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Friday Five: Songs About Baseball
It’s that time of year again, folks: the World Series is right around the corner. Maybe you’re a diehard baseball fan, maybe you cheer for anyone but the Yankees, maybe you don’t care at all. Whatever your thoughts on America’s game, check out these baseball songs.
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Jeff Hanna Is Proud That Nitty Girtty Dirt Band’s Circle Remains Unbroken
If Jeff Hanna sounds like he’s done and seen it all—it’s probably because he has. As a member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for 43 years, Hanna has played the 1984 Olympics, won GRAMMY awards, and has graced stages from the states to Japan. As part of the NGDB, Hanna has had songs atop [...]
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Carrie Underwood Joins Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame; John Fogerty Thrills At Americana Music Festival
Carrie Underwood and Ramona Reed, the only female singer to record a duet with Bob Wills, are two of the three honorees who will be inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame tonight.
The sound is a little muddied, but Bruce Robison posted a live video of the new song “The New Me,” and he [...] -
Carrie Underwood’s Third Album Titled Play On; Kitty Wells Celebrates 90 Years
Carrie Underwood’s Nov. 3rd album will be called Play On.
The Chicago Sun-Time’s Bobby Reed reviews the first of two Carrie Underwood sets at Ravina in Higland Park, IL:
The back-to-back performances of “I Told You So” (originally a hit for Randy Travis) and “Twisted” illustrated the fine line Underwood walks between country and pop music. That [...]Continue reading "Carrie Underwood’s Third Album Titled Play On; Kitty Wells Celebrates 90 Years"
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Grammy Awards Recognize Americana Roots Music
The Recording Academy announced that it has changed the name of the Grammy Awards “Folk Field” to the “American Roots Music Field,” which will include the Best Traditional Blues Album, Best Contemporary Blues Album and Best Bluegrass Album categories. (via Music Fog)
Lee Ann Womack replaced Julianne Hough (out with laryingitis) as the opening act on [...]Continue reading "Grammy Awards Recognize Americana Roots Music"
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Charlie Daniels Invites Montgomery Gentry To Join Grand Ole Opry
Charlie Daniels surprised the Montgomery Gentry duo of Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry last night with an invitation to become the next members of the Grand Ole Opry. Official induction will take place June 23.
The ACM Artist of the Decade tribute to George Strait is scheduled to air tonight on CBS.
Country Universe: What are your [...]Continue reading "Charlie Daniels Invites Montgomery Gentry To Join Grand Ole Opry"
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Gary Allan To Face Stalker In Court
Gary Allan will face an “aggressive stalker” in the courtroom tomorrow.
New releases for the week of May 26, 2009 include:
Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women – Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
Amazon | iTunes | RhapsodyGeorge Jones – Walk Through This World With Me – The Complete Musicor Recordings, 1965-1971 (Box set)
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New Rosanne Cash Album Was Inspired By Father’s List
Rosanne Cash told Billboard that she’s about three-quarters finished with her new album The List, which will consist of about 15 songs from a list of 100 her father gave her when she was 18.
Watch the video of Blake Shelton reading a poem that he wrote for Craig Morgan and performed at Morgan’s recent Charity [...]Continue reading "New Rosanne Cash Album Was Inspired By Father’s List"
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Toby Keith Confronts Music Journalist Peter Cooper
The current issue of Rolling Stone has a profile of Kris Kristofferson in which actor Ethan Hawke recalled a confrontation between Kristofferson and an unnamed country singer at Willie Nelson’s 70th birthday party in 2003. The Tennessean then ran a story about that story and identified the unnamed singer as Toby Keith. However, a furious [...]
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Reba To Debut New Single At ACM Awards
Reba McEntire will debut the lead single, “Strange,” from her first studio album in six years at the ACM Awards on April 5. For now, you can settle for a short preview on The Valory Music Co. website.
The Austin American Statesman’s Brad Buchholz sat with Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock of The [...]
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