At nearly five minutes, Marty Robbins’ “El Paso” is the Infinite Jest of early chart-toppers. “El Paso” isn’t a dynamic song, exactly; it doesn’t swell with instrumentation as it goes along or build ...

This week in 1960, Marty Robbins' Columbia Records single "El Paso" was in the middle of its chart run after entering the country music charts in November 1959 and topping both the pop and country ...

The current production at Flat Rock Playhouse is remarkable for two things: the musical skill of the performers, and the near-total absence of anything approximating drama. The former is impressive ...

"That song has no chorus. It's literally different words all the way for the entire song," Young told the crowd as Murray walked onstage, by way of explaining why he was pulling up the lyrics on his ...

This could be a recipe for disaster and ridicule from the songwriting community and fans of Robbins’ epic narrative. Thankfully, the Carolyn Sills Combo delivers with Return To El Paso, a 5-song EP ...