Neko Case made a long-awaited return to the Vancouver stage on September 20th, 2013, providing a stellar live performance to a rabid sold-out crowd at the Orpheum Theatre.

George (No-Show) Jones, the hard-living, hard-drinking, drug-using, multi-divorced country singer died yesterday in a Nashville hospital at the age of 81, leaving a catalogue of marvellous songs that influenced decades of musicians.

It’s been seven years since the first Little Willies release; it was a refreshing take on the endearing attractions of great country music, and now with their second effort, ‘For The Good Times’, Norah Jones and The Little Willies offer up another strong collection of country classics…

The iconic country music figure Merle Haggard has been plying his craft for more than four decades now, and with Working in Tennessee, his second disc for the venerated label Vanguard Records, has delivered his strongest record in years.

Kings And Queens is an album five years in the making, and the reality at hand proves the worth of the concept: team up the undisputed talents of Blackie and The Rodeo Kings in duets with a star-laden assembly of some of the finest female singers ever to grace a roots and country album and you have yourself a wonder of a record. The album showcases the likes of Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris, and more.

From the musical hamlet of Muscle Shoals, Alabama come the wonderful voices of Laura and Lydia Rogers, aka The Secret Sisters with their self-titled debut album, produced by none other than T Bone Burnett, who is known for impeccable taste and first-class studio work.