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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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Mailbag: How To Date Taylor Swift?
Where to find free Christmas songs for free?
Not sure, but there are lots of websites that sell Christmas songs for sale. — CM
What was the big surprise at the CMA Awards?
That the show was even worse than I expected. — Jim
That Milli Vanilli did not make an appearance. — CM
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Julio Iglesias, Jr. – “The Way I Want You”
You knew it was coming–the winner of Gone Country was bound to release the promised single and it has arrived. Julio Iglesias, Jr. was the winner and judging by comments made by the show’s judge, John Rich, he was chosen based on his ethnicity and sex appeal. If Rich had listened to a little [...]
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Dolly Planning Musical Tribute to Porter Wagoner
Hazel Smith says Dolly Parton is planning a musical tribute to Porter Wagoner. Parton will dress her band in the Wagonmaster attire and put Don Warden back behind the steel guitar, where he played for Wagoner from 1953 to 1974.
The Village Voice’s review of Alan Jackson’s Good Time wins the award for most over-written review [...]Continue reading "Dolly Planning Musical Tribute to Porter Wagoner"
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