Last night the wind knocked out my internet access for a good couple of hours. I used my time away from the web to take a complete and uninterrupted listen to Buddy & Julie Miller’s Written In Chalk , released last week on New West Records. Recorded in Nashville, TN and including guest ap...

Today we finish up the sample songs off my favorite albums of the year. My top two are perhaps the least well-known releases on this list, but don't think that I upped their placement just to have an unconventional top pick. I actually feel that these two albums are the best I've heard this year, su...