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  COUNTRY MUSIC LOSES TWO OF ITS FINEST By Vernell Hackett Don Williams It was the day the music died for country music last Friday, with the loss of Country Music Hall of Fame member Don...

WRITER'S BLOCK By Vernell Hackett   YOUNG ASKED TO BE MEMBER OF GRAND OLE OPRY Chris Young, center, reacts to Vince Gill, left, inviting him to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry. (Photo...

By Vernell Hackett The annual CMA Music Fest is in Nashville this week, bringing its annual crowd of 50,000+ fans from around the world. In addition to that, the Nashville Predators hockey team are in a...

 Beyoncé and Jay-Z have established they are powerhouse aesthetes as well as star performers. So when they announced this morning that they'd be doing a series of shows together this summer, we couldn't...

Web: http://www.siriusxm.com/thevillage http://www.siriusxm.com/thebridge   John McEuen Tour Dates - 2017 April 07 The Historic Wilson Theater...

PARIS Jackson is definitely a free spirit. The 18-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson was out strolling with a friend in Venice, California yesterday and gave passersby quite the eyeful. Looking...

The end of an era. Rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry died on Saturday, March 18, at the age of 90, KSDK in St. Louis reported. The news outlet reported that the Missouri native was pronounced dead on...

By Vernell Hackett The Eli Young Band found themselves in a beautiful setting when they played “The Story Behind The Songs” concert with Tucker Beathard at Sandals Royal Bahamian, Cable Beach, Nassau,...

Gospel singer Kim Burrell says she makes "no excuses or apologies" for a sermon at a Houston church where she referred to gays and lesbians as perverted. A tape of Burrell preaching at the Love &...

GEORGE MICHAEL’S childhood pal Andros Georgiou was one of the first to be told he was gay. George Michael and Anselmo Feleppa Later he watched as George, who he calls Yog, fell for Brazilian...

Pitbull went public with the contract he signed with Florida -- it reveals he was paid a million dollars to promote Florida as a "Florida Ambassador."  But he claims he only entered into the...

Kanye West is from Georgia. Like many musical talents, he left college to pursue music and left his academics behind. He began by producing tracks for Jay-Z while building his own demo and THE COLLEGE DROPOUT...

LUKE RECORDS RETURNS WITH A BRAND NEW “LATIN DIVISION” TO BE HEADED BY ANGEL RODRIGUEZ FROM AER MANAGEMENT Internationally known rap artist and entrepreneur, Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell, relaunches...

Fans were not happy when pop superstar Beyonce showed up to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Country Music Awards' with a secret and boisterous performance of her song "Daddy Lessons" with the Dixie...

Click image below to download 'MADE IN BROOKLYN'  John McEuen shares "Made in Brooklyn" Interview by Bev Moser/Digital Rodeo MADE IN BROOKLYN - Reviews Grammy bound “MADE...

Prescription Bluegrass CD Reviews: CD Review–John McEuen - MADE IN BROOKLYN CD Review–John McEuen - MADE IN BROOKLYN Matt Cartsonis, an old friend of mine from...

A founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (recently inducted in to the Colorado Music Hall of Fame) – multi-instrumentalist John McEuen has ventured into varied musical genres, and to...

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame celebrates a uniquely American genre, one that's taken many forms over the decades — in Chuck Berry's soul, Bob Marley's reggae protest songs, Prince's flamboyant pop, and as...

Linden started out his career in the city as a musician, but transitioned to musical theater, working his way up from understudy to lead. He got his big break when he appeared on Broadway in the late ’50s in the hit show Bells Are Ringing, but Linden told me that back then he was more a natural performer than a trained actor.

Robinson grew up in Atlanta, the son of a Baptist minister and a mother who spent a lot of time making sure her children played musical instruments and did well in school. His earliest memory of singing was being "in the kiddie choir," standing on a chair in church and singing the hymn "Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus." He got a lot of applause. "Then I realized I wanted to play the drums, which is a lot more exciting than singing. So I ended up being the church drummer."

Juan Luis Morera Luna rapper and reggaeton superstar known as Wisin announced that his 1-month-old infant daughter, Victoria, died on Friday, September 30. “I thank God for her one month of life, one...

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Little monsters rejoice. Lady Gaga announced on Apple Radio’s Beats 1 that new fifth album, Joanne, will be out Oct. 21. Gaga, who released the collection’s first track “Perfect...

John McEuen quote appears in the Old Farmer's 2017 Almanac - get your copy here! What is 225 years old yet always of the moment? The Old Farmer’s Almanac! America’s oldest continuously...

MEXICO CITY — Mexican superstar songwriter and singer Juan Gabriel died Sunday at age 66 at his home in California, his publicist said. Juan Gabriel was Mexico's leading singer-songwriter and top-selling...