Though Dwight Yoakam seems a freewheeling ... to release "Brighter Days," his 16th studio album. We're two decades removed from an era where Yoakam was good for a new album and two global Top ...

For about three hours, Dwight Yoakam sat at a conference table ... We were there to discuss Yoakam’s new album, the singer’s first batch of new songs in nine years. In order to get to that ...

Dwight Yoakam spent his formative years acting in theater productions and singing and playing guitar in local garage bands. In 1978, after a brief stint in Nashville, Yoakam relocated to Los Angeles.