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Willie Nelson Signs to Rounder; Country Music’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Coming To DVD; Sarah Buxton Engaged
Rounder Records announced that they have signed Willie Nelson and will release his T Bone Burnett-produced album, Country Music, on April 13.
Chet Flippo suspects genres will go the way of the album.
Thanks to the work of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, four new DVDs (presented on two volumes) of Opry footage from [...] -
Charges Against John Rich Dropped; Banjo Man Allen Shelton Passed Away; Reckless Kelly Plans New Record
A Nashville judge dismissed assault and harassment charges levied by Jared Ashley against John Rich.
New releases for the week of November 24, 2009 include:
Drew Kennedy – An Audio Guide to Cross Country Travel
Lone Star Music (CD order) | MySpaceJimmy Wayne – Sara Smile
Amazon | iTunes | MySpaceTrent Tomlinson – A Guy Like Me (EP)
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Stephen Bruton, Longtime Guitarist for Kris Kristofferson, Succumbed to Throat Cancer
Guitarist, producer and songwriter Stephen Bruton, who played with Kris Kristofferson for 17 years, lost the battle to throat cancer over the weekend. He was 60.
Austin Music Source’s Michael Corcoran says Bonnie Raitt mentioned Stephen Bruton after almost every song during her concert at the Bass Concert Hall on Sunday.
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Dierks Bentley Names Fourth Album; Due Feb. 3
Dierks Bentley’s fourth studio album, due out on Feb. 3, will keep the title of his first single from the record, “Feel That Fire,” and he’ll debut the video this Friday on Yahoo! Music.
Julianne Hough and Chuck Wicks, who have been dating for five months, casually throw out the possibility of the “M” word.
The Gruene [...]Continue reading "Dierks Bentley Names Fourth Album; Due Feb. 3"
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Hayes Carll Releases Lost Highway Debut, Trouble In Mind
Andrew Dansby of The Houston Chronicle sat down with Hayes Carll behind the Continental Club to “get some fresh air and smoke some cigarettes,” while he talked to the witty singer-songwriter about life, heroes, and his new album, Trouble In Mind.
“A lot of the songs on this album are about specific memories,” he says. “Living [...]Continue reading "Hayes Carll Releases Lost Highway Debut, Trouble In Mind"
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Rare Bob Wills Hotel Recording Discovered
A previously unreleased and unknown recording of Bob Wills has been discovered and is available for purchase on bobwills.com.
“The recording is of Bob Wills telling his life story, in his own words, of how his career developed. It’s about half an hour long and it is certainly Bob Wills’s voice, answering questions asked by [...]Continue reading "Rare Bob Wills Hotel Recording Discovered"
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Cracker Barrel Releases Legends Live At The Opry On CD And Blake Shelton Talks Pure BS
Cracker Barrel is releasing five new CDs in the “Live Classics” series. The performances are from the Grand Ole Opry and contain country legends such as Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Dolly Parton and Waylon Jennings. The live shows are from the 60’s when the Opry was broadcast on radio and the [...]
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Crystal Gayle’s Stolen Bus Recovered And Results For The Gruene With Envy Awards
According to CountryNation.com, Crystal Gayle’s 45-foot blue Prevost tour bus was stolen last week in Pleasant View, Tennessee, but has been captured by police in Daytona Beach, Florida. Fugitive Christopher Daniel Gay took the bus to travel from Tennessee to Florida where authorities indicated his motive was to see his terminally ill mother. He was [...]
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Who Is Attending The Gruene With Envy Awards?
If you haven’t heard of the Band of Heathens, a group of solo acts who have come together to form a band, check out this article from Austin360.
Sure, members of Austin’s Americana-soul supergroup the Band of Heathens might not possess such superhuman abilities as precognition, super-strength or flight, but who’s to say the powers they [...]
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