His stage name is Bad Blake, but when it comes to singing and song-writing, Jeff Bridges ' character in the Oscar-nominated drama "Crazy Heart" is actually pretty darn good. Well, he was, anyway. It's ...

Yesterday’s honky-tonk hero, Bad Blake, arrives at a Clovis, New Mexico, bowling alley. It’s another in a string of low-pay, low-turnout gigs with pickup bands half his age, grinding the greatest hits ...

The harder the life, the sweeter the song... That's the tag line for the new Fox Searchlight film "Crazy Heart," starring Jeff Bridges. In the film, Bridges plays Bad Blake, a country musician who ...

Crazy Heart follows the journey of Bad Blake, a down-and-out country music legend struggling with alcoholism. When he meets journalist Jean Craddock, he embarks on a path of redemption, finding solace ...

Crazy Heart, one of my favorite films of 2009, is in theaters. Bad Blake isn’t striking a pose. His life and his music are all of a piece. To my taste and temperament, most country music sounds ...