"Brighter days are up ahead, " declares Dwight Yoakam on the title track of his new album Brighter Days (Via Records/Thirty Tigers), his first release of new original material in nine years. Written... more

Pressed on vinyl (double 180-gram vinyl, at that) for the first time and also available as a CD/DVD combo for the first time, here's this storied 1988 Austin City Limits performance by Dwight when he... more

Dwight has always wanted to record an all-bluegrass album—but expect the unexpected here including bluegrass spins on his own hits, his favorite John Prine song and a version of Prince's "Purple... more