Mountain Grass Unit Arrives in the Summer of 2025
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With lead guitar player Luke Black and mandolin player Drury Anderson graduating from the Berklee College of Music in May, this summer has become the moment for Mountain Grass Unit to take the full-time plunge.
Annual Free Health Clinic Postponed for Zac Brown Band Concert
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An annual health clinic that serves some 3,000 lower income and uninsured individuals in Washington State and beyond has been postponed for 2022 to facilitate concerts for the Zac Brown Band and The Who. It was to be held at Climate Pledge Arena.
Alan Jackson Announces ‘Last Call’ Tour (But Not ‘Final’ One)
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Don’t call it a farewell tour or a final bow, because Alan Jackson isn’t. But after openly addressing some health issues recently, the Country Music Hall of Famer is being honest with his fans about his prospects for touring in the future, and how he many not tour forever.
We Need To Discuss The Sale of the Ernest Tubb Record Shop
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We all just need to appreciate that the Ernest Tubb Record Shop on Lower Broadway in Nashville is not just a building, and it’s not just a business. It isn’t just brick and mortar, any more than the Ryman Auditorium is. It is a cultural institution and landmark.
Guitarist Eric Peterson Taking Break from Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
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Guitarist Eric Peterson has been Sarah Shook’s right hand man for nearly a dozen years, first playing a gig with her on Halloween in 2010, and since then, following her from numerous projects, and being a founding member of The Disarmers.
Charles Wesley Godwin Premiers Video for Resilient “Strong”
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Charles Wesley Godwin’s latest album ‘How The Might Fall’ is the reigning Saving Country Music Album of the Year, and it was named as such because of songs like “Strong,” which so poignantly express the experiences and struggles many of us face.
Willie Nelson’s “Little Sister” Bobbie Has Passed Away
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She was known as “Sister Bobbie” in the Willie Nelson universe, and Willie always referred to her affectionately as “Little” Sister Bobbie, even though she was two years her senior. For nearly half a century, she accompanied her little brother on piano as part of Willie Nelson’s Family Band, and played on countless of his […]
Album Review – Dolly Parton’s “Run, Rose, Run”
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‘Run, Rose, Run’ deserves to be graded on a curve because it’s meant as a complement to a novel, not a standalone feature. But even without running opinions through the love we all have in our hearts for everything Dolly Parton, ‘Run, Rose, Run’ includes some quality songs.
Pioneering Country Songwriter Jimbeau Hinson Has Died
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Most certainly, country music has always been a bastion for more conservative and traditional viewpoints, for the most part. But there has always been exceptions and counter-balances within that narrative, expressing a lot more open-mindedness in the industry.
Hank Williams Jr. Announces 2022 Tour Dates
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Hank Jr. doesn’t play a whole lot of live engagements these days. He’d rather be in a deer blind or on a turkey shoot, or beside a body of water with a pole in his hand. But he will be will be getting after it this summer, and rest assured these tickets will be sought after.
Amazon’s ACM Awards Forget Rural Fans Resulting in Tech Issues
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There was a pretty catastrophic oversight by both the ACM Awards and Amazon in their streaming awards show experiment, and one that alienated the most key demographic for a presentation such as the ACM Awards: country fans who live in the country.
Shooter Jennings Is Stepping Away from Touring
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The writing has been on the wall for a while, but over the weekend Shooter Jennings made it official: he’s stepping away from touring as a solo performer indefinitely to focus more on the production side of music where his career has been focused more and more.
The 2022 ACM Awards LIVE Blog
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Though the plan was to retire this particular annual live event commentary amid the rapid decline of popular award shows and the lack of interest they create, since this year the ACM’s are making a seismic shift to streaming online through Amazon Prime…