It’s been eight years since Ryan Bingham was plucked from a life touring the backroads of New Mexico and West Texas and launched into stardom with “The Weary Kind.” The film-defining tune from ...

There are days when you get in your car and drive to work and you put in a CD and listen to the same sad song over and over again — all the way to the office. It has the effect of a dirge, reflective ...

And this ain’t no place for the weary kind And this ain’t no place to lose your mind And this ain’t no place to fall behind the highway that calls for your heart inside And this ain’t no place for the ...

A songwriter for man years, Ryan Bingham is now also an Oscar winner.Bingham's family in Hobbs spoke about the incredible journey of songwriting and where he got some of his ideas. Despite the ...

Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett have their first Oscars. At the 82nd Academy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night, the alt-country singer and famed producer won Best Original Song for 'The Weary Kind,' ...

Video: 'The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)' Why We Dig It: The Americana singer-songwriter's new video features clips from the Golden Globe-nominated film in which Ryan also stars, 'Crazy Heart.' ...

Miley Cyrus and Amanda Seyfried screw up their lines and look nervous as they introduce a montage of the best song category, with a bit of behind-the-scenes footage and a few lines of music from each.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The trophies keep piling up for Ryan Bingham, this time at the Americana Awards. Bingham won the Americana Music Association’s top honor, artist of the year, and ...

Up also won the Golden Globe for best original score. And “The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart won best song. Paul McCartney might have had a better shot if he had written a song for a better movie than ...

In 2006, singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham and his band, The Dead Horses, were living out of a Chevrolet Suburban. In 2010, Bingham was on stage, gripping his gleaming Oscar for writing the year’s Best ...