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IBMA Announces Hall Inductees; CMA Music Fest To Air Monday; Cash’s “Sea of Heartbreak”
The 2009 International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees are The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers and The Dillards.
Tiffany, an ’80s pop star, told The Huntsville Times that she hopes to have a country project together by the end of the year.
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CMA Music Fest Attenadance Up; Shooter Jennings Engaged; Steer Tosses Jack Ingram
Music City TV reports that attendance to CMA Music Fest was up seven percent over last year.
Shooter Jennings asked his longtime girlfriend Drea de Matteo to marry him at his concert in Utica, N.Y. on Thursday.
CMT published reviews of the nightly LP Field concerts at CMA Music Fest.
Lucas Hendrickson recapped highlights of CMA Music Fest.
Dolly [...]Continue reading "CMA Music Fest Attenadance Up; Shooter Jennings Engaged; Steer Tosses Jack Ingram"
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Dwight Yoakam and Kid Rock Pair Up To Help Eagles’ Bassist On New Album
Eagles‘ bassist Timothy B. Schmit plans to release his first solo album in eight years this coming fall, and he tells Billboard.com that there is a Dwight Yoakam and Kid Rock pairing.
MusicCity TV has the initial lineup for the free riverfront concerts that will take place during the CMA Music Festival.
Listen to the new Luke [...]Continue reading "Dwight Yoakam and Kid Rock Pair Up To Help Eagles’ Bassist On New Album"
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Todd Snider Scheduled To Chat with ESPN About His New Album
Todd Snider will join ESPN tomorrow to chat and answer questions about his new album and his song “America’s Favorite Pastime” which is featured on The Homerun EP, a collection of baseball songs by Yep Roc Records artists. (via Twang Nation)
Reba McEntire scored the highest solo chart debut of her career with her new single [...]Continue reading "Todd Snider Scheduled To Chat with ESPN About His New Album"
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Country-Pop Singer Dan Seals Passed Away At 61
Country-pop singer Dan Seals passed away at the age of 61 after a battle with cancer. He turned to country music in the 1980s and had 11 number one singles that decade. Watch the video for one of his hits, “Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold),” on YouTube.
The Grande Ole Opry released Opry Country Classics, [...]Continue reading "Country-Pop Singer Dan Seals Passed Away At 61"
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New Texas Tornados Album Will Include Freddy Fender
Shawn Sahm led the surviving members of the Texas Tornados, Augie Meyers and Flaco Jiminez, in a six-song romp at Antone’s last night that was part of a two-hour tribute show to his father, the late Doug Sahm.
In addition to a documentary that’s being made about his father, Shaw Sahm also told the crowd that [...]Continue reading "New Texas Tornados Album Will Include Freddy Fender"
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Next Week’s ‘American Idol’ Will Feature Grand Ole Opry Theme
For two days, March 17 and 18, American Idol will feature a Grand Ole Opry theme in which contestants will choose and perform songs popularized by Opry members. Carrie Underwood will also appear on the show to sing “I Told You So” with Randy Travis and Brad Paisley will debut his new single, “Then.”
Kelleigh Bannen [...]Continue reading "Next Week’s ‘American Idol’ Will Feature Grand Ole Opry Theme"
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Austin City Limits Producer Named Lifetime Achievment Recipient
The Americana Music Association announced that Terry Lickona, longtime Austin City Limits producer, will be the recipient of their Lifetime Achievement Award.
This week’s Nashville Skyline is an 800 and some odd word rant about recent Viagra commercials using Nashville studio musicians to pitch their product. Funny stuff.
I am frankly surprised that Viagra or Cialis hasn’t [...]Continue reading "Austin City Limits Producer Named Lifetime Achievment Recipient"
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Escalating Gas Prices Put Halt To Concert-Goers
Galleywinter forum members discuss the effect that the escalating gas prices have had on the number of concerts that they’re able to attend. Most are saying that road trips to see favorite artists are almost out of the question.
Check out the fancy new Roughstock website. They’re currently featuring an exclusive interview with Ashton Shepherd.
If you [...]Continue reading "Escalating Gas Prices Put Halt To Concert-Goers"
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Top 12 Nashville Star Contestants Revealed
NBC revealed the top 12 acts vying to become the next Nashville Star, and it seems they all have somewhat of a sob story overcome many adversities to get where they are. (via ggcolumn)
In an open letter to her fans, Shania Twain expressed her gratitude for their words of encouragement during her rough time.
I have [...]Continue reading "Top 12 Nashville Star Contestants Revealed"
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