Contemporary Country CDs

Produced by Mark Bright, the forthcoming album, Blown Away, was featured in Entertainment Weekly's recent "10 albums we can't wait for." This will be the fourth studio album on 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville for the five-time Grammy® winner. The debut single "Good Girl" isco-written by Underwood. Si...

Lady and Gentlemen is the thirteenth studio album by American Country music recording artist LeAnn Rimes. It is her second cover album after her first self titled album, released in 1999. The album contains the single, "Swingin'", as well as "Crazy Women" and "Give" as bonus tracks.

Released for the first time in NZ Lady Antebellum’s first album originally released in 2009 This debut album topped the Billboard Country charts in its’ first week (the first group to ever achieve this with a debut  album) and has been ever-present for over a year. It has smashe...

The Little Willies -- featuring vocals and piano by Norah Jones -- return with a second album of alt-country classics. 'For the Good Times' includes covers of Cal Martin's "Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves," Loretta Lynn's "Fist City," Kris Kristofferson's "For the Good Times," and Dolly Parton's "...

Created from writings left behind by country music's "lovesick blues boy," The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams premieres the first-ever performances of 12 previously unheard Hank Williams lyric compositions newly set to music by 13 artists whose own sensibilities have been profoundly shaped by Willi...

The year 2012 marks the 25th anniversary of the iconic Wellington New Zealand outfit, The Warratahs. In honour of their enduring legacy, The Warratahs present this 2CD set, which features 19 remastered songs from their back catalogue and a new five track EP. It features the new single "Kupe's Tea...

Emotional Traffic delivers the US three week number one country single, Felt Good On My Lips as well as the brand new single, Better Than I Used To Be . Additional standout tracks include the catchy and inspiring, Touchdown Jesus , the celebrity penned, (Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Brad Warren, Bre...

Deliriously lo-fi songs, somewhere between the cracked Beatles-esque pop of Daniel Johnston and the hallowed blues of Bill Callahan. Recorded on and previously released only on cassette in 1984. Get it before it's gone again!

It's unclear exactly who fostered the misconception that Lambchop was some kind of alt-country band, but it's an inexplicable notion that will be immediately be dispelled upon listening to WHAT ANOTHER MAN SPILLS (or any of their other albums, for that matter). Closer in spirit to the Tinderstic...

Carrie Underwood is a name you'll be hearing a lot more of this year. The Checotah, Oklahoma native won American Idol in 2005, capturing the hearts of Americans with her amazing voice and sweet nature. Now, the 22-year-old releases her debut album, 'Some Hearts,' which is the fastest selling Idol r...

Keith Urban's new collection of hits 'The Story So Far' features 19 of the most popular songs from the Grammy and ARIA Award winning artist's albums 'Get Closer', 'Defying Gravity', 'Love Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing', 'Be Here' and 'Golden Road'. 'The Story So Far' includes 8 songs not previousl...

Heroes is an upcoming album by country music singer Willie Nelson, to be released on May 15, 2012. The album produced by Buddy Cannon contains classic country songs, new songs by Nelson and his son Lukas, as well as the classic from Nelson's repertoire, "A Horse Called Music". Guest appearances on t...

Psychedelic, roots-minded Portland folk rockers Blitzen Trapper’s new album American Goldwing is their third full length release for Sub Pop and the band’s sixth full-length overall. Over the course of their career they’ve earned rave reviews (from Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, SPIN, and a whole lot ...

During his 50 years in show business, Glen Campbell has sold 45 million records with hits like "Witchita Lineman", "Gentle On My Mind", "Rhinestone Cowboy" and tons more… Ghost On The Canvas is his farewell album (due to his diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease), a deep, meaningful look back at his c...

Fans of legendary singer-songwriter Guy Clark are in for a special treat with the release of a new album just months prior to his 70th birthday. Recorded live, Songs And Stories recounts an evening of music and insight from the renowned troubadour that spans Clark’s forty years of rough-and-tumble ...

Anne Murray's Christmas Album consists of 14 tracks plus an added bonus track.

The multi-Grammy legend and one of music's most enduring and successful artists, Rogers has delivered memorable songs, drawing fans among rock, pop, soul and country audiences. For more than five decades, his enthusiasm for performing and touring has not diminished and he continues to build on hi...

A great selection of his best songs at a super budget price!

The last 4 tracks on GREATEST HITS are newly recorded songs for this CD.Personnel includes: Martina McBride (vocals); Biff Watson, James B. Lowry (acoustic guitar); Jerry McPherson (electric guitar); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Larry Franklin (fiddle); Steve Nathan (piano); Glenn Worf (bass); Matt Chambe...

Alan Jackson will release a long anticipated new album on June 5. The collection titled "Thirty Miles West" is Jackson's first project released as a joint venture between ACR (Alan's Country Records) and EMI Records Nashville. The album is produced by Alan's long time friend Keith Stegall. Two singl...

Personnel: Shania Twain, Bryan White (vocals); Dann Huff (acoustic, electric & 12-string guitars, electric sitar, 6-string bass); Biff Watson (acoustic & electric guitars); Larry Byrom (slide guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Eric Silver (mandolin); Bruce Bouton (pedal steel & lap steel guitar...

Personnel: Shania Twain (vocals); Billy Joe Walker (acoustic & electric guitars); Chris Leuzinger (acoustic guitar); Steve Gibson, Reggie Young (electric guitar); Allan Frank Estes, Mark Casstevens, John Willis (guitar); Sonny Garrish (steel guitar); Terry McMillan (harmonica, percussion); Jelly Rol...

After spearheading the alternative country movement with Uncle Tupelo, Jay Farrar pursued his vision with Son Volt, who recorded three landmark albums in the '90s before the groundbreaking artist put the band on extended hiatus and cut three solo records. Now back with his third Son Volt album of th...

Personnel includes: Shania Twain (vocals); Jon Willis (acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin); Heitor Perreira (acoustic, electric & Spanish guitar, mandolin); Michael Thompson (electric guitar, slide guitar, bouzouki); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Cory Churko (slide guitar); Paul Franklin (p...

Holly and Lawyer Dave are back with their third album together as Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs. “Medicine County” was written and recorded in a farmhouse just outside Athens in Georgia (Holly is now living in Georgia) and as Holly says it’s “peppier” th...

In a coolly inviting voice, strumming an acoustic guitar, Karen Elson summons up a dark yet seductive atmosphere… an after-midnight world that is irresistibly mysterious & alluring. Karen Elson is probably best known as a top model: the face of Armani, Prada, Chanel & Yves Saint Laure...

Joe Pugs’ debut album turned a lot of heads in a lot of places. It was a slight change of pace from the earlier EP’s but is all the better for it. No hit singles in sight but that’s taking nothing away from this body of work that this will be compared to in 20 years time. A softer and more sombre...

In a legendary music career that spans more than five decades, Glen Campbell has achieved chart-topping, platinum-selling pop and country success singing everyday tales of life, love, work and heartache. For 'Meet Glen Campbell', his inspired, dynamic new studio album he has reinterpreted and re-...

An operatically tragic tale is told in Richmond Fontaine’s ninth studio album, The High Country. Songwriter and novelist Willy Vlautin has written an extraordinarily eccentric album like no other. More than a concept record, THE HIGH COUNTRY is a song-novel: a fully realized, novel-sized story se...

Psychedelic, roots-minded Portland folk rockers Blitzen Trapper’s new album American Goldwing is their third full length release for Sub Pop and the band’s sixth full-length overall. Over the course of their career they’ve earned rave reviews (from Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, SPIN, and a whole lot ...

Legend has it Frank Fairfield was discovered busking around the streets of L.A with his bike and old grammaphone player. After being asked to open for Fleet Foxes in 2007, the indie world fell in love with Fairfield who was then invited back to headline alongside the Foxes in 2008. Returning in 2...

Let’s be honest – French chill-out masters Air were never going to have any trouble blending a sophisticated mix of mood-enhancing rock and pop for the soul. Opening with ‘All Cats Are Grey’ by The Cure (from the start of their dark Trilogy – Faith: nothing like star...

Any history of the 70's and 80's now-classic Southern California country-rock scene would be incomplete without the inclusion of influential singer and songwriter J.D. Souther. Penning hits for the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt. 25 years after his last solo album Souther returned in 2008 releasing If...

Featured on this re-release the success of the Hay's 'Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You,' which was used on the Garden State soundtrack and garnered extensive praise from all corners and all ages, proved that Hay's music has staying power. The album, produced by Dave Dale and Colin Hay, ad...

As frontman and principle songwriter for the eighties hit machine Men at Work, Colin Hay is responsible for one of the most identifiable sounds in pop music. MAN @ WORK reintroduces Colin Hay, twenty years on, with a captivating collection of stripped-down classics and impressive new songs. Get ...

Going Somewhere is the sixth solo album from Men at Work's Colin Hay, but one of the few available in the US. First available on MP3.com, then sold through Hay's web site, Going Somewhere is currently distributed by MusicBlitz and is availble on the web. The acoustic album is filled with good so...

Colin Hay first landed on American shores as the front man and principal songwriter of the pop sensation Men at Work ("Down Under," "Who Can It Be Now?" and "Overkill".) On this re-issue of Colin's 2002 album, Company Of Strangers, he concocts a powerful blend of aco...

Australian edition features the bonus track "Please, Please Baby". It's no coincidence that maverick country star Dwight Yoakam rose to prominence in Los Angeles during the 1980s, playing clubs with the likes of Los Lobos, X, and the Blasters. Yoakam's roots revivalism, which borrows eq...

Alabama: Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, Jeff Cook, Mark Herndon.Producers: Alabama, Harold Shedd, Larry McBride, Barry Beckett, Josh Leo.Compilation producer: Steven Lindsay.Digitally remastered by Benny Quinn (Masterfonics, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee).Alabama is an anomaly, defying norms in country musi...

For the best summation of the early career of the legendary NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE, look no further than Raven’s excellent new Double CD collection Instant Armadillo Blues: Best Of 1971-1975. The New Riders emerged in 1969 as an offshoot of the Grateful Dead when Jerry Garcia joined forces wi...