Loretta Lynn Scheduled To Receive Honorary Doctorate Of Music

Brody Vercher | February 15th, 2007 Email Share

  • Pretty soon you’ll be saying Dr. Loretta Lynn. The Berklee College of Music is scheduled to present her with an honorary doctorate of music when she performs at the Grand Ole Opry on March 17.

    “Loretta Lynn’s songs have squarely addressed real-life situations faced by many women, and she’s used her artistry to deal openly with themes like loyalty, divorce, desire and women’s role in society before others in country music,” Berklee President Roger Brown said in a release Wednesday.

  • LeAnn Rimes claims that moving from Hollywood to Nashville gave her marriage to Dean Sheremet a fighting chance. “We lived in LA for a while and then we moved to Nashville about four years ago and I think getting out of LA, even though I love it so much… I think getting away from all the hoopla… was good for our relationship.”
  • Nashville wasn’t so good to Bucky Covington. He announced that he’ll be getting a divorce from his wife of seven years.

    “This is a difficult time for both of us and I would ask that everyone respect our privacy,” Covington, 29, said in a statement issued by his record company, Lyric Street Records.

  • The American Chronicle has a lengthy article about the Barbara Mandrell tribute CD that came out this past October.

    Kenny Chesney and Reba McEntire performed “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool,” with Chesney supplying the memorable George Jones parts from the original, which is Mandrell’s signature song. Other tracks on the album include Dierks Bentley’s “Fast Lanes and Country Roads;” Blaine Larsen’s “I Wish that I Could Fall in Love Today;” Lorrie Morgan’s “That’s What Friends Are For;” Willie Nelson and Shelby Lynne’s duet on “This Time I Almost Made It;” Randy Owen’s “Years;” Brad Paisley’s version of “In Times Like These;” LeAnn Rimes’ “(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right;” Gretchen Wilson’s “The Midnight Oil;” and CeCe Winans’ “He Set My Life to Music.”

  • Nashville Hype likes Miko Marks. I haven’t heard any of her music, but I keep reading about her, so my interest is piqued and I guess it’s time I take a listen.

    Miko does what’s known as COUNTRY MUSIC. If you don’t recognize that, that’s where they use a variety of instruments like pedal steel guitar, piano, accoustic, and fiddles to make an authentic sound. It’s what country artists used to do, and how they used to sound before they all decided to become late 80’s power ballad enthusiast. That’s why it’s generally refered to as “traditional” country. Because country music used to have a tradition - and it didn’t come from the pen of Diane Warren (God bless her).

  • I was at a John Michael Montgomery concert sometime late last year where I was sitting next to an older couple. They struck up a conversation and mentioned how they loved Neal McCoy. I hadn’t heard anything from him in a while, but I see his name popping up every now and then. He was at the SA rodeo last night and apparently put on a high energy show.
  1. Matt C.
    February 15, 2007 at 11:00 am Permalink

    “The Midnight Oil” is one of my favorite country songs but when I first heard Gretchen Wilson’s version of it I realized why her career has stalled. Gretchen has a great country voice but she gives a song absolutely no presence. Nowhere is this more clear than on her flat rendition of such a rich Barbara Mandrell classic.

  2. Brody Vercher
    February 15, 2007 at 1:53 pm Permalink

    Gretchen Wilson has some nice, high energy songs, but I’ve never really been a big fan of hers.

  3. Jeff
    February 16, 2007 at 7:04 am Permalink

    The midnight oil is one my favorite all time cheating songs. I think it’s because the cheater is a woman not a man. I read some where that this was the first type of song like that for a woman…GO BARBARA!
    Love her live concert, man she had a stage presences!

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