songwriter

Songwriter Jesse Winchester, who had a number of songs recorded by country stars like ACM Entertainer of the Year George Strait and the Everly Brothers, died on Friday.

Up to now, I really haven't told too many people about this but I am a huge Neil Diamond fan. I have admired this guy since I was a small child. He is an amazing songwriter and singer. I have seen him in concert a few times and he is also a consummate entertainer...

Every now and then a new artist runs through WYRK studios and performs a mini concert for a few of the staffers.  Most of the time, we find out that the guy/girl has been working the circuit in Nashville or has been writing there for quite a while.  One guy who recently blew through Buffalo on one of those quick tours was D. Vincent Williams.  Williams has been writing in Nashville for a long time

So if you had to pick a favorite Garth Brooks song, what would it be?  Hard to answer right?  Would it be a sad one?  A slow love song? Or a honky ton-kin good time song?  For me it would depend on the mood I am in.  I think when it comes down to it, it is all about the relate-ability of the words.  That is the essence of not only country music, but, of Garth Brooks as a songwriter and that has pa