Little Big Town
,
the
Randy Rogers Band and
Marty Stuart are among the country artists releasing
new albums on Tuesday (Aug. 24). Little Big Town's
The Reason Why (Capitol Nashville) features the hit,
"Little
White Church." The Randy Rogers Band's
Burning the Day (MCA Nashville) includes "Too Late for Goodbye." Stuart's
Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions) (Sugar Hill) features a song written and sung with his wife,
Connie
Smith, as well as a song he co-wrote with
Johnny Cash four days before
Cash's death. Other new releases include
Ricky Skaggs'
Mosaic (Skaggs
Family), Steve Gulley and Tim Stafford's
Dogwood Winter (Rural Rhythm),
Dale
Watson's
Carryin' On (E1) and a previously unreleased 1971 concert album by
Tony
Joe White,
That on the Road Look "Live" (Rhino). New compilations include
My Country: Smash Hits (Stadium),
a benefit project for the Fisher House Foundation to provide housing for active and retired military members and their families,
as well as
Bloody War: Songs 1924-1939 (Tompkins Square), which includes rare recordings of war songs originating from
the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and World War I.
