Richie McDonald

Richie McDonald has long been one of music's most accomplished and wide-ranging talents. Read More

If you like country, you have options this weekend. Read More

Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 15. $35-$3. Read More

That's the backdrop Johnny Cash paints as he spins a heartwarming tale in the song "Christmas As I Knew It." The late country superstar's story describes a down-and-out Alabama family who are happy with the little that they have, yet still manage to give a jar of coal oil and some hickory nuts to brighten up the holiday of an even-worse-off neighbor. Read More

My desk begins to fill up with Christmas and sometimes Hanukkah CDs. Read More

Whether you attribute it to the death rattle of the music industry as the CD faces extinction or a sudden rash of good taste as musicians realize they have little to add to the centuries-old canon, there's been a sharp decrease in the number of new Christmas albums this holiday season, as well as a lack of star power in what has been released. Read More

Whether you attribute it to the death rattle of the music industry as the CD faces extinction or a sudden rash of good taste as musicians realize they have little to add to the centuries-old canon, there's been a sharp decrease in the number of new Christmas albums this holiday season, as well as a lack of star power in what has been released. Read More

Calvin Coolidge, of all people, once astutely noted that Christmas is not a date. Read More

Comedians Rodney Carrington and Kathy Griffin , groups REO Speedwagon and Sugarland and singers Andrea Bocelli and Sting are among the array of recording artists ringing in the holidays this year with seasonal compact discs. Read More