Kenny Chesney, Jamey Johnson, Willie Nelson Highlight 27th Farm Aid Concert
“We’re glad to be here, but we’re very sorry we have to be here. This problem should have been solved long ago.” So said Farm Aid co-founder and President Willie Nelson at a press conference before the...
View ArticleJamey Johnson And Alison Krauss Duet On David Letterman
Buzz has been building for Jamey Johnson‘s new album, which is set for release this week (Tuesday, Oct. 16). Titled Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran, the album does exactly what it...
View ArticleJohnny Cash To Be Featured On U.S. Postage Stamp
Hank Williams has one, Miles Davis has one. So do Patsy Cline, Roy Acuff, Bob Wills, and the Carter Family. Now it’s Johnny’s turn. That’s right, Johnny Cash is going to get his own postage stamp. It’s...
View Article50 Years Ago Today: Patsy Cline’s Plane Crash, 1963
Music has had its share of famous fatal crashes. It’s not much of an exaggeration to compare one that happened fifty years ago in 1963 when we lost country legend Patsy Cline, to the one that killed...
View ArticleU.K. Pop Artist Cher Lloyd Is A Closet Country Music Fan
When British pop artist Cher Lloyd comes to mind, many fans probably think first of the “Want U Back” singer and X Factor finalist’s sassy songs and those faces she pulls on stage. While most might...
View ArticleThompson Square Shot ‘Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About’ Video Inside...
Apparently those chores around the Thompson home aren’t going to get attended to today. That’s because, as Thompson Square’s new video shows us, instead of paying attention to the tasks at hand, Keifer...
View ArticleThompson Square On Surviving Vocal Hemorrhages & Hanging At Patsy Cline’s House
In May, Thompson Square‘s Keifer Thompson went through something no singer would wish upon another: he had a hemorrhage that forced him to take two weeks of vocal rest. The doctor was convinced he’d...
View ArticleLeann Rimes Amazing Tribute To Patsy Cline! [VIDEO]
Hard to believe that it has been 50 years since country music legend Patsy Cline passed away in a plane crash. There is one artist in country music whose vocal style has compared to the late-great...
View ArticleJohnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams Top Rolling Stone’s List of ‘Greatest...
Ranked lists of any kind are a tough proposition. And so it goes with Rolling Stone Country‘s new list of the “100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time.” At first glance, the list is pretty...
View ArticleToday In Country Music History: April 15, 2016
On This Day In Country Music History: 1933 – Country Music Hall of Fame member, Roy Clark, is born in Meherrin, Virginia. 1963 – Five weeks after her tragic plane crash. Patsy Cline’s “Sweet Dreams (Of...
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