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LeAnn Rimes Announces Divorce; Shania Twain on American Idol
After seven years of marriage, LeAnn Rimes announced on her website that she and husband Dean Sheremet will divorce.
After much thoughtful mutual consideration, Deane and I have agreed to move forward with dissolving our marriage. This decision was amicable and we remain committed and caring friends with great admiration for one another. Thank you so [...]Continue reading "LeAnn Rimes Announces Divorce; Shania Twain on American Idol"
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Friday Five: Songs About Pants
Pants are pretty awesome, despite what Lindsay Lohan seems to think. You know what else is pretty awesome? Songs about pants.
Sure, Conway Twitty and Mel McDaniel have some nifty—and ubiquitous—songs about blue jeans, and Brad Paisley’s newest release has what’ll probably be his thousandth Number One, “The Pants,” but here we salute a handful of [...] -
Miranda Lambert Takes Revolution to the Ryman; Lee Ann Womack To Host ACM Honors
Revolution at the Ryman: Miranda Lambert plans to play all the new tracks from her upcoming album, Revolution, in sequence at the Ryman Auditorium just five days before its Sept. 29 release.
The second annual ACM Honors, a ceremony honoring the off-camera category winners of the Academy of Country Music Awards, will be hosted by Lee [...]Continue reading "Miranda Lambert Takes Revolution to the Ryman; Lee Ann Womack To Host ACM Honors"
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Great Country Songs from the 1970s, Pt. 4
For part four of this series, I’ll be using the same criteria as before–Just some songs I liked, one song per artist (although feel free to comment on other songs by the artist). This part stops in the middle of the letter M.
“Joy To The World” – Murray Kellum (1971)
A nice country cover of [...]Continue reading "Great Country Songs from the 1970s, Pt. 4"
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Billy Bob Thorton Acts Bizarre in Radio Interview; Cleary, He Does Not Do Mornings
Yesterday morning, Billy Bob Thorton and his band, The Boxmasters, went to an interview in Toronto, Canada, except Thorton didn’t appear to be coherent when host Jian Ghomeshi began asking him questions. Apparently Thorton was perturbed that Ghomeshi briefly mentioned his acting career when he introduced the band. EW.com has video of the bizarre interview.
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Grammys to Honor Gene Autry and Brenda Lee with Lifetime Achievement Award
Gene Autry and Brenda Lee will be honored alongside the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Four Tops, Hank Jones, Dean Martin and Tom Paxton with the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony on Feb. 7, and will be acknowledged during the Grammy telecast the next evening. (Wikipedia has a list of past winners)
Hip-hop [...]Continue reading "Grammys to Honor Gene Autry and Brenda Lee with Lifetime Achievement Award"
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Country Music Hall of Famer Eddy Arnold Passed Away This Morning
Country Music Hall of Famer Eddy Arnold passed away early this morning at age 89.
Before Garth Brooks came along, Arnold was easily country music’s biggest record-seller. Sales of his discs from the mid-1940s to the present, in every recorded medium from 78s to CDs, have topped 80 million. Along the way, Arnold became a key [...]Continue reading "Country Music Hall of Famer Eddy Arnold Passed Away This Morning"
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