Country legend George Jones has raided the archives for his next album, "Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets," which features 12 collaborations with the likes...
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A guitar stolen from country star George Jones 46 years ago in Texas is being returned to him by a man who says he bought it and tried repeatedly to give it back. The...
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Island Def Jam is reviving the
legendary Mercury Records imprint in the United States, eight
years after it was mothballed in the wake of a corporate
merger.
The label...
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After a 30-year career on the
fringe of Music Row, singer/songwriter John Anderson is gearing
up for an improbable third run at mainstream success.
"Easy Money" (Warner...
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Country-music luminary George Jones wants to share his knowledge of the industry as part of a just-launched "country music university" named for him.
Dedicated to teaching...
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It's the stuff of legend in Nashville, and George Jones says every word of it is true.
Yes, he was coming off a two-week drinking binge. Yes, he found the house empty and...
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Billboard presents a look at the
music you'll be hearing a lot about in the first quarter:
JOHN MELLENCAMP
"Freedom's Road" (Universal, January 23)
Mellencamp's first...
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Media consolidation
doesn't play well here in Music City, USA as a roomful of
singers and songwriters, from the famous to the unknown,
gathered Monday to criticize...
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Moseying out onstage
Wednesday at Downtown Disney's House of Blues in Anaheim, Jerry Lee Lewis looked like, well, a slow-moving senior citizen. Then
he took a seat behind...
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On Monday I celebrated
the fifth anniversary of the iPod's introduction at the
Laundromat, listening to a recent "Theme Time Radio Hour With
Your Host Bob Dylan" on my own...
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George Jones and Merle Haggard, "Kickin' Out the Footlights ... Again" (Bandit)
Country music heroes George Jones and Merle Haggard sidestep the usual duet formula on...
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It's almost become a maxim on Music Row: George Strait rarely does interviews.
And although he agreed to talk to The Associated Press via phone for the release of his new...
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Rascal Flatts, a group some
initially branded as a country "boy band," has achieved in six
short years what many acts can only hope for in the length of a
career.
In...
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Gene Pitney, whose keening tenor voice produced a string of hits including "24 Hours from Tulsa," was found dead in his hotel room in Wales Wednesday following a concert...
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Gene Pitney memorably sang "Only Love Can Break a Heart," but
word of his death is proving equally saddening.
The
melodramatic crooner, who earned a spot in the Rock...
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Buck Owens might be gone, but the master of the electrified
honky-tonk "Bakersfield Sound" won't be soon forgotten.
Dwight Yoakam, Garth Brooks, Trace Adkins and Brad...
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Even hard-livin' country music legends have to take it easy
once in a while.
Veteran honky-tonk rocker and
balladeer George Jones was hospitalized for pneumonia...
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Country singer George Jones has been hospitalized for pneumonia, his record label said Friday.
Jones, 74, is expected to make a full recovery, but doctors advised him to...
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Tim McGraw asks a lot of his fans. Onstage, the country singer encourages them to live, love, dance, care, grab it all. Offstage, he urges them to vote, give blood, donate...
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Hank Williams Jr. will receive Country Music Television's Johnny Cash Visionary Award during the 2006 CMT Music Awards show next month, the cable network announced...
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After more than 35 years, pristine
footage of a seemingly forgotten music festival featuring Sly &
the Family Stone, B.B. King, the Staples Singers and Mahalia
Jackson is...
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While record companies
shuddered at the development, the advent of the CD jukebox and
the iPod allowed music fans to build something nearly
impossible to find on the radio:...
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Ray Charles' 1962 album "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music" was a milestone that broadened the audience for country music and brought new respect to the genre, and...
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Alan Jackson's mother had been after him for 10 years to make a gospel record. Last year, when the country superstar's father-in-law died, he recorded "Turn Your Eyes Upon...
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One of country's hardest rock bands will open for one of rock's hardest country bands. Brooks & Dunn will warm up for the Rolling Stones in Omaha, Neb., Jan. 29.
"We've...
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Garth Brooks is ropin' in a new missus.
The country
crooner got hitched Saturday to fellow Nashville star Trisha Yearwood,
his publicist announced to Access Hollywood.
...
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It's late morning and the guys from Cross Canadian Ragweed are beat.
Cody Canada drifts into the coffee shop a few minutes late and plops down beside bandmates Grady Cross...
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When the new Johnny Cash biopic "Walk The Line" opens in theaters Friday, Kris Kristofferson will probably be watching more closely than most.
As a close friend and...
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Mike Curb has gotten a lot out of
the music business in the past 42 years. Now, he is in the
process of giving back.
As chairman of Curb Records, he runs the only label...
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Country star George Strait will
embark on a North American arena tour in mid-January which will
play 25 cities through June.
The only confirmed date is a February 4 show...
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Country singer Brad Paisley has to be feeling a little like a bartender these days. His hit single, "Alcohol," a series of funny observations about imbibing that he wrote...
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PBS goes honky-tonk tonight when the "American Masters" series airs "Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues."
The one-hour documentary includes the first-ever on-camera interview...
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"I'm on a small label right
now making some noise," said the brash, dark-haired kid. "But
if I get a recording contract with a major company, I want you
to back me...
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"I'm on a small label right now
making some noise," said the brash, dark-haired kid. "But if I
get a recording contract with a major company, I want you to
back me...
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Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can't get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV's "Pimp My Ride"?
Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician...
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Of all the acts that have become
prominent figures in the contemporary worship movement, the
Newsboys' impact might be the most surprising.
The band has come a long way...
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Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson will
be the honoree at music charity group MusiCares' annual
pre-Grammys bash in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, organizers said
Wednesday.
The...
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Country artists need to try harder
when it comes to international markets, according to talent
executive Bruce Allen.
During a recent keynote speech at the Country Music...
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Norah Jones is no diva.
For that we should be grateful. Today's so-called "divas" are
overbearing, self-involved singers valuing personal style over
serving a song,...
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Johnny Cash's guitars, his black
leather boots and a tin cup from Folsom Prison are among the
memorabilia from the late country music star displayed on
Tuesday ahead of an...
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Jazz singer Norah Jones ' current
album "Feels Like Home" will be re-released Sept. 21 as a
double-disc package featuring three previously unreleased songs
and a DVD.
The...
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Uncle Kracker is one artist who refuses to be pegged. Since the former DJ made his debut in 2000 with "Double Wide," his songs have ranged from hip-hop to rock to soul to...
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Country Music Television has come up with its list of the 100 greatest love songs, and No. 1 is Dolly Parton 's "I Will Always Love You," which she took to the top of the...
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Country Music Television's list of the 100 greatest love songs:
1. "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton )
2. "You Were Always On My Mind" (Willie Nelson )
3. "Sweet...
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Despite the best efforts of
music industry gatekeepers, young artists and their fans often
seem to ignore the boundaries of genre. Such is the case with
Uncle Kracker, born...
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A new group called the Music Row Democrats is trying to shake the perception that country music is full of Republicans.
But it won't be easy. Like the 1967 Sonny James hit...
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Nashville songwriters don't have far to look for inspiration these days. In a town famous for churning out sad country songs about heartache and despair, radio...
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Country icon George Jones is
introducing his own brand of bottled drinking water, George
Jones' White Lightning Tennessee Spring Water.
The product is named after Jones'...
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Remastered and expanded editions of
five Jerry Garcia albums will make up the bulk of a new box set
due April 20.
"All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions"...
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Cupid is taking aim at music
lovers.
For the past three years, music sales during the week of
Valentine's Day have been second only to the boffo weeks
leading up to...
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Country songwriter Max Duane Barnes, who wrote for George Jones , Merle Haggard and Vince Gill , died of complications from pneumonia. He was 67.
Barnes died Sunday at...
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More than 1,000 people bid farewell to gospel music singer Vestal Goodman, recalling her joyful, loving and optimistic spirit in a music-filled service.
Known as "the...
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Vestal Goodman, the beloved
"Queen of Gospel Music," died Dec. 27 in Celebration, Fla.,
near Orlando. Goodman, who had turned 74 just 10 days earlier,
was vacationing with...
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He wasn't called Moon the Loon for nothing.
The late Who drummer Keith Moon , famed for trashing drum kits, cars and hotel rooms, topped a list of the "100 most insane...
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2003 will likely be remembered for
the blurring of lines that occurred between the Christian music
industry and the general market.
Stacie Orrico's self-titled sophomore...
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Harry Connick Jr. will be home for Christmas — barely.
Connick spent much of last month taping his last episodes of "Will & Grace" and a holiday TV special. This...
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The late Johnny Cash — a pioneer of both country and rock music — was honored with a tribute featuring artists and performances as diverse and far-reaching as his...
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The lineup for Monday's Johnny Cash tribute concert says a lot about the late singer's place in popular music.
He inspired rockers Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow and John...
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Singer Kid Rock and country duo Brooks & Dunn are the latest artists to be added to the Nov. 10 musical tribute to Johnny Cash at the Ryman Auditorium, organizers announced...
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Tim Robbins will host the Nov. 10 musical tribute to Johnny Cash at the Ryman Auditorium, Cash's longtime manager Lou Robin said Monday.
"He's looking forward to being...
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Actor Tim Robbins will be the host of the Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute at Ryman Auditorium on Nov. 10.
Artists confirmed to take part in the service include Willie...
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John Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam and George Jones are all confirmed to perform during the Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute scheduled for November 10 at the Ryman Auditorium in...
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George Jones's next single "50,000 Names" is a moving Vietnam Wall Memorial tribute song to those who gave their life for our country. Jones, who himself is a Marine...
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Garth Brooks's performance with George Jones on Wednesday night's (November 7) CMA Awards garnered not one, but two standing ovations. Backstage, Brooks spoke about...
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While America is perched on the verge of war, country legend George Jones is gearing up to release a new album on Bandit Records. Jones's new project features a tribute song...
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For his first album under his own Bandit Record label, George Jones recorded several songs in a hurry to work with producer Emory Gordy Jr.
The country legend shared with...
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George Jones's infamous mangled black Lexus LX-470 SUV is up for auction on the eBay website. The opening bid was $10,000, and has climbed to more than $15,000 since its...
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Wooden Christmas figures adorning the front lawn of George Jones's home in Franklin, Tennessee, were stolen over the Thanksgiving weekend. Jones and his wife Nancy...
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George Jones, Gary Allan, Brad Paisley, and Martina McBride were among the nominees announced in the sixth annual Nashville Music Awards today (September 26). Winners of...
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George Jones is speaking out about the controversy surrounding his non-appearance at the 1999 Country Music Awards, at which the singer was nominated for single of the year...
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A country legend and one of the genre's hot young stars will be no-shows at this year's CMA Awards. George Jones will not attend because he is upset that organizers asked...
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Yes, country music fans, you really can have it all: a Tennessee auto salvage yard is selling the Lexus LX470 wrecked by George Jones in the now-famous March 6 crash in...
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George Jones pled guilty today to two alcohol-related charges in connection with his March 6 automobile accident in Williamson County, Nashville (LAUNCH, 3/8).
In court...
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The ongoing saga of the car crash which almost cost country singer George Jones his life earlier this month in Tennessee (LAUNCH, 3/8) continued on Tuesday, when it was...
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Legendary country crooner George Jones, injured this weekend after crashing his car just two miles from his home outside of Nashville, remains in critical condition this...
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The legendary George Jones has found a home at Nashville's Asylum Records. Earlier this year, Jones's longtime record label, MCA Nashville, dropped him (myLAUNCH, 7/23)....
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MCA Nashville has issued a brief statement that it is parting ways with legendary country singer George Jones after seven years. Acknowledging the singer's contributions to...
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