Stephen Bruton

Jeff Bridges emerges triumphant in the lead role of this bittersweet ode to a hard-drinking, over-the-hill country music legend. Read More

A colleague of mine recently suggested that playing a boozy, washed-up country singer is the male equivalent of the hooker with a heart of gold. Read More

It was only a rehearsal, and he was twice the age of the dancers accompanying him. Read More

If you look at Cooper's life story, you can see the signposts that led him to make a movie about a self-destructive artist who, even though he's a honky-tonk-style country singer, would be right at home in the bountiful gallery of beautiful losers that have populated Southern literature for decades, dating back to the days of Thomas Wolfe and William Faulkner (who taught Cooper's father English at the University of Virginia). Read More

It was only a rehearsal, and he was twice the age of the dancers accompanying him. Read More

It was only a rehearsal, and he was twice the age of the dancers accompanying him. Read More

For that Americana rock lover you need a gift for Billy Reid has offers a hand-made and -finished wooden box from Ross LeBlanc containing rare t-shirts inspired by the roots artists Old Crow Medicine Show, Justin Townes Earle, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, and the Drive-by Truckers, and also includes a DVD of Old Crow Medicine Show's live performance at the Tennessee Theater. Read More

When Jeff Bridges was approached with the script for "Crazy Heart" and was asked to play its leading man, Bad Blake—a boozing, womanizing, once-great country singer reduced to performing in bowling alleys and small-town bars—he saw vast potential in the role. Read More

The story behind the hard-core country music at the center of "Crazy Heart," the buzzed-about new film for which Jeff Bridges is winning accolades for his portrayal of singer Bad Blake, would make a movie every bit as poignant as writer-director Scott Cooper's tale of a down-but-not-entirely-out musician in desperate need of redemption. Read More

In some not too far-fetched parallel universe, Jeff Bridges really might be living the life of a boozy country singer. Read More