• Mike Scott on WAMU

    Updated: 2012-02-29 15:36:23
    Veteran bluegrass artist Mike Scott will be the subject of an interview this afternoon (2/29) with Bob Webster on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country. Mike’s early career was as a banjo picker, logging time with Carl Story, Jim & Jesse, Ronnie Reno and Danny Davis & The [...]

  • Bluegrass nominations for the 2012 Dove Awards

    Updated: 2012-02-29 14:50:29
    Earlier this month, the nominees for the 43rd annual Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association were announced. Bluegrass Gospel is always given its due from the GMA, with a pair of awards specific to our genre. Nominees for 2012 in the bluegrass categories are: [...]

  • Bluegrass in the Bluebird kicks off its 2012 season

    Updated: 2012-02-29 14:33:13
    This past Tuesday, February 21, the Bluebird Café in Nashville, TN, opened its doors to four of the most talented songwriters in bluegrass music. Steve Gulley, Dale Ann Bradley, Kim Fox, and Larry Cordle were on hand for Bluegrass in the Bluebird, part of a [...]

  • Keel and YMSB in Charlottesville

    Updated: 2012-02-28 20:00:37
    Milo Farineau captured these shots Sunday evening (2/26) when Larry Keel and Yonder Mountain String Band performed at The Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville, VA.

  • A Major Award for Quicksilver

    Updated: 2012-02-28 15:59:37
    As we reported yesterday, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver were feted Monday afternoon in the Tennessee State Senate with a resolution honoring Doyle, his current band and their manager, Josh Trivett, for the band’s many contributions to bluegrass Gospel music over 32 years. Each of them [...]

  • The Bakersfield Sound Comes to Nashville

    Updated: 2012-02-28 05:00:06
    On March 23, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will open a long overdue -- and by the sounds of it, pretty extensive -- exhibit on the Bakersfield Sound....Read Full Post

  • Country Song of the Week: ''Color Him Father''

    Updated: 2012-02-24 05:03:24
    Linda Martell scored her first and last hit with "Color Him Father," released in 1969. In 2010, the song was included on a compilation for the Oxford American's music issue, which is where I came across it. (You can read their article on Martell here.)...Read Full Post

  • Keith Urban and Lady Antebellum Rule the Country Charts

    Updated: 2012-02-23 13:35:03
    What do Keith Urban and country music's answer to Fleetwood Mac have in common? They're both at the top of the country music charts, making life difficult for Dierks Bentley and his new album....Read Full Post

  • Country Song of the Week: ''Carroll County Accident''

    Updated: 2012-02-17 13:30:24
    Part detective story, courtroom drama, and coming-of-age tragedy, "Carroll County Accident" was released in 1968 on Porter Wagoner's album of the same name. It was written by songwriter Bob Ferguson. Like a lot of Wagoner's songs, "Carroll County Accident" features a twist at the end that gives the whole story a disarming new perspective....Read Full Post

  • Dierks Bentley Debuts at #1

    Updated: 2012-02-16 13:38:24
    Dierk Bentley's new album Home takes the country album charts by storm, claiming the #1 spot in its first week of release. What does this mean for last week's chart-topper, Tim McGraw's Emotional Traffic?...Read Full Post

  • Whitney Houston's Country Connection

    Updated: 2012-02-13 00:41:13
    About.com Entertainment Country Music Country Music Search Country Music Artists Styles Best of Country Music Reviews Share Free Country Music Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum Whitney Houston's Country Connection By Robert Silva About.com Guide February 13, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About whitney houston dolly parton elvis presley As you know , Whitney Houston is dead The singer , who was discovered unconscious in her Beverly Hills Hilton hotel room on Saturday , was paid tribute at Sunday's Grammy Awards Houston has influenced a whole generation of musical artists , country singers included check out some of their responses Indeed , one of her most popular songs has its roots in country . music To discover how Dolly Parton , Porter

  • Country Song of the Week: 'Lucille'

    Updated: 2012-02-10 05:56:20
    "In a bar in Toledo across from the depot / On a bar stool she took off her ring." So begins this classic cut from Kenny Rogers. The story grows in intensity as an abandoned husband appears and our nervous narrator has a crisis of the conscience....Read Full Post

  • 'Emotional Traffic' Rules the Country Charts

    Updated: 2012-02-09 13:45:17
    About.com Entertainment Country Music Country Music Search Country Music Artists Styles Best of Country Music Reviews Share Free Country Music Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum Emotional Traffic' Rules the Country Charts By Robert Silva About.com Guide February 9, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About tim mcgraw country music charts Once more , Tim McGraw's Emotional Traffic is the number one country album in . America And why was Curb Records sitting on this record again See this week's country music charts for all the information about the latest country singles , radio songs , and . albums Image courtesy of Curb Records Comments 0 See All Posts Share Prev Comments No comments yet . nbsp Leave a Comment Leave a Comment Name Email : never

  • Who's on Twitter?

    Updated: 2012-02-06 05:25:19
    Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, and Blake Shelton. That's just for starters. While these singers regularly tweet candid photos and witty off-stage anecdotes, other country stars' Twitter accounts have a, let us say, less than personal touch (Keith Urban...)....Read Full Post

  • Country Song of the Week: 'Are You Ready for Some Football?'

    Updated: 2012-02-03 05:00:35
    I hate to open up old wounds, but with Super Bowl Sunday this weekend, I can't resist. I'm talking of course about "Are You Ready for Some Football," the longtime opening theme to Monday Night Football....Read Full Post

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