Dwight Yoakam Dishes on Fashion, Paychecks, and Billy Bob Thornton. Singer's new album, 'Second Hand Heart,' will be out on April 14th. By Wendy Geller . Wendy Geller ...

A coal country intellectual, the Kentucky-born, Ohio-raised Yoakam arrived in Los Angeles in 1977, a rawboned 21-year-old “just lookin’ for a hit,” as he would later title a best-of collection.

A Kentucky native who cut his teeth as a honky-tonk musician in California, Dwight Yoakam has seemed like an odd man out for the entirety of his 30-plus year career. To listen to the songs Dwight ...

Dwight Yoakam tells Billboard about the inspirations behind his new album. Billboard. Dwight Yoakam on Post Malone Collaboration and ‘Brighter Days,' His First New Album in Nearly a Decade: ...

Dwight Yoakam has a great reason to carry a song in his heart. The country crooner, who hosts a radio show on Sirius XM, has become a first-time father at the ripe young age of 63. Yoakam and wife,… ...

Dwight Yoakam remains a singular presence: In country and in rock. In the studio. In live performance. On voice mail. Don McLeese joined the Statesman as popular music critic in 1990.

The country musician will release a new album, “Brighter Days,” on Nov. 15 It’s his first album of new music in nine years Yoakam collaborated with Post Malone on the album’s lead single ...

Dwight Yoakam, a pioneer of the “California country” sound, will perform at the 2025 Alaska State Fair, officials said Monday. Yoakam’s show is scheduled for 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31.

Yoakam is also a gifted songwriter of unusual vision, with hits like “I Sang Dixie,” “I Got You,” “Little Ways,” and “Readin’, Rightin’, Route 23” to his credit.

Dwight was at full-force and it sounded excellent. All in all, Yoakam played a solid two hours, even giving the adoring crowd of city slickers, shit kickers and everything in between two encores.

The country legend welcome his son Dalton Loren Yoakam into the world on the morning of August 16. He's the first child for either Dwight or Emily, who had a 10-person wedding in March.

Dwight Yoakam took a stroll down memory lane on Thursday night, which helped make for a mighty fine concert at the City National Grove of Anaheim. “It’s a pleasure to play so close to home ...