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Legends & Lyrics Celebrates Creators of Song
The “Legends & Lyrics” public television series is taping two shows per day for the next several days at the Grand Masonic Lodge in Nashville. Among the singer-songwriters performing are Guy Clark, Dwight Yoakam, Darryl Worley and Billy Joe Shaver. The tapings are open to the public at no charge if you print out an [...]
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Alison Krauss Still the Top Female Grammy Leader
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss were the big winners at the Grammys last night, sweeping all five categories they were nominated in for their collaboration on Raising Sand. Those wins, along with other relevant award winners are highlighted here:
Album of the Year: Raising Sand – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Record of the Year: “Please Read [...]Continue reading "Alison Krauss Still the Top Female Grammy Leader"
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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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Blaze Foley and Bill Neely Among Musicians To Be Enshrined In Austin Music Memorial
Singer-songwriter Blaze Foley, whose song “If I Could Only Fly” was popularized by Merle Haggard, and country bluesman Bill Neely are two of the artists among the second group of deceased Austin musicians set to be inducted into the Austin Music Memorial.
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Jon Hager of Hee-Haw’s The Hager Twins Found Dead
Jon Hager, who performed as one-half of The Hager Twins with his brother Jim in the original cast of Hee-Haw, passed away last week at the age of 67. Sam Lovullo, a producer of Hee-Haw and friend of the Hagers, said Jon had been in poor health and was depressed since Jim had died in [...]
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The Year In Review: Top 20 Country Music News Stories Of 2008
20. Joey + Rory Rising: A Talent Competition Actually Finds Talent
Outside of American Idol winner Carrie Underwood and Nashville Star castoff Miranda Lambert, the spate of talent competitions that we’ve endured since the advent of reality TV has produced few artists who could be said to possess a level of talent that aligns them with [...]Continue reading "The Year In Review: Top 20 Country Music News Stories Of 2008"
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Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines Hit With Defamation Lawsuit
Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of one of three 8-year-old boys murdered in Crittenden County, Ark. in 1993, recently filed a complaint against Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines for statements posted to the band’s website in November of 2007 and comments she made last December. The complaint alleges Maines wrongfully made a “false and reckless claim that [...]
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Pam and Mel Tillis Announce Dates For “A Tillis Family Christmas” Tour
Pam, Mel and the Tillis family announced “A Tillis Family Christmas,” their holiday tour that begins later this month.
Blake Shelton on “Bare Skin Rug,” a collaboration with girlfriend Miranda Lambert on his new album, Startin’ Fires:
“What’s funny about it, man, you’ll never believe — I had to kick and fight and cuss and was pretty [...]Continue reading "Pam and Mel Tillis Announce Dates For “A Tillis Family Christmas” Tour"
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Stonewall Jackson and Opry Settle Lawsuit
The federal age discrimination lawsuit Stonewall Jackson filed last year against the Grand Ole Opry and its management has been settled, or as Jackson’s attorney, Kirk Clements, words it, “dismissed with prejudice.” Whatever that means.
A spokesman for the 75-year-old singer said Jackson was “very happy to have this lawsuit settled and to be back singing [...]Continue reading "Stonewall Jackson and Opry Settle Lawsuit"
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Jennifer Nettles Celebrates Birthday With the Start of Love on the Inside Tour
The first night of Sugarland’s Love On the Inside tour coincided with Jennifer Nettles’ 34th birthday, a present she cherished before working the crowd into a frenzy with duo partner Kristian Bush, and according to Craig Shelburne, earning their nomination for entertainer of the year from the CMA Awards.
Honky tonker James Hand (MySpace) completed his [...]Continue reading "Jennifer Nettles Celebrates Birthday With the Start of Love on the Inside Tour"
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Josh Turner's fourth album, Haywire, furthers his reputation as one of the leading men in contemporary country, a true, traditional voice in an ever-changing Nashville scene.
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As the title track off his upcoming album, “Better Than I Used to Be” is a straight-up look back on the career of a country music staple.
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In each and every instance, the best country albums of the past ten years were built on the backs of songs -- stories about you and me from birth to death and stories that paint landscapes rooted in every region of America and beyond. These are the top country albums of the decade.Current Discussion
- Dan E: Stormy: You're going to great lengths trying to make something good seem bad. You know, it does work both ways.
- Stormy: Jon: Fanwanking is a term that originated in television. It refers to fans going to great lengths to ...
- Nicolas: Waynoe: "I wonder. Did you make similar remarks about the Dixie Chicks? I won’t make this a political post but ...
- Jon: No, that #1 is exactly right; that song was way old when the Carters cut it, and it's still got ...
- Ken Morton, Jr.: Juli, very nice list. I'd throw out there the sad "Whiskey Lullaby" by Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss. "We found ...
- Steve M.: Well in my world Jon wanking is a personal matter. Perhaps you consider differently.
- Dan E: Honestly, it doesn't matter what a reviewer or bloggers on here say that's negative. As long as Carrie is enjoying ...
- Mike K: Thanks for the great list, Juli. My addition would be John Prine singing "Please Don't Bury Me."
- Dave D.: Nice list. You could add one more for the Carter Family (and Robbie Fulks) with "Away out on the Old ...
- Paul W Dennis: Actually I think #1 should be "Bury Me In An Indian Burial Ground" by Marvin Rainwater, a native American country ...
