The shipping crew at Cimarron Sounds is pleased to report that R.W. was recently the subject of a major story in the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s award-winning journal of the West, Persimmon Hill.

The magazine’s profile of R.W. explores his over thirty-year history as a cowboy balladeer – from his early adventures to his recent induction into the Western Music Association’s Hall of Fame. Also included in the feature is an intimate look at R.W. the man, the husband, the father – a true cowboy whose passion and dedication to his family and faith is important above all else.

Click here to check out R.W.’s feature in Persimmon Hill.

R.W. will be performing at the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival at the Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio in Newhall, CA, next Saturday, April 21, and Sunday, April 22.

On Saturday, April 21, R.W. will be on the California Music Stage at 1:00 p.m. Later that afternoon at 2:30 p.m., R.W. will share the Medicine Show Stage with Dave Stamey. At 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening, R.W. will be performing in concert offsite in the living room of the William S. Hart Mansion.

The following day, Sunday, April 22, after R.W.'s 8:00 a.m. Cowboy Church appearance offsite at Masters College, R.W. will again be sharing the Medicine Show Stage with Dave Stamey at 2:30 p.m. Later, on the Melody Ranch Main Stage, R.W. will give his final performance of the weekend at 4:30 p.m. All of these performances, aside from those offsite, are included in general admission for the Cowboy Festival.

For more information, visit www.cowboyfestival.org/schedule.asp or R.W.'s website tour page at www.rwhampton.com/tour.php.

R.W. will be performing at the Saddle Club Arena in Valley Falls, KS, on Satuday, April 14.

Located five miles west of Valley Falls at the corner of Kansas Highway 16 and King Road, a special dinner, served by the Saddle Club, will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for $8.00. Following the dinner will be R.W.'s performance, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $15.00

For more information, call (785) 220-5405 or visit R.W.'s website tour page at www.rwhampton.com/tour.php.

Last month, during his winter tour that brought him to Tennessee and points east, R.W. stopped by Nashville's Music Row district to visit director Julian Chojnacki and producer Laura Clarke's Take 8 Films. While there, R.W. guested on Julian and Laura's "un-jammed. raw & real on the row" show, shooting a video for his recent hit, Cowboy's Prayer, from his latest album, Austin To Boston.

Julian and Laura have a fresh, interesting concept for their show. Live video, live audio, live vocals, one camera, one take, no editing, no autotune, etc., hence the term "raw & real."

Click here to see what they came up with for R.W.!

R.W. Hampton's latest concert tour brings him to the southeastern United States for a series of shows that kicked off earlier this week in Nashville, TN.

R.W.'s current tour continues through Sunday February 26 in Pigeon Forge, TN, where he is headlining the area's 12th annual Saddle UP Cowboy Music Celebration. Then it's on to concert appearances in Mcdonough, GA; Chattanooga, TN; Williamsburg, VA; Midlothian, VA; Kearney, MO and Williamsburg, MO before the trail leads home for a few days of ranch work prior to the next string of dates in what is shipping up to be one of Hampton's busiest yearly touring schedules in recent memory.

For a regularly updated list of R.W.'s shows and the details for each concert, please visit his website Tour page. 

The shipping crew at Cimarron Sounds is excited to tell you that R.W. will be returning to Elko, Nevada, for the 2012 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

Held from Monday, January 30, through Saturday, February 4, 2012, the 28th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering will feature several performances by R.W. On Thursday, February 2, R.W. will perform with Rolf Flake and Rod Taylor for a program titled "Saddles and Salsa" at the G Three Bar Theatre at 1:15 p.m. On Friday, February 3, R.W. will have a solo performance at the Flag View Auxiliary Auditorium at 1:30 p.m. Also on Friday, February 3, R.W. and fellow cowboys such as Michael Martin Murphey, Waddie Mitchell, Barry Corbin, and more will perform the songs and poetry of Charlie Goodnight at the Elko Convention Center Auditorium at 6:30 p.m, and after the performance R.W. will sign autographs in the lobby. On Saturday, February 4, R.W. will perform as part of the Gathering of Praise And Worship at the First Presbyterian Church at 9 a.m. Also on Saturday, February 4, R.W. will perform alongside R.P. Smith, Skip Gorman, Connie Dover and the Waddie Pals in a showcase of "the three Rs: rhythm, rhyme and ranching" at the G Three Bar Theater at 8:30 p.m. After Saturday evening's performance, R.W. will sign autographs in the Western Folk Center lobby.

Enjoy a great week of all things cowboy!

The Western Music Association has announced its 2011 Hall of Fame inductees, R.W. Hampton and Vaughn Monroe. The 2011 WMA Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held on Saturday, November 19, during the WMA Awards Show at the Historic KiMo Theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

R. W. Hampton is one of the leading Western Entertainers in America today. Blessed with a rich baritone voice, R.W. has a quality of genuineness about him that resonates when he’s on stage, in person or just through the words of his songs. For R.W. has lived what he sings about, and the world of early mornings, hard work, rough horses, maverick cattle and new ranges fits him.

R.W. has thirteen albums to his credit. His peers in the Western entertainment industry have honored R.W.’s performing and songwriting fourteen times, most recently with a 2011 Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy Museum and Western Heritage Center in the Outstanding Original Western Composition category for his song Shortgrass from his most recent CD, Austin To Boston. Hampton is also a talented actor, having made over a dozen film and television appearances, and an acclaimed playwright, winning a National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Wrangler Award for the soundtrack of his one man play, The Last Cowboy – His Journey.

“The West - its culture and especially its music - is known the world over as being distinctly and uniquely American. When I think of the Western Music Association’s Hall of Fame and the long list of greats that have gone before me, I am filled with a deep sense of gratitude and humility to be included in their shadow,” said Hampton of his upcoming induction.

R.W. lives with his wife and their family on their Clearview Ranch at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains south of Cimarron, New Mexico. When he’s not headlining cowboy concerts and western music events across the nation, R.W. spends most of his time at the ranch doing the work he loves. His life is guided by his faith, his love for his family, and his desire to share cowboy life with his audiences.

Vaughn Monroe was a baritone singer, band leader and actor who recorded the best-selling version of Stan Jones’ cowboy classic, “Riders in the Sky,” in 1949.

Founded in 1989, the Western Music Association is an organization that encourages and supports the preservation, performance and composition of historic, traditional and contemporary music of The American West. The WMA Hall of Fame was established in 1989 to honor those individuals or groups of individuals who have made significant contributions in the area of Western Music composition, performance and history.

Good news! R.W.’s latest album Austin To Boston was recently reviewed in the September edition of Western Horseman magazine.

The magazine’s Jennifer Denison praised the album for its song selection and stated that “Hampton’s rich, velvety baritone voice has never sounded better.”

Click here to read the review.

If you haven’t heard this wonderful album yet, you can listen to samples from each track here. You can also add it to your collection of R.W.’s music here.

R.W. will be performing at a FREE Chuckwagon Gathering at the McVey Arena in the Payne County Expo Center in Stillwater, OK. The free Chuckwagon dinner and free concert are meant to welcome all those in Stillwater to attend the Oklahoma Fellowship of Cowboy Churches' 2011 Ranch Rodeo finals on Saturday, October 1.

The McVey Arena is located at 4518 Expo Circle. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The concert begins at 7:00 p.m. The event is brought to you by Atwoods Ranch & Home, Cross Brand Cowboy Church and the Oklahoma Fellowship of Cowboy Churches.

For more information, call Pastor Tyler McDowell at 580-471-1724 or Dee Wynn at 405-372-8330. You can also visit the Oklahoma Fellowship of Cowboy Church's website. After entering the website, click on "Member Church Events" at the bottom on the left hand side of the home page. Then link to the event information by clicking on "OFCC Ranch Rodeo Finals."

R.W. will be appearing on RFD-TV's show 'In The Bunkhouse with Red Steagall' for the third time this year. 

Tune in on Wednesday, July 27, at noon (CDT) and 10 pm (CDT), or on the following Sunday morning, July 31, you can DVR it at 4:30 am CDT.  It's a whole new show with plenty of great stories and songs between old friends.

For more information on RFD-TV's show 'In The Bunkhouse,' click here.

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R.W.'s first performance begins at 2:00 p.m. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. R.W.'s second performance begins at 6:00 p.m. Doors open at 5:00 p.m.

Tickets for each show are $17.00 in advance and $20.00 at the door. Tickets for children 16 and under are $6.00.

For more information, call the Arizona Folklore Preserve at (520) 378-6165 or visit their website at http://www.arizonafolklore.com

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For more information about R.W.'s Cowboy Church performance, call the Parker County Cowboy Church at (817) 597-6464.

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For more information about R.W.'s Cowboy Church performance, call Indian Hills Baptist Church at (575) 538-3558.

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This is one of the Premier Gatherings of Western Poets, Musicians, Singers & Songwriters in America along with craftsman, artisans, and more.  R.W. joins some of the top names in Western & Americana music such as Suzy Boggus, Waddie Mitchell, Sons of the San Joaquin, Michael Martin Murphey, Joey & Rory, and the Bar J Wranglers.

R.W. will be performing two sets at the Cow Camp stage, one on Friday at 12:20 p.m., the other on Saturday at 2:05 p.m. R.W. will be performing at the Camp Fire stage on Friday at 6:00 p.m. with Eli Barsi and Doris Daley. R.W. will be performing at the Main Stage on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with Waddie Mitchell, Doris Daley and the Bar J Wranglers. R.W. will also be performing at the Main Stage during the Gospel Hour on Sunday at 3:00 p.m.

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Join R.W. and the great folks at Chisholm Trail Cowboy Church for church like no other - in a sale barn! Yes sir, come in your boots, come as you are and be sure to join us because for the past 9 years that R.W. has been to visit it's standing room only.  If you've never been to a "Cowboy Church", this is one to try!

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This Mother's Day R.W. will be providing the special music for both services this Sunday at the largest Cowboy Church in America.  Hope you will come join us!

For more information please contact the church at chsec@aircanopy.net 

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Join R.W. Hampton for a Cowboy Gospel concert at the Bethel Baptist Church on Sunday, March 11, at 5:00 p.m. Admission is free; a love offering will be received. The Bethel Baptist Church is located at 1100 Huguenot Springs Road, just off Midlothian Turnpike (Rt. 60), one mile west of Rt. 288.