Three of his albums, 1986's Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., 1987's Hillbilly Deluxe and 1988's Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room, reached No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart.

Though Dwight Yoakam seems a freewheeling conversationalist, he's always firmly in control of how the 120-mile stretch between Bakersfield, California, and Los Angeles is preserved alongside the ...

Yoakam's first album in his return to Warner Bros. Records comes out Sept. 18. He's been working on the 12 songs for "3 Pears" since 2008 and jokingly describes the process as "reaaall ...

Dwight Yoakam takes a different road on new album By Andrew Dansby, Former Entertainment Writer Updated Dec 19, 2012 5:24 p.m. country singer Dwight Yoakam Credit: Cambria Harkey Cambria Harkey ...

Yoakam has quietly been working on a new studio album, which is slated for release in the early part of 2012. “Dwight Yoakam is country music.

For the Record, 12:37 p.m., July 5: An earlier version of this post stated that Yoakam’s ‘Dwight Sings Buck’ album was released on the Via Records label. It was released by New West Records ...

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, country music star Dwight Yoakam, is joining us with his guitar. And he's going to play some songs for us. He has a new album with ...

Over a decorated 25-year career, country music stalwart Dwight Yoakam has never toed the Nashville line, instead demonstrating an adventurous appetite for power pop, rockabilly, soul and even punk ...

Dwight Yoakam When: 8 p.m. Friday Where: Arena Theatre, 7326 Southwest Freeway Tickets: $69.50; 713-772-5900 or www.arenahouston.com ...