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Top of Texas Gazette (Free subscription) | 02/07/2010

I like the Charley Pride version, too, but it wasn't available f/ embedding. Happy Sunday to All! Latest Activity

The Briefest Glimpse of Charley Pride

FrontBurner (Free subscription) | 01/18/2010

Two days before Martin Luther King Day, country-music icon Charley Pride turned up as the guest of honor at a charity event in Dallas. Pride, the son of a Mississippi sharecropper and one of the few black C&W stars, didn’t want to talk much Saturday night. (The Dallas resident talked a whole lot more back [...]

Jennifer Nettles performed on Bruce Springsteen’s song at Kennedy Center Honors 2009

Entertainment and Showbiz! (Free subscription) | 12/30/2009

Jennifer Nettles, the 35 year old singer performed on Bruce Springsteen’s melodies in front of the first couple on Sunday 6th December at the Kennedy Center Honors 2009. It was her tribute to one of the honorees of the award, Bruce Springsteen. Jennifer performed on a number of Bruce’s compositions which included “My Father’s House”, “Glory [...] Related posts: Kennedy...

I ate so much yesterday...

Undercover Black Man (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009

... I couldn’t sleep through the night. So there I was at 3 a.m., scanning through all the cable channels, and I saw the same infomercial playing on four different channels simultaneously . It was for TimeLife’s “Sweet Soul of the ’70s” CD set. My first time seeing that infomercial. Also my first time getting an extended look at Cuba Gooding, Sr. , father of the well-known...

Taylor Swift makes CMA history

Hollywood Macho (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – It’s been Taylor Swift’s year, and Wednesday was her night as she became the youngest person and the first solo female act in a decade to win the Country Music Association’s entertainer of the year award. Swift won all four awards for which she was nominated, making history on a historic night that [...]

Taylor Swift Looks Very Beautiful in a London Photoshoot

b4teanews (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

The 19-year-old Taylor Swift became the youngest artist to win Entertainer of the Year award. She also won the singer, Album of the Year and Video of the Year. Darius Rucker was also down in the books of the CMA as the first African American to win the New Artist of the Year and the artist of A for the first time since Charley Pride to win a major individual award. I bet the CMA committee had a

• Taylor Swift Sweeps the 2009 CMA’s - Yeeeah!

11/12 News: Black Yanks

Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

Darius Rucker Wins Country Music Award Darius Rucker More CMT Music More CMT Music Videos "History In The Making". Boy, talk about an appropriate song. Mr. Rucker won New Artist Of The Year last night at the 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards, becoming the first black person to win that particular honor . Yes, he's not a new artist per se, given his success fronting rock group Hootie...

Hootie's Darius Rucker first black to win best new artist at CMAs

NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

Darius Rucker has racked up mountains of success as frontman for Hootie and the Blowfish, but last night he won his first Country Music Award as a solo artist and made history in the process.

Everything Old Is New Again

Line Out (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

Back in 1996, Darius Rucker led Hootie and the Blowfish to triumph at the 1996 Grammy Awards, where the band was named the year's Best New Artist . Last night, a solo Darius Rucker was named New Artist of the Year at the 43rd Country Music Association Awards . From the New York Times : Mr. Rucker won New Artist of the Year, the first African-American so honored, was nominated for Male Vocalist of...

• Music Review: New Levels of Inclusion at Country Music Awards - New York Times
• Music Review: Country Music Awards Attain New Levels of Inclusion - New York Times

Taylor's turn: Swift wins entertainer of the year

Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

All four of the guys who lost to Taylor Swift for entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards made a tactical error: They asked the crossover sensation to open for them in their concerts.

Darius Rucker Makes History With “Best New Artist” CMA Victory

The PopCrunch Show (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

Darius Rucker accepted the “Best New Artist of the Year Award” at the 43rd Annual Country Music Awards in Nashville Wednesday night. The former Hootie & The Blowfish frontman became the first African-American to win a CMA since Charley Pride was christened Entertainer of the Year in 1971. Way to go, Darius!

Re: Music -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez

The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

Since we're on the topic: What a condescending review of the Country Music Awards in the New York Times today -- "New Levels of Inclusion at Country Music Awards": The show got questions of inclusion out of the way early: the first two performances were by Ms. Swift — at 19, the youngest ever nominee for Entertainer of the Year — and Darius Rucker. Mr. Rucker won New Artist of...

• Music Review: New Levels of Inclusion at Country Music Awards - New York Times
• Music Review: Country Music Awards Attain New Levels of Inclusion - New York Times

roy clark

Biggest News (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

Paging Roy Clark. Keith Law has the following item over at ESPN's MLB rumors. The Atlanta Braves have fired Tom Battista amidst a number of changes to the club's scouting department, ESPN Insider's Keith Law has learned. [...]

jamey johnson

Biggest News (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lady Antebellum and Jamey Johnson won the first two awards at the Country Music Association Awards on a night when Taylor Swift had a chance to become the youngest person to win entertainer of the year. [...]

Rucker stuns with top country award

Cape Argus (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

NASHVILLE: Darius Rucker became the first black singer to win new artist of the year at the Country Music Association Awards, joining Charley Pride as the only African-American to win a top individual award.