TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS 08/05/08
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
•Country singer Vern Gosdin, 74 •Actress Cammie King (Bonnie Blue Butler in “Gone With the Wind”), 74
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Friday Random 10: I have seen the future and it's retro.
Night Light (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Elmore James Random choices from our music files: "Chelsea Girls," Nico - Why did her thick accent and flat singing voice work so well on a ballad like this? Because it made her more human? "All That We've Got Left,"...
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Who Won What Now?
Eagle's Roost (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
Huh. I guess the CMT Music Awards were on the other night. Some people won some awards and it was voted on by the fans. Taking a look at the winners list , I realize either I'm getting old, or country music is getting worse. There's only one or two awarded songs/performers that I don't automatically switch the radio station or away from CMT when they come on. I mean, really, Kellie Pickler and Taylor...
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Brad Paisley Barrels to Top of Country Singles Chart
CMT News (Free subscription) | 01/27/2008
Brad Paisley barrels into the No. 1 niche on Billboard 's country songs chart this week with his wise and charming "Letter to Me." But Taylor Swift's self-titled CD persists in its reign atop the albums list.
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ASCAP Salutes Buddy Cannon for George Strait's "Give It Away"
CMT News (Free subscription) | 12/19/2007
ASCAP, the performance rights organization, threw a much belated party Tuesday (Dec. 18) at its Nashville headquarters to celebrate the chart-topping success of "Give It Away."
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James Monroe out of the concert biz
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2007
The Associated Press is reporting that James Monroe, son of the Father of Bluegrass Music, is selling the concert hall he has been running near the Kentucky/Tennessee state line, about 40 miles north of Nashville. The son of the late bluegrass legend Bill Monroe is selling the music hall he opened two years ago near the [...]
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Bluegrass Legend James Monroe to Sell Franklin, Ky., Music Hall in J.P. King Auction
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/29/2007
FRANKLIN, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--When James Monroe launched his Bluegrass Music Hall two years ago, he wanted to create a venue where established artists and new talent alike could perform in
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Randy Travis Heroes and Friends Contemporary Country Music CD Review
Bubblegum Fink (Free subscription) | 10/23/2007
Heroes and Friends is the up-to-the-minute release from Contemporary Country Sensation Randy Travis, and I can only believe of one word to depict this CD… AWESOME! It's a rare twenty-four hours indeed that I acquire a cadmium from an creative person that I can truthfully state makes not have got a bad path in the bunch. I'm more than happy to denote that's exactly what I must state about this one....
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Dean Dillon to be Honored as Next Poet and Prophet
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Nashville, TN -- Hit-making specialist Dean Dillon will take a seat at the Country Music Hall of Fame(r) and Museum on Saturday, November 1, as the latest subject of the quarterly programming series Poets and Prophets: Legendary Country Songwriters. The 1:30 p.m. program, which will be held in the Museum's Ford Theater, is included with Museum admission and free to Museum members. ...
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