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Delayed Ashley Monroe Album Finally Earns Release Date
Ashely Monroe announced that the album she made for Sony when she was 19 (now 22), titled Satisfied, will be released digitally on May 19.
Ferlin Husky is home recovering after a trip to the hospital last weekend for congestive heart failure and pneumonia.
In an interview published on Reuters, Steve Earle talks about his new album, [...]Continue reading "Delayed Ashley Monroe Album Finally Earns Release Date"
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Reckless Kelly Celebrity Softball Jam Hits the Field Sunday
The Reckless Kelly Celebrity Softball Jam takes place this Sunday, April 19.
New Simmons Research data reports that bluegrass listeners increased 15 percent from 2007 to 2008, and compared to average American consumer, bluegrass fans are 89 percent more likely to eat a Cracker Barrel.
The Gobblers Knob Awesome Song Alert: Paul Eason’s “Mountains of Nuevo Leon.”
No [...]Continue reading "Reckless Kelly Celebrity Softball Jam Hits the Field Sunday"
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ACM Win Boosts Sales For Jamey Johnson
Sales for Jamey Johnson’s album That Lonesome song jumped 60 percent since he won the ACM Song of the Year for “In Color.” Commenting on plans for the future, Johnson says he hopes to have a new album in the fall or early winter and has contributed songs to George Strait for consideration on his [...]
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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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New Reckless Kelly Album Slated For June 24
The band Reckless Kelly plans to release their new album, Bulletproof, on June 24 on Yep Roc Records.
Band frontman Willy Braun co-wrote one of the new songs, “God Forsaken Town,” with Robert Earl Keen, based on a person holding out from evacuating during Hurricane Katrina. Another song, “American Blood,” criticizes the war in Iraq because [...]Continue reading "New Reckless Kelly Album Slated For June 24"
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High School Senior Scored Date With Taylor Swift to Prom
Hillcrest High star-quarterback Whit Wright thought he would be going to senior prom solo. Fortunately for him, he was chosen as a finalist for MTV’s reality show “One Upon a Prom.” Taylor Swift, who missed her own senior prom, pulled his name from a hat and attended the prom with him this past weekend. The [...]
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