NPT Media Update (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
It was announced yesterday that Jason & The Scorchers will receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement in Performance Award at the annual Americana Honors and Awards show Thursday, September 18 at the Ryman Auditorium, during the American Music Festival and Conference. Original Jason and the Scorchers members Jason Ringenberg, Warner Hodges, Jeff Johnson and Perry Baggs [...]
Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
in post walls & bridges from snuhthing/anything .
Fuzz Martin :: FuzzMartin.com (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
…and leave a beautiful memory. Here’s my favorite song from my favorite classic country artist, Faron Young…
Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Today, Willie Nelson turns 75. He has an odd reputation at this point in his career. He is famous, but more for his marijuana advocacy than his music. He's obviously one of the great country singers and songwriters (and in the history of country music these are often very different things) of all time. But from what I can tell, young people don't listen to his music in the same way that they do for...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
ONE HELL OF A RIDE 4-CD, 100-SONG BOX SET CHRONICLES 50-PLUS YEARS OF RECORDINGS FROM 1954/55 TO 2007 WILLIE's LARGEST U.S. BOX SET EVER - HIT SINGLES, RARITIES AND TRACKS FROM 60 ALBUMS ON A DOZEN DIFFERENT RECORD LABELS Personal favorites range from four historic local Texas singles (1954/55 to 1960) to dozens of studio & live career touchstones, including collaborations with Waylon Jennings,...
Billboard (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Since arriving in Nashville at 18 and being introduced to America on "The Porter Wagoner Show," Dolly Parton has written some of the most enduring songs in the pop and country canons, conquered film, television and Broadway, and launched successful businesses from theme parks to record labels, and most recently had her songs "interpreted" on American Idol.
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
Faron Young was an anathema, he clocked over 80 Billboard hits, yet remains relatively unknown to all but an aging Country & Western fan base. Diane Diekman has done an outstanding job of recreating the life and times of Faron Young. Diane was a young fan, who later became a friend of the musician, and [...]
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 02/25/2008
Your birthday today: You have a gift of quick and very keen perception with you should use intelligently and to the greatest advantage. You have a very vivid memory. Your first impressions of people are best. You are impulsive and will marry after a brief courtship. You have nobody written into the the book with whom you might share this day, so consider being a little impulsive and celebrating with...
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
Country party-girl Shelby Lynne takes a detour into soul, thanks to a tip from neighbour Barry Manilow.
Line Out (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
Today I bring you an excellent classic-country-music book , released just a few months ago: Live Fast, Love Hard , by Diane Diekman, the official, and only, biography of the amazing Faron Young [ swoon ]. This book is so compelling, I plowed through it in only a few sittings. I've professed a lot of love on this blog for certain honky tonkers, but I've been keeping Faron Young, one of my most cherished...
Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 12/15/2007
Louisiana has always had a huge presence in country music, with a rich history that includes everyone from Faron Young and Floyd Cramer to modern stars such as Tim McGraw. Through the years, performers have starred in every venue from regional dance halls to radio and TV, where the Louisiana Hayride trailed only the Grand [...]
VH1 (Free subscription) | 12/10/2007
the "B" side (Free subscription) | 11/14/2007
Silent Tears Mighty Sam McClain is the genuine article. As one of a family of thirteen children growing up in Winnsboro, Louisiana, he learned early on that life wasn't gonna be easy. Singing with his mother at Church on Sundays taught him the power of song, and helped him realize that he had a special talent. By the time he was in seventh grade, Sam (with the help of his gym teacher) had put together...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/08/2007
Mr. Thompson fused jazz-inflected Western swing and hard-edged honky-tonk to produce seven decades of musical musings.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/07/2007
Willie Nelson received BMI's icon award Tuesday during the organization's 55th annual Country Awards, and several of his friends showed up to help him celebrate.
