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Politically charged BET Awards honor Prince, Muhammad Ali

A politically charged BET Awards delivered an exciting night of tributes for Prince and Muhammad Ali between calls for action over gun violence, civil rights and presidential politics. These...

DATE: Jun 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Singer Cyndi Lauper adds country record to her career

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Pop singer, songwriter and Broadway musical composer Cyndi Lauper added a little country twang to her signature Queens accent. Her country and western covers a...

DATE: May 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Country legend Merle Haggard dies at 79 of pneumonia

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country giant Merle Haggard, who celebrated outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as “Okie From Muskogee” and “Sing Me Back Home,” died We...

DATE: Apr 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Even Adele couldn't stop decline in album sales in 2015

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Even though Adele broke records for album sales with “25,” she couldn’t stop overall record sales from continuing to decline in 2015 as consumers keep switching to on-dema...

DATE: Jan 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Women push for equality, and quality, in country music

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Leslie Fram started seeing the problems that women were facing in country music when she came to Nashville four years ago to lead CMT’s music strategy division. ...

DATE: Aug 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Music

Rolling Stones’ sax player Bobby Keys dead

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Saxophonist Bobby Keys, a lifelong rock ‘n’ roller who toured with Buddy Holly, played on recordings by John Lennon and laid down one of the all-time blowout solos on the ...

DATE: Dec 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Nashville’s folk rock era is topic of new exhibit

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – While country music has long been synonymous with Nashville, rock and folk musicians in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s made the Southern city the new hip spot to record. ...

DATE: Oct 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Country singer Merle Haggard: still on the road

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Even Merle Haggard gets nervous about stepping onto a stage when the audience is filled with songwriters, record label executives and fellow artists. “Well, it...

DATE: Sep 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Garth Brooks’ music coming to digital via his own site

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Garth Brooks is finally embracing digital music, but he’s doing it his own way. Brooks, one of the last holdout big-name musicians s...

DATE: Jul 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Old Crow Medicine Show teams with Bob Dylan again

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For years, Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show has been thanking Bob Dylan from afar for “Wagon Wheel,” the multiplatinum hit based on an unfinished Dylan song. The Amer...

DATE: Jul 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

Time apart strengthens bluegrass trio Nickel Creek

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The trio of musicians in Nickel Creek grew up performing together, but ultimately it was the nearly seven years spent concentrating on their own separate musical interests...

DATE: Jul 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music

First Stratocaster sells for $250K

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The first production model Fender Stratocaster has been sold for $250,000. George Gruhn of Nashville sold the 1954 guitar on consignment for owner and guitar hi...

DATE: Mar 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Music