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Decades Old Recordings Discovered In Pennsylvania Barn
Last year, truckloads of tapes were pulled from a barn in Pennsylvania. On the tapes were thousands of unreleased live recordings by Ken Alexander, who traveled to concerts setting up sound systems for venues. The recordings were made at high schools, dances, fairs, festivals, and auditoriums and include performances from George Jones, Dolly Parton, Hank [...]
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Reba McEntire Passes Dolly Parton to Hold Most Top 10s by a Female Artist
Reba McEntire’s duet with Brooks & Dunn on “Cowgirls Don’t Cry” helped her earn her 56th Top 10 on Billboard’s single chart. She now holds more Top 10 hits than any female artist.
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum announced Monday that it was launching a $1.1 million fundraising campaign to keep instruments that [...]Continue reading "Reba McEntire Passes Dolly Parton to Hold Most Top 10s by a Female Artist"
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Artists To Watch In 2009: The Once And Future Queen (And Her Royal Court)
The first decade of the 21st century has not been especially kind to female country artists. Although the ladies dominated the 1990s, they were a group that often struggled to win airtime and sales in what became an increasingly patriarchal musical society.
Now, with the emergence of commercial juggernaut Carrie Underwood, critical favorite Miranda Lambert [...]Continue reading "Artists To Watch In 2009: The Once And Future Queen (And Her Royal Court)"
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New Study Claims Country Music Listeners Are Hardworking and Outgoing
A study of 36,000 participants and carried out by Professor Adrian North tries to establish a link between musical tastes and personality types. According to findings, listeners of country music are hardworking and outgoing.
Jessica Simpson made her first Opry appearance over the weekend and performed the lead single from her new album, “Come On Over,” [...]Continue reading "New Study Claims Country Music Listeners Are Hardworking and Outgoing"
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Bonnie Hill Is On a Mission to Get Keith Whitley Honored In Hall of Fame
Keith Whitley uber fan Bonnie Hill is on a mission to get the late singer recognized alongside all the legends already inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Her online petition has amassed nearly 2,000 signatures, including those of Ralph Stanley, J.D. Crowe and Alan Frizzell. Hill knows her petition alone won’t get Whitely [...]
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Brad Paisley vs. Kellie Pickler: You Be The Judge
Ivan Maisel makes a couple of Brad Paisley references in his 2007 College Football preview.
Special teams might decide a lot of games, because coaching strategy will come straight out of another new Paisley lyric (almost), I’d like to check you for kicks.
Why does he allude to Paisley you ask, because Paisley sings with a twang [...]Continue reading "Brad Paisley vs. Kellie Pickler: You Be The Judge"
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Country Singers To Be Honored On Walk Of Fame, Reba Misses Her Sitcom, And Class Begins Tomorrow For GJU
Country singers Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Wynonna Judd, and three other inductees will be honored on the The Music City Walk of Fame on April 22nd in downtown Nashville.
Finalists for the MerleFest 2007 songwriting contest have been announced. The titles of the songs from the country category include: “Operation: Get Back Home” (I wonder what [...] -
Henson Cargill Passed Away, Blake Shelton Defends Reality Stars, And Wynonna Judd Files For Divorce
Album review for Jack Ingram’s This Is It:
“This Is It” only sounds calculated on its first single, an unnecessary cover of the rock band Hinder’s recent hit ballad, “Lips of an Angel.” Ingram imposes his gravelly twang onto the challenging vocal arrangement, but otherwise does little to make it his own. He also tacks on [...] -
Saturday News Roundup
Sara Evans will sing the national anthem tomorrow for the Indianapolis Colts vs.Tennessee Titans game at LP Field in Nashville. The game starts at 1:00 p.m. (EST)/12:00 p.m. (CST) and will be broadcasted by CBS.
Wynonna Judd made an apperance in New York for a special event at a retail store in Manhattan yesterday, marking World [...]
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