Gary Dretzka

Jim Lauderdale Persimmons (Upstart) (star) (star) (star) Nashville songwriter Jim Lauderdale's collection of 15 songs puts the full spectrum of his country-soul vision on display. "Life by the Numbers" opens...

Cox Family Just When You're Thinking It's Over (Asylum) (star) (star) (star) 1/2 Country music just doesn't get any sweeter than the heavenly nectar produced by the the Cox Family....

George Jones I Lived to Tell It All (MCA) (star) (star) (star) 1/2 Randy Travis Full Circle (Warner) (star) (star) (star) Two of country music's classic voices are well represented...

Dare and Go, the horse who stopped Cigar's 16-race winning streak at Del Mar in August, was upended himself Saturday at Santa Anita in a race decided by a controversial...

Parlor James Dreadful Sorry (Discovery) (star) (star) (star) The alterna-country duo of Amy Allison and Ryan Hedgecock--formerly of the Maudlins and Lone Justice respectively--takes some getting used to, but their...

Trisha Yearwood Everybody Knows (MCA) (star) (star) (star) Yearwood's new release feels a whole lot more country than past efforts, perhaps because the production (Garth Fundis) doesn't overwhelm the strength...

Shaver Highway of Life (Justice) (star) (star) (star) The suddenly prolific road warrior Billy Joe Shaver turns down the volume in this largely unplugged collection of engaging new material, which...

Suzy Bogguss Give Me Some Wheels (Capitol) (star) (star) (star) 1/2 It doesn't take long for Bogguss to climb into high gear in this energetic album. The title song (co-written...

Somebody at ABC Entertainment must have thought it would be funny to have Chairman Ted Harbert and new President Jamie Tarses stroll into their first press conference together to the...

DreamWorks rolled out the big guns yesterday at the TV press tour Q&A for "High Incident," their ABC police drama that will be pitted against "Friends" this fall. Jeffrey Katzenberg...