CAFFEINATED POLITICS (Free subscription) | 02/06/2010
Connie Smith is clearly one of the most beautiful women of country music. She was discovered by Bill Anderson, and soon was recording music with a distinctive sound. Today she is married to the colorful and dynamic Marty Stuart. In this version of “The Storms Are On The Ocean” Smith is joined by Stuart and the highly talented and much-loved Earl Scruggs. This [...]
The Observer-Dispatch News RSS (Free subscription) | 01/30/2010
The return of colder temperatures this week has some people celebrating and others wishing for spring.
Feast of Music (Free subscription) | 01/10/2010
It might be a bit early to start making such predictions, but I'll go out on a limb and say that last night's bill at B.B. King's will end up being one of the great nights out of 2010. It...
StarWatch (Free subscription) | 01/08/2010
1200 block between McDougal and Cameron streets on the Southside The problem: Three alleys have many potholes and need to be re-graded. Two of the alleys run north-south at the east and west ends of the 1200 block from McDougal to Cameron streets; one alley runs east-west between the two streets in the 1100 and 1200 blocks. The Indianapolis Department of Public Works filled some of the potholes in...
Northwest Navigator (Free subscription) | 01/08/2010
Chief Hospital Corpsman Connie Smith is just over 6,725 miles home away from home, with lots of work to do in her contribution to making a positive difference. Smith, a Kimberly, Idaho native, is currently deployed from Naval Hospital Bremerton to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan and attached with 30th MED COM Task Force, Cooperative Medical Assistance (CMA), a combined Soldier, Sailor and Airmen joint...
Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 12/29/2009
Navy Chief Petty Officer Connie Smith, a hospital corpsman, is helping to combat malnutrition in Afghanistan through the Strong Food Project.
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 12/22/2009
Well that didn’t take long… Adam Haynes is barely gone from Dailey & Vincent, and has now hooked up with The Larry Stephenson Band. He’ll be playing fiddle and sharing in the vocal duties along with Kyle Perkins on bass, Kevin Richardson on guitar, Kenny Ingram on banjo and Stephenson on mandolin and lead vocals. Adam had [...]
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Larry Stephenson will be spending his Thanksgiving week learning how to eat left-handed. He recently underwent surgery to deal with a nagging problem which he is hoping will now be resolved, taking him out of action for several weeks. We’ll let Larry tell the tale… “I had carpal tunnel surgery on my right hand November 17th - just [...]
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Envision Telephony, Inc., a leading global provider of workforce optimization (WFO) solutions for the contact center and enterprise, today announced the company will be exhibiting and presenting at the 2009 ACCE Conference at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, NV from October 5-9, 2009. In addition, on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 2:15 pm in session 504 Connie Smith, industry...
Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
When I write about the music of the past I try to balance my efforts among several different genres, including jazz, oldies, country music, and a few others. But it occurred to me that even within a particular genre I can be neglectful. Case in point — all my country music features lately seem to [...]
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
One of the legends of country music, she's still a knockout performer.
CAFFEINATED POLITICS (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
Bill Anderson first heard this singer, and then helped make her a star. Connie Smith is married to Marty Stuart.
The Bluegrass Ireland Blog (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Niall Toner reports from the 2009 Americana Music Festival & Conference in Nashville, TN: Marty Stuart gave a stunning solo performance at the Station Inn in Nashville on Wednesday night, including some blistering Monroesque mandolin playing. Photo shows RTE Radio One producer Aidan Butler , Connie Smith (Mrs Stuart), Marty, and yours truly, backstage (such as it is) after the show. Earlier on...
NAC Daily News and Intelligence (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
Playlist Notes: Most of the songs that were played at the 2008 and 2009 Songs of Cities party, presented by Next American City, can be downloaded from iTunes here . To see more of Issue 24, click here . SONGS OF CITIES – 2009 DJ Doug Sell at NAC’s Issue 24 launch party at the Dark Horse , Philadelphia. Josh Ritter, “Harrisburg” The Swimmers, “Heaven” Hall &...
Ryerson Review of Journalism (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
A successful news organization fades to black
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