Last year's Thanksgiving-timed Popdose 100 proved so popular that this season we've compiled three critical-consensus lists for your reading (and arguing) pleasure — documenting our choices for the best films, albums and songs of the 21st century's first decade. Read More
The trailer for " Crazy Heart " has arrived and as many have noted, it's got a " Rocky " or " The Wrestler " vibe mixed in with the " Tender Mercies "country film milieu it probably emulates to a degree. The film stars Jeff Bridges as a down and out aging country star trying to get his life together, Maggie Gyllenhaal as the reporter who falls for him, Colin Farrell as the young country star (who barely appears in the trailer and doesn't even get a solo screen credit) and Robert Duvall as Bridges' father. Read More
When I reported on Crazy Heart in 2008, the film was affiliated with the CMT network, yet drew my interest with a cast that included Jeff Bridges , Maggie Gyllenhaal , and Robert Duval . Read More
If "Up" doesn't land that best-picture nomination, this guy's going to be mad. Read More
Television shows of the 1990s were kind to a couple of bands, giving them their 15 minutes — or in the case of The BoDeans, six seasons — of fame. Read More
For more than 40 years, the airwaves have carried the crooning of country legend Emmylou Harris . Read More
John Mayer has been consistently on the music scene since early in the decade and has earned a reputation for not only solid songwriter, but as a solid live perfromer who has toured to great reviews in the past. Read More
Stephen Bruton, a Texas musician long admired and much in demand as much for his astute guitar work as for his insights as a songwriter, died Saturday May 10, 2009 in Los Angeles of complications of cancer. Read More
(PR) Robert Randolph and the Family Band, led by the critically heralded pedal steel guitarist, singer, and songwriter Robert Randolph, have released a foot-stomping new digital single, entitled "Get There," which will make its broadcast television debut as the new theme song for Friday Night Knicks on the MSG Network on Friday, October 30th. Read More
At the moment, Bridges, 59, stars as an alcoholic country singer in the upcoming Crazy Heart; as the hero of Tron Legacy, a special effects-laden sci-fi adventure due in 2010; and as a peacenik hippie leader of a psychic army unit in The Men Who Stare At Goats, which opens Friday. Read More
Despite critical acclaim as a performer, the rootsy singer/songwriter T Bone Burnett earned his greatest renown as a producer, ... Read the full T-Bone Burnett bio.