The Bay Area-based band Red Meat mixes country, western swing, gospel-style harmonies and warmly irreverent fun into its own infectious blend of honky-tonk twang. Guitarist and singer Deke Dickerson ...

That "little something extra" is an important element of honest-to-goodness honky-tonk music. It's called twang. When's the last time you heard much of that on so-called "country music" radio stations ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Step inside Robert’s Western World, and it’s the music that hooks you. Maybe you don’t know the words, maybe it’s the soundtrack your parents or grandparents loved. But there’s ...

Alabama-born and Texas-bred Dale Watson has been writing songs and picking guitars for more than 30 years. His latest release, 2013's "El Rancho Azul," puts his rich baritone voice and twangy ...

"Raised in the poetry of old time twang," Lloyd McCarter has been immersed in traditional country music his entire life. Years later with his own band, McCarter and company are dedicated to sharing ...

George Strait and Chris Stapleton have been playing stadiums together for the past few summers. They finally come together in the studio on “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame,” a boisterous trad-country duet on ...

Certain country music so perfectly captures the dimly-lit lifestyle of a smoky dive bar that it shares its moniker with those establishments: honky-tonk. Both as a place and as a song, the honky-tonk ...

True to its name and reputation, Honky Tonk Confidential has produced another collection of tabloid tales -- "16 songs about loving, drinking, cheating, murdering and dying." It's all the news that ...

“Raised in the poetry of old time twang,” Lloyd McCarter has been immersed in traditional country music his entire life. His parents hailed from musical families, setting McCarter’s destiny in motion.