We’ve come to the end of another long workweek and we’ve got another stack of new country and Americana albums to carry us into the weekend. Today’s collection includes a new release from a country ...

On this day (July 16) in 1964, Connie Smith unknowingly prepared to make country music history when she stepped into the legendary RCA Studio B to record her debut single “Once a Day.” The song would ...

Preceding her in death are Con’s husband, Marion Smith, and parents, Johanna (Honey) Thomas and Austin Charles Thomas. Left behind with saddened hearts are her sisters Nancy Staton and Illa Phillips; ...