At once timeless and timely, Dwight Yoakam's new album, 'Brighter Days', infuses a modern appreciation for country music’s ...

The album’s lyrics are largely inspired by Yoakam’s life as a family man ... “When we were trying to get a certain feel for a song, Dwight would cite a bass part from an old Byrds song ...

Ken Tucker reviews them all. Here's Dwight Yoakam with a new song called "A Dream That Never Ends." (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "A DREAM THAT NEVER ENDS") DWIGHT YOAKAM: (Singing) It's all right.

What goes around comes around? Dwight Yoakam has been there and back too often to be overly concerned. Such stress-free thinking grounds these songs, and he and they sound all the better for it.

The album’s lyrics are largely inspired by Yoakam’s life as a family man and husband — he and his wife ... “When we were trying to get a certain feel for a song, Dwight would cite a bass part from an ...

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.

They had their first son, Dalton, later that year. Dwight Yoakam wasn’t looking to write a song when “Brighter Days” came to him. Instead, he was sharing a moment with his son and the song ...