Dolly Parton’s homespun tales of her humble East Tennessee upbringing and soul-baring tunes of love and loss like “Coat of Many Colors,” “Jolene,” and “I Will Always Love You” will be revealed in an entirely new way with the November 17th release of Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics.
Published by Chronicle Books, the volume is described as both a visual memoir and annotated songbook, revealing the personal stories and intimate details behind the lyrics of 175 of Parton’s songs through never-before-seen photographs, memorabilia and reflections on the songs in her own words.
Published by Chronicle Books, the volume is described as both a visual memoir and annotated songbook, revealing the personal stories and intimate details behind the lyrics of 175 of Parton’s songs through never-before-seen photographs, memorabilia and reflections on the songs in her own words.
- 6/17/2020
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
The Flaming Lips offer their own unique spin on George Jones’ signature song, “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” for the new film Arkansas. A dark-comedy tale about drug trafficking in the South, the movie stars Vince Vaughn, Liam Hemsworth, and Clark Duke, and premieres May 5th on Apple, Amazon, On Demand platforms, and Blu-Ray and DVD.
The Lips’ version of “He Stopped Loving Her Today” arrives with the band performing the song onstage in a scene from the movie, with singer Wayne Coyne — in an eye patch — diving headlong into...
The Lips’ version of “He Stopped Loving Her Today” arrives with the band performing the song onstage in a scene from the movie, with singer Wayne Coyne — in an eye patch — diving headlong into...
- 5/4/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Nashville’s Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival has postponed its 2020 incarnation following the destructive tornado that hit town earlier in the week and amid rising concerns over the spread of coronavirus, which was recently confirmed in a Tennessee resident. The annual celebration of songwriting talent from Music City and beyond was set for March 23rd to 28th and will now look to reschedule events for summer.
“We feel this is the responsible decision, and it is supported by Tin Pan venues and sponsors involved in the festival,” Nashville Songwriters Association...
“We feel this is the responsible decision, and it is supported by Tin Pan venues and sponsors involved in the festival,” Nashville Songwriters Association...
- 3/6/2020
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
“There was a saying: ‘The blues had a baby and they called it rock & roll.’ I always say, ‘Yeah, and I think the daddy was a hillbilly.” That’s Country Music Hall of Fame member Bobby Braddock, writer of songs including “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” on the genesis of rock music. He makes the case that its birth, near the end of the first half of the 20th century, was as influenced by country music as it was the blues.
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Braddock is...
Related: 100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time
Braddock is...
- 9/15/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
In June 1964, a country music fan in Jamaica who regularly listened to Nashville’s 50,000-watt radio station Wsm sent a letter to the editor of Billboard, who proclaimed it the first such correspondence they had ever received from someone tuning into the country station from the Caribbean island nation. Yet with two Tennessee stations carrying a powerful clear-channel signal over thousands of miles — the other being Nashville’s Wlac, which programmed country music mainly on Saturdays in the early Forties — the hillbilly and early Countrypolitan sounds most associated with Music City had been available to,...
- 7/2/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts and Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
In 1968, Tammy Wynette recorded one of her signature songs, the Bobby Braddock-Curly Putman classic, “D-i-v-o-r-c-e.” Serving as the title tune from Wynette’s third solo LP, the single — as well as the album — topped the charts, and would prove prophetic as Wynette’s second husband, songwriter Don Chapel, filed for divorce from the singer in October 1968.
While Wynette’s subsequent albums, beginning with 1969’s Stand By Your Man, would often feature her songwriting efforts, D-i-v-o-r-c-e consisted of several contemporary cover songs, including an “answer” version to the Bobby Goldsboro crossover hit “Honey,...
While Wynette’s subsequent albums, beginning with 1969’s Stand By Your Man, would often feature her songwriting efforts, D-i-v-o-r-c-e consisted of several contemporary cover songs, including an “answer” version to the Bobby Goldsboro crossover hit “Honey,...
- 6/18/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
On April 28th and 29th 1971, George Jones and Tammy Wynette spent two days at Nashville’s Columbia Recording Studios laying down tracks for what would be the married couple’s first duets album. Titled We Go Together, the LP was Jones’ first for Epic Records, the label to which Wynette was already signed. Released in October 1971, just days after Jones inked a 10-year pact with the label, We Go Together reached Number Three on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, and yielded the couple’s first chart hit as a duo.
- 4/29/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Just weeks after the April 12th release of his third solo LP The Hurting Kind, John Paul White, formerly one-half of Grammy-winning duo the Civil Wars, embarks on the East Coast leg of a U.S. tour. Kicking off May 3rd in Asheville, North Carolina, stops on the two-week trek include Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York, before wrapping up in Atlanta on May 17th.
White, who recently debuted the forthcoming album’s “The Long Way Home,” a bright, muscular track, notes that unlike the gothic folk and acoustic...
White, who recently debuted the forthcoming album’s “The Long Way Home,” a bright, muscular track, notes that unlike the gothic folk and acoustic...
- 2/26/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Three years after releasing his post-Civil Wars solo debut, John Paul White has announced details of his next solo album, The Hurting Kind, which will be released April 12th on White’s Single Lock Records.
Featuring vocal contributions from Lee Ann Womack, Erin Rae, and the Secret Sisters, White’s forthcoming album was co-produced alongside the Alabama Shakes’ Ben Tanner and recorded a variety of studios in White’s native Muscle Shoals region. The Hurting Kind also finds White co-writing with legendary Nashville songwriters like Bobby Braddock and Whisperin’ Bill Anderson.
Featuring vocal contributions from Lee Ann Womack, Erin Rae, and the Secret Sisters, White’s forthcoming album was co-produced alongside the Alabama Shakes’ Ben Tanner and recorded a variety of studios in White’s native Muscle Shoals region. The Hurting Kind also finds White co-writing with legendary Nashville songwriters like Bobby Braddock and Whisperin’ Bill Anderson.
- 1/18/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Over the past two decades, Malcolm Gladwell has been one of the most influential and popular public intellectuals in America. The New Yorker writer’s five books, starting with The Tipping Point, have sold millions and millions of copies. His theories — 10,000 hours of practice to achieve mastery in a field being the most oft cited — have entered the lexicon. Gladwell is just one of those relentlessly creative types; he’s perpetually up to something new. For the last couple of years, he’s been making Revisionist History, his insanely addictive and chart-topping podcast,...
- 11/25/2018
- by Sean Woods
- Rollingstone.com
Reba McEntire, who has ruled the airwaves for decades, joins 1950s songstress Jean Shepherd and tunesmith Bobby Braddock as this year's entries into the Country Music Hall of Fame. McEntire will be inducted in the "Modern Era Artist" category, while Shepard will be inducted as a "Veterans Era Artist." Braddock is the first entry in the new "Songwriter" category, which will be included every third year in rotation with the "Recording and/or Touring Musician" and "Non-Performer" categories. The Hall of Fame is administered by the Country Music Association. In making the announcement Cma CEO Steve Moore said, "We are inducting royalty this year. Jean and Reba are two of Country Music's most revered queens, and Bobby Braddock is a king of songwriting. All three of them refused to follow the crowd; instead, creating their own unique paths. I cannot imagine what country music would be like today without these three talente.
- 3/1/2011
- Gold Derby
With another year’s awards show coming to an end, the top acts in country music were honored at the 45th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night (April 18).
Held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the big winners of 2010 were Carrie Underwood as Entertainer of the Year and Lady Antebellum, which picked up five trophies.
Other country success stories taking home trophies included Brad Paisley as Male Vocalist of the Year and Miranda Lambert as Female Vocalist of the Year.
A complete list of Acm Award winners is as follows:
Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Toby Keith
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Taylor Swift
Winner: Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band
Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Winner: Brad Paisley
Darius Rucker
George Strait
Keith Urban
Top Female Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood...
Held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the big winners of 2010 were Carrie Underwood as Entertainer of the Year and Lady Antebellum, which picked up five trophies.
Other country success stories taking home trophies included Brad Paisley as Male Vocalist of the Year and Miranda Lambert as Female Vocalist of the Year.
A complete list of Acm Award winners is as follows:
Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Toby Keith
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Taylor Swift
Winner: Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band
Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Winner: Brad Paisley
Darius Rucker
George Strait
Keith Urban
Top Female Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood...
- 4/19/2010
- GossipCenter
On April 18 CBS will broadcast the 45th Annual Academy of Country Music awards live from Las Vegas, and this morning the nominations for the even were announced. Country star Blake Sheldon and Do Anything country goddess Reba McEntire announced the nominations this morning on The Early Show in New York City. Among the top nominees were Lady Antebellum with seven nominations, and Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood both with six each. Rounding out the top group with five nominations was Taylor Swift, and Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley with four nominations each.
For the third year in a row the prestigious Entertainer of the Year winner will be selected by the fans, as will the Top New Solo Vocalist, Top New Vocal Group, and Top New Vocal Duo. Online voting for all fan categories will be available at www.voteacm.com. Winners of the above mentioned fan categories will be announced live on CBS.
For the third year in a row the prestigious Entertainer of the Year winner will be selected by the fans, as will the Top New Solo Vocalist, Top New Vocal Group, and Top New Vocal Duo. Online voting for all fan categories will be available at www.voteacm.com. Winners of the above mentioned fan categories will be announced live on CBS.
- 3/2/2010
- by Bryan Jones
- TVovermind.com
Beyonce took home the most hardware with six wins to her credit, but Taylor Swift took home Album of the Year for "Fearless."
Here's the list of the winners in the major categories:
Record Of The Year
"Halo," Beyonce
"I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas
"Use Somebody," Kings of Leon
"Poker Face," Lady Gaga
"You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift
Album Of The Year
"I Am...Sasha Fierce," Beyonce
"The E.N.D.," The Black Eyed Peas
"The Fame," Lady Gaga
"Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King," Dave Matthews Band
"Fearless," Taylor Swift
Song Of The Year
"Poker Face," Lady Gaga & RedOne
"Pretty Wings," Hod David & Musze
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)," Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart
"Use Somebody," Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill (Kings of Leon)
"You Belong With Me," Liz Rose & Taylor Swift
Best New Artist
Zac Brown Band...
Here's the list of the winners in the major categories:
Record Of The Year
"Halo," Beyonce
"I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas
"Use Somebody," Kings of Leon
"Poker Face," Lady Gaga
"You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift
Album Of The Year
"I Am...Sasha Fierce," Beyonce
"The E.N.D.," The Black Eyed Peas
"The Fame," Lady Gaga
"Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King," Dave Matthews Band
"Fearless," Taylor Swift
Song Of The Year
"Poker Face," Lady Gaga & RedOne
"Pretty Wings," Hod David & Musze
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)," Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart
"Use Somebody," Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill (Kings of Leon)
"You Belong With Me," Liz Rose & Taylor Swift
Best New Artist
Zac Brown Band...
- 2/1/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
If you're going to announce the nominees for the 52 Annual Grammy Awards, do it in song. And that's just what CBS did Dec. 2.
The award show will be broadcast live on Jan. 31.
Here's the complete list of nominees:
Record Of The Year
"Halo," Beyonce
"I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas
"Use Somebody," Kings of Leon
"Poker Face," Lady Gaga
"You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift
Album Of The Year
"I Am...Sasha Fierce," Beyonce
"The E.N.D.," The Black Eyed Peas
"The Fame," Lady Gaga
"Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King," Dave Matthews Band
"Fearless," Taylor Swift
Song Of The Year
"Poker Face," Lady Gaga & RedOne
"Pretty Wings," Hod David & Musze
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)," Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart
"Use Somebody," Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill (Kings of Leon)
"You Belong With Me," Liz Rose & Taylor Swift
Best...
The award show will be broadcast live on Jan. 31.
Here's the complete list of nominees:
Record Of The Year
"Halo," Beyonce
"I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas
"Use Somebody," Kings of Leon
"Poker Face," Lady Gaga
"You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift
Album Of The Year
"I Am...Sasha Fierce," Beyonce
"The E.N.D.," The Black Eyed Peas
"The Fame," Lady Gaga
"Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King," Dave Matthews Band
"Fearless," Taylor Swift
Song Of The Year
"Poker Face," Lady Gaga & RedOne
"Pretty Wings," Hod David & Musze
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)," Thaddis Harrell, Beyonce Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart
"Use Somebody," Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill (Kings of Leon)
"You Belong With Me," Liz Rose & Taylor Swift
Best...
- 12/3/2009
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Nomination recipients for this year's Cma Awards have been revealed at ABC's "Good Morning America" and Cmt's studio in Nashville on September 9. Coming to Gma announcing the nominees were Darius Rucker and Lee Ann Womack. Meanwhile, the press conference in Nashville was hosted by Cody Alan and Alecia Davis with Randy Houser as its announcer.
Leading the nominations list was Brad Paisley who took home six kudos. He will compete in such categories as Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist, Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Music Video. Following Brad's domination were Keith Urban, Jamey Johnson, George Strait, Taylor Swift and Zac Brown Band with four nods each. Other country musicians who grabbed multiple nods include Kenny Chesney and Randy.
In regard of being nominated in four categories, Taylor shared her excitement through Twitter. "I am jumping up and down surrounded by dogs...
Leading the nominations list was Brad Paisley who took home six kudos. He will compete in such categories as Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist, Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Music Video. Following Brad's domination were Keith Urban, Jamey Johnson, George Strait, Taylor Swift and Zac Brown Band with four nods each. Other country musicians who grabbed multiple nods include Kenny Chesney and Randy.
In regard of being nominated in four categories, Taylor shared her excitement through Twitter. "I am jumping up and down surrounded by dogs...
- 9/10/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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