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Luke Laird, Dallas Davidson, Sony/ATV Win Big at 60th BMI Country Awards
October 31, 2012 4:30 PM EDT Big winners: Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Tom T. Hall and Luke Laird attend the 60th Annual BMI Country Awards at BMI on October 30, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Russell/Getty Images for BMI) "Take A Back Road" went cent ...
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Morning Fix: Taylor Swift's Million-Selling 'Red'; UMG Settles Digital Royalties Suit; iTunes 11 Delay
October 31, 2012 8:00 AM EDT Head HERE to subscribe to Billboard's Morning Fix and other free music-business newsletters TAYLOR SWIFT'S 'RED' SELLS 1.21 MILLION -- BIGGEST SALES WEEK FOR AN ALBUM SINCE 2002: It's official: Taylor Swift's "Re ...
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Willie Nelson on Leaving Nashville, Outlaw Movement, Highwaymen Reunion, Weed at Billboard Summit (Part 2)
June 06, 2012 9:12 AM EDT When Willie Nelson left Nashville for Austin in 1972, he wasn't exactly sure what direction the move would take him. What he did know was that he was dissatisfied with the music he was making in Nashville, and he was spending a lot of time in ...
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Backbeat: Americana Music Award Noms With John C. Reilly, Lucinda Williams, Shelby Lynn
June 01, 2012 12:52 PM EDT (L-R): Amy Reitnouer, Editor in Chief, The Bluegrass Situation; Jed Hilly, AMA Executive Director; and Michelle Aquilato, marketing director, AMA, pose at the Americana Music Association's Awards nomination event. (Photo: Ryan J. Downey) John ...
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Tom T. Hall Stands Up for 'Country Music Highway' in Native Kentucky
February 02, 2012 10:30 PM EST Travel down U.S. Highway 23 in Eastern Kentucky, and you will see some of the most beautiful country on God's green earth. But there's more to the area than just the visual scenery. The area, saluted in song by Dwight Yoakam's "R ...
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Johnnie Wright, Country Star & Kitty Wells' Husband, Dies at 97
September 27, 2011 12:45 PM EDT Nashville lost one of its oldest links to Country Music's past with the passing of Johnnie Wright Tuesday morning (Sept. 27) at the age of 97. Wright, along with Jack Anglin, formed the duo Johnnie & Jack in 1939. The two created a unique s ...
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Ask Billboard: Pen Pals: Readers Respond, Part 2
July 09, 2011 10:05 AM EDT Ask Billboard is updated every Friday. As always, submit your questions about Billboard charts, sales and airplay, as well as general music musings, to askbb@billboard.com . Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and co ...
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Chart Beat Wednesday: Muse, Billy Currington, Mariah Carey
March 10, 2010 1:15 PM EST TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD: Muse makes history on the Alternative Songs chart, "Resistance" charges 6-1. With the British band's former 17-week No. 1 "Uprising" at No. 3, the group becomes the first act in the survey� ...
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Joe Pernice / August 7, 2009 / New York (Bowery Ballroom)
August 11, 2009 2:44 PM EDT Joe Pernice was delivering a lovely rendition of "Chevy Van" when he suddenly cracked up like a school kid trying to suppress a laugh in class. "Sorry," he said with a grin. "It's just too fucking creepy. I've neve ...
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May 25, 2009
May 25, 2009 12:00 AM EDT 2006 – Reggae musician Desmond Dekker dies of a heart attack at his home in Croydon, England, at the age of 64. 2005 – Domenic Troiano of the Guess Who and Bush dies of prostate cancer in Toronto, Canada, at the age of 59. 2005 – Country singer Carr ...
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Chart Beat: 3OH!3, Bob Dylan, Jason Aldean
May 07, 2009 2:19 PM EDT Chart Beat now offers a sneak peak at chart action with a first-look edition on Wednesdays. On Thursdays, when all of our online charts are refreshed with the latest data, Chart Beat appears as always in its full form, spotlighting achievements from ...
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Chart Beat: Jason Aldean, Michael Damian, Maxwell
May 06, 2009 2:48 PM EDT Chart Beat now offers a sneak peak at chart action with a first-look edition on Wednesdays. On Thursdays, when all of our online charts are refreshed with the latest data, Chart Beat appears as always in its full form, spotlighting achievements from ...
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Harris Among Country Hall Inductees
February 12, 2008 12:00 AM EST The Country Music Hall of Fame has four new members: Emmylou Harris, Tom T. Hall, the Statler Brothers and the late Ernest "Pop" Stoneman. Their selection was announced Tuesday by the Country Music Association. They will be formally indu ...
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Tweedy, Costello, Jones Enliven New Louvin Album
November 14, 2006 12:00 AM EST Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Elvis Costello and George Jones are among the artists pitching in on country legend Charlie Louvin's first new album in more than a decade. The self-titled 12-track set will arriv Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Elvis Costel ...
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Suwannee Springfest / March 23-26, 2006 / Live Oak, Fla. (Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park)
April 01, 2006 12:00 AM EST "Y'all are the last of the flower children," Mavis Staples told a crowd of folk and acoustic music enthusiasts wrapped up in heavy coats and blankets and seated under moss-draped ancient Oaks for the "Y'all are the last of t ...
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Cherryholmes Takes Top Bluegrass Honor
October 28, 2005 12:00 AM EDT Cherryholmes was named entertainer of the year at the 16th Annual International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, held last night (Oct. 27) at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Cherryholmes was named entertainer of the year at the 16th Annual Int ...
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2005 SPBGMA Awards Winners
February 10, 2005 12:00 AM EST Winners of the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America's (SPBGMA) annual awards, handed out Feb. 6 in Nashville. Below is the complete list of winners of the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America's ( ...
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Stars Mourn June Carter Cash
May 19, 2003 12:00 AM EDT As friends sang gospel and country music classics, June Carter Cash was mourned at funeral services yesterday (May 18) in Hendersonville, Tenn., not far from the home she shared with husband Johnny Ca As friends sang gospel and country music classic ...
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Man With a Memory
August 10, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Newcomer Joe Nichols bows on fledgling Universal South with an expressive, emotive vocal in league with some of country's finest. Newcomer Joe Nichols bows on fledgling Universal South with an expressive, emotive vocal in league with some of co ...
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The Story Is . . . The Songs of Tom T. Hall
April 27, 2002 12:00 AM EDT This inspired pairing of understated bluegrass vocalist Sizemore with the beautifully simplistic lyrics of Tom T. This inspired pairing of understated bluegrass vocalist Sizemore with the beautifully simplistic lyrics of Tom T. Hall is one tribute t ...
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Holiday Disc Benefits Deaf Theatre
August 21, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Christmas is coming early this year with the release of "The Christmas That Almost Wasn't," a multi-artist recording based on the National Theatre of the Deaf's (NTD) staging of Ogden Nash's epic holi Christmas is coming ear ...
