid Parvez and tabla player Anuradha Pal. This was recorded while on tour in Australia. This was one of two discs released from that tour. This was released by Sur Aaur Saaz.

American country comedian and songwriter, born August 26, 1937 in Lubbock, Texas. Don Bowman (August 26, 1937 – June 5, 2013) was an American country music singer, songwriter, comedian and radio host. He recorded for RCA Victor between 1964 and 1970, charting in the Top 40 with the novelty hit single "Chit Akins, Make Me a Star". Bowman worked at several radio stations, including KRZK in Branson, Missouri. Bowman was born in Lubbock, Texas, United States, and was the original host of the radio show American Country Countdown. He hosted the show from its inception on October 6, 1973, through April 1978, after which Bob Kingsley (who had been ACC's producer since 1974) took over as host. In 1966, Bowman won Favorite Country Comedy Recording of the Year award from Billboard. In 1967, he was named Comedian of the Year by the Country Music Association.

The Hank in the title refers to Hank Cochran, not Hank Williams, because Jeannie Seely recorded as many of Hank Cochran's songs as Connie Smith did of Bill Anderson's. The album leads off with the hit "A Wanderin' Man" before covering a number of Cochran's songs that were hits for other artists, such as Burl Ives' "A Little Bitty Tear" and "A Funny Way of Laughin'." Side two bogs down a little with ballads, but closes with the ever-popular "Make the World Go Away." The Pennsylvania-born Seely helped set the pattern for contemporary country artists since she looked like a model and had a very pop-oriented voice, but today she seems like Kitty Wells compared to some of the pure pop that has since passed for country. Thanks, Hank! was later reissued by Harmony, Columbia's budget label, with the title Make the World Go Away. ~ Greg Adams

The Back Porch Majority was an American folk music group founded by Randy Sparks in 1963. It was intended to be a rehearsal space for The New Christy Minstrels, another group Sparks had established in 1961, but it ended up becoming successful on its own. The group released six albums, appeared on several TV shows and was chosen to provide entertainment at the White House in 1965.

Limited three CD box set that contains all three Woman's Heart albums: A Woman's Heart, A Woman's Heart 2, A Woman's Heart - A Decade On. Listening to Ireland speak from the heart is to hear a woman's voice. A Woman's Heart is a rare collection of Ireland's top female vocalists, including Maura O'Connell, Frances Black, Dolores Keane, Sharon Shannon, Eleanor McEvoy, Sinead O'Connor, Mary Coughlan, and Mary Black… Each artist is famous in her own right and sings one of her signature pieces.

The Best of Clannad: In a Lifetime is a greatest hits compilation album by Irish folk group Clannad. It contains two new tracks, "Christmas Angels" and "What Will I Do", the latter of which is on the soundtrack to the Kevin Costner film Message in a Bottle. 2003 UK Limited Edition 26-track 2-CD album set comprising of 18-track CD including Theme From Harrys Game In A Lifetime - featuring Bono & duets with Paul Young & Bruce Hornsby plus BONUS 8-track CD featuring their most laid-back tracks & 3 previously unreleased chilled-out remixes & Saltwater by Chicane.

Angelique Kidjo has alienated some musicians and fans who want her to do traditional African music rather than mix and match her slashing delivery with rock, R&B and pop elements and arrangements. But Kidjo doesn't want to do a strictly African date. She recorded five numbers at Paisley Park studios, and they reflect the punchy guitar and synth-dominated Minneapolis sound. The other five tunes were recorded in London, with both a dance-soul flavor and nice horn backing and arrangements. Kidjo hasn't done a sellout album, despite singing in English on some cuts (another move designed to anger some of the hardcore). Rather, she's trying to link all her interests and do a respectable pop effort with some African elements.

Vintage 78 RPM Records is a 2007 compilation album by Pandit Ravi Shankar. Released by Saregama, these recordings were originally released as 78's and most of them are 3 1/2 minutes in length, for a total of 18 tracks. Some of the songs also featured Ali Akbar Khan on sarod, along with tabla players Chatur Lal, Kishan Maharaj, and Gyan Prakash Ghosh.

Woody's classic, mid-'40s recordings, sounding like you've never heard them before! These 54 tracks, including such classics as This Land Is Your Land; Pretty Boy Floyd; Hard Travelin'; Jesus Christ; Grand Coulee Dam , and Going down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way) , have been taken from newly discovered, original metal masters for the clearest sounding Guthrie recordings from any period, let alone the '40s. And those tracks also include six unreleased tunes, which will no doubt set folk historians and musicians the world over a-scurrying. It all comes packaged inside a replica of a vintage suitcase from the 1930s, with a 68-page, full-color book featuring extensive liner notes, rare photos, Woody's own lyric sheets and even facsimiles of his business card, a postcard to his wife and a booking card from the '40s. This set was made for you and me!

Solomon's Seal was an album recorded in 1972 by folk-rock band Pentangle. It was the last album recorded by the original line-up, before the band split in 1973. Jacqui McShee has stated that it is her favourite Pentangle album. The album title refers to the Seal of Solomon - a mythical signet ring with magical powers, sometimes associated with the pentagram symbol adopted by Pentangle.

One of the great bluegrass bands in history, brothers Jim (born 1927) and Jesse (born 1929) McReynolds and their Virginia Boys remained at the top by changing with the times. Starting as a traditional brothers duet, Jim on guitar and Jesse on mandolin showed their versatility by following country's changing tastes, moving to country/folk when necessary to keep a road band going. Whatever style they played (including Berry Pickin' in the Country, an album of bluegrass versions of Chuck Berry tunes), they retained a pure country core, due in no small part to Jim's pure, high tenor and Jesse's virtuoso, cross-picking mandolin playing. Raised in Virginia, Jim & Jesse were born into a musical family.