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Loretta Lynn, coal miner’s daughter and country queen, dies

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning duo The Judds, dies at 76

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died. She was 76. The daughters announced her death on ...

DATE: Apr 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Country singer Tom T. Hall dies; wrote ‘Harper Valley PTA’

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and sang about life’s simple joys as country music’s consummate blue collar bard, has died. He was ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Amazon to stream Academy of Country Music Awards in 2022

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Academy of Country Music Awards is making the streaming switch, moving from a TV network to Amazon Prime Video and marking the first time the streaming service will e...

DATE: Aug 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith dies

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter from Texas whose literary songs like “Love at the Five and Dime” celebrated the South, has died. She was 68. A st...

DATE: Aug 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Can equality pledges fix gender problem in country music?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – What started as a joke on Twitter about an unwritten rule among country radio stations not to play two female artists in a row prompted outrage by country music stars, but...

DATE: Jan 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

Jason Aldean says owning his records was a priority to him

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country star Jason Aldean learned the hard lessons about the music business when he first signed a record deal with Capitol Records that ended up never producing any music...

DATE: Nov 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Doobie Brothers unite with Michael McDonald for tour

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees The Doobie Brothers are joining with singer and songwriter Michael McDonald for a 50th anniversary tour next year. McDonald, w...

DATE: Nov 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Eddie Money, ‘Two Tickets to Paradise’ singer, dies at 70

Eddie Money, who left behind a career as a New York police officer to become one of the top-selling rock stars of the 1970s and ’80s, with hits like “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Take Me Ho...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Muscle Shoals songwriter, artist Donnie Fritts dies at 76

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Donnie Fritts, a Muscle Shoals songwriter, artist and actor who was a frequent collaborator with Kris Kristofferson and wrote the song “We Had It All,” recorded by numerou...

DATE: Aug 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Loretta Lynn plans 87th birthday all-star tribute concert

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country music queen Loretta Lynn has big plans for her 87th birthday this April in the form of an all-star tribute concert featuring Jack White, Garth Brooks, George Strai...

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Roy Clark, ‘Hee Haw’ star, has died at 85

Country star Roy Clark, the guitar virtuoso and singer who headlined the cornpone TV show “Hee Haw” for nearly a quarter century and was known for such hits as “Yesterday When I was Young” a...

DATE: Nov 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music