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Hank Williams was a singer, songwriter, and musician who was one of the biggest stars in country music. He wrote and recorded many hit songs, including Your Cheatin’ Heart and Hey Good Lookin’. His ...

Brother and sister duo the Roys are back on the scene with their latest album, 'Lonesome Whistle.' The collection of 11 bluegrass tunes includes 10 tracks of which the siblings took part in writing.

Who decided that the sound of a train whistle should be described as “lonesome?” I’ve been on a number of trains and in several stations, and there are plenty of people around. Yet the word “lonesome” ...

If you think you’re dreaming about ghost trains running at night along the unopened West Lake Corridor route, you might not be dreaming. On Monday, the South Shore Line began running a two-car train ...

Country Music Hall of Famer Charlie McCoy talks to Billboard about his most recent album, "Lonesome Whistle: A Tribute To Hank Williams." By Chuck Dauphin Charlie McCoy remembers getting the call some ...

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The Roys' new CD, 'Lonesome Whistle,' is more than a bluegrass album. The 11-track recording that brother and sister Lee and Elaine Roy recorded in just about four weeks is something of a painting of ...

I AM IN the process of packing up and leaving Minnesota where I’ve lived for most of 80 years, which seems dramatic but isn’t since most of my classmates left long ago and Bob Dylan, who overlapped ...