Benjamin Tod Reveals Unique New Album Embracing His Duality
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His new 20-track album ‘Vengeance and Grace’—a unique project that will feature 10 songs recorded with Tod’s new traditional country band The Inline Six. The second half will feature acoustic songs.
Album Review – Lavender Country’s “Blackberry Rose”
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If you were writing a detailed history on country music, compiling a timeline of significant moments in the genre, or a list of firsts experienced over the years, you would be remiss if you did not at least give mention to Patrick Haggerty and his band Lavender Country.
Laurel Cove Music Festival Offers Best of Appalachian Roots
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Over the last few years, we all haven’t been able to stop harping on all the great country music talent coming out of the greater Appalachian region, from Kentucky, to West Virginia, to the Commonwealth, to south and eastern Ohio. One festival has its finger squarely on the pulse.
Of Course Dolly Parton Turned Down Her Rock Hall Nomination
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Boy did I catch some hell for having the audacity to say that despite all of our love for the great and powerful Dolly Parton—which should be taken as a given simply by evoking her name—she didn’t deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At least not yet.
50 Years Ago: Ronald Reagan Pardons Merle Haggard
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It’s one of the most legendary origin stories in country music history. Merle Haggard from Bakersfield, California was engaging in a life of petty crime while trying to make it as a guitar player and singer until he committed one petty crime too many, and a judge threw the book at him.
Album Review – Ned LeDoux’s “Buckskin”
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Instead of Ned LeDoux trying to fight the idea that he’s a protégé of his famous father—rodeo champion and country performer Chris LeDoux—he’s embraced that role, and found his home in the style his father pioneered, and that Ned helped perform as the drummer.
Country Performer and Songwriter Brad Martin Dies at 48
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Country performer and songwriter Brad Martin has died at the age of 48. Known as a solo artist signed to Epic Records in the early 2000’s, and one half of the duo Martin Ramey that signed with Curb Records in 2008, he passed away on Friday, March 11th.
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 […]