The Babcocks
Cowboy Joe, his beautiful wife Carol and gorgeous daughter Lorrie have been signing together as a family group for many years. This family is at home singing the songs of not only the Old West but the songs of the modern day working cowboy.
Juni Fisher
Born in the San Joaquin Valley of California, Juni Fisher spent her early years training horses as well as working on cow-calf operations. She now tours the countryfull time, delighting audiences with her original songs, storytelling, and guitar playing.
"Juni Fisher's luminous intensity ignites her writing and her performances." says one journalist "At the heart of her unique and complex artistry is her ability to bring alive what become unforgettable characters and images, stunning stories that often carry a deep and compassionate reflection of the human spirit." Well known cowboy poet Waddie Mitchell says: "Juni Fisher is the best thing to happen to western music in a long time."
Fisher's awards for excellence in music include the 2005 AWA Female Vocalist of the Year, 2005 WMA Crescendo award winner, 2006 WMA Female Performer of the Year, 2007 WMA Song of the Year, 2008 WMA Songwriter of the Year, 2008 Western Heritage Wrangler Award Winner for Most Outstanding Western Album, 2009 WMA Album of the Year, and 2009 WMA Female Performer of the Year.
Jerry K. Green
Jerry began writing songs at the age of sixteen, after hearing Ernest Tubb, Eddy Arnold, Hank Williams, Red Foley, Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys and many others. From 1950 to 1980, Jerry was a part-time professional singer and songwriter with many appearances on the Grand Ole Opry and Louisiana Hayride, plus nationally released recordings including Billboard Chart Records. Now Jerry is retired from Day Jobs and is writing and singing full time. His recording of a new Western Swing song, "Wherever in Texas," from a forthcoming CD is released digitally via Joe Baker's Backforty Bunkhouse Productions.
Carolyn Martin
Singer Carolyn Martin has been described as "...a winning throwback to the days where emotion was measured and artful rather than loud and histrionic."
Carolyn was named the 2008 and the 2010 Western Swing Female Vocalist of the Year by the AWA. Her CD "Swing" was a nominee for the WMA's Western Swing Album of the Year, and her latest project, "Cookin' With Carolyn," was nominated by the WMA for the Album of the Year. In May 2011, Carolyn was inducted into the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame.
Michael Martin Murphey
America's No. 1 Selling Cowboy Singer Hits include Wildfire, Cowboy Logic, Carolina In the Pines, Still Takin' Chances, A Long Line of Love, What's Forever For... Latest Release Heartland Cowboy, Cowboy Songs Vol. 5
Riders in the Sky
With 30-plus years and well over 5,600 performances and counting under their collective cowboy belt, Riders In The Sky, the Grammy- winning Western music group whose music is firmly grounded in the rich American music traditions of such legendary cowboys singers as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and the Sons of the Pioneers - and whose fun-filled performances have enchanted audiences of all ages - are themselves the stuff of legend.
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