BR549's third studio album, and its debut for Audium, finds the guys transcending the retro-hillbilly cover band image as a seasoned, lean, roots country machine. By Billboard Staff BR549’s third ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If BR549 were like most country bands, it would have broken up a long time ago. It would have splintered under the pressure of touring schedules that kept ...

If BR549 were like most country bands, it would have busted up a long time ago. It would have splintered under the pressure of touring schedules that kept the roots-savvy ensemble on the road for as ...

The band BR549 — an up and coming group out of Nashville — brings its explosive country sound to the Butte Depot, 818 S. Arizona St., Saturday, April 10. Doors open at 7 p.m., with BR549 taking to the ...

When Chuck Mead started his job as expert rock 'n' roll technician and all-purpose rockabilly-lick adviser to a Broadway musical — even one about a celebrated event in the annals of Sun Records, and ...

If BR549 were like most country bands, it would have busted up a long time ago. It would have splintered under the pressure of touring schedules that kept the roots-savvy ensemble on the road for as ...

In our experience, hybrid act BR549 is best experienced in person, when audiences can benefit from the band's live voltage -- part '40s Western swing, some punk-infused honky-tonk and enough country ...

A palpable charge of excitement ran through the crowd of 200-plus onlookers as the reunited original lineup of honky tonk veterans BR549 hit the stage of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s ...

The band’s name will invoke memories among those of us who watched “Hee Haw” on early Saturday evenings. BR549 takes its name from the phone number used by the goofy “Hee Haw” character Junior Sample ...

In the mid-1990s, the honky tonk quintet BR549 emerged from Nashville's then-seedy Lower Broadway neighborhood to scale the heights of country music success. The band performed with Faith Hill, Tim ...

From the outset, BR549 has presented itself as a country band with rock ‘n’ roll inclinations. A nice thought, to be sure, especially given the slick product Nashville continues to churn out like ...

In the music manufacturing town of Nashville, groups such as BR549 stand apart. The band’s sound is decidedly retro, the songs a mix of classics and originals. How good BR549 is on disc depends on how ...