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Leona Atkins Passed Away; Tim McGraw/Danielle Peck Have Their Days; Stream Joe Nichols
Leona Atkins, widow of Chet Atkins, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 85.
A Truer Sound reviewed James McMurtry’s concert in Blacksburg, VA last week, where he was glad to play for a dancing crowd following his tour of Europe where the audience was mostly immobile. “They’re good people,” he said of his UK [...] -
Jamey Johnson Celebrates Success of That Lonesome Song
Universal Music Group Nashville chairman Luke Lewis has been selling records for 35 years and he says Jamey Johnson achieving gold status for That Lonesome Song, which was celebrated at a BMI party on Tuesday, is the proudest moment of his career. When asked what mark he’s trying to leave on country music, Johnson responded:
I [...]Continue reading "Jamey Johnson Celebrates Success of That Lonesome Song"
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Little Jimmy Dickens Recovering From Surgery for Brain Injury
Music City TV is reporting that Little Jimmy Dickens is recovering in a Nashville area hospital following surgery to repair a subdural hematoma. Other than that, there’s not much info, but the family asks for your thoughts and prayers.
Melonie Cannon’s duet with Willie Nelson on “Back to Earth,” a song that was picked as the [...]Continue reading "Little Jimmy Dickens Recovering From Surgery for Brain Injury"
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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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Billboard’s Top Pop Artist Chris Brown and Tim McGraw Collaborate On “Human”
Chris Brown, who was recently named Billboard’s top pop artist of the year, mentions that he collaborated on a song with Tim McGraw titled “Human.” “It’s incredible,” he says. “I wanted to do something more along the country line. That’s a bigger and different audience for me.”
Watch Hayes Carll perform “I’m Grateful For Christmas This [...]Continue reading "Billboard’s Top Pop Artist Chris Brown and Tim McGraw Collaborate On “Human”"
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Georges Jones Among 2008 Kennedy Center Honorees
George Jones joins Barbra Streisand, Morgan Freeman, Twyla Tharp, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey as the 2008 class of Kennedy Center Honorees–the nation’s highest arts award.
“I am completely overwhelmed,” Jones said in a statement. “I can’t believe that I have been included in the same company as previous winners that are country music legends: Dolly [...]Continue reading "Georges Jones Among 2008 Kennedy Center Honorees"
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Glen Campbell Tribute Planned for Americana Music Festival
Jim Lauderdale and Raul Malo are among the artists scheduled to pay tribute to Glen Campbell at the Americana Music Festival in Sept. The tribute is one of several events being coordinated by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville Public Television and the Americana Music Association. By the way, don’t forget to [...]
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Jamey Johnson Joins Willie Nelson and Kenny Chesney In Farm Aid Lineup
Jamey Johnson is joining Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews for the Farm Aid music festival in New England on Sept. 20. Maybe this will end up being the first step towards a Jamey Johnson and Willie Nelson studio collaboration. Or maybe I’ll just keep on dreaming my dreams.
Keeping with [...]Continue reading "Jamey Johnson Joins Willie Nelson and Kenny Chesney In Farm Aid Lineup"
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The Statler Brothers and Tom T. Hall Enshrined In Hall of Fame
The first song ever recorded by The Statler Brothers was a tune by the name of “The Ballad of Billy Christian,” written by Tom T. Hall. In that regard, it was only fitting that both were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame at the Ford Theater on Sunday night.
Last week Rick drew our [...]Continue reading "The Statler Brothers and Tom T. Hall Enshrined In Hall of Fame"
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Time Life Plans to Release Previously- Unreleased Hank Williams’ Recordings
Time Life plans to periodically release 143 previously-unreleased Hank Williams‘ recordings over a three year period. The recordings were made in 1951 for Williams’ show on radio station WSM-AM in Nashville and were sponsored by Mother’s Best flour.
Watch Jason Isbell perform “Dress Blues” live at Stubb’s in Austin, TX, then go read the story of [...]Continue reading "Time Life Plans to Release Previously- Unreleased Hank Williams’ Recordings"
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