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  • July 2008

    • Country Fans to Crossover Simpson: Cross Back

      newser  |  Kenosha News  |  Jul 21, 08 11:08 AM CDT

      Country Fans to Crossover Simpson: Cross Back

      Struggling pop star Jessica Simpson’s country crossover got off to a rocky start Saturday when her debut performance at Wisconsin’s Country Thunder Festival drew a decidedly mixed reaction from the crowd, the Kenosha News reports. "I just don't hear the country in her; I don't hear the twang. She's not good enough to be here," said a country fan. More »

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      celebrity  • music industry  • Wisconsin  • music review  • Tony Romo  • country music  • Jessica Simpson

  • June 2008

    • Tim McGraw's His Own Bouncer

      newser  |  TMZ  |  Jun 25, 08 8:48 PM CDT

      Tim McGraw's His Own Bouncer

      Tim McGraw took matters into his own hands when a rowdy fan got violent in the front row, TMZ reports. When McGraw saw the beefy man strike a woman during a concert in Washington state Tuesday night, he called for security while in mid-song, then reached down from the stage, and grabbed the guy. More »

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      music  • concert  • country music  • Tim McGraw

    • Healing Shania Thanks Fans

      newser  |  People  |  Jun 6, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      Healing Shania Thanks Fans

      Shania Twain, nursing a broken heart after a split from her husband of 14 years, has posted a heartfelt message thanking her fans for their support on her website. The Canadian country singer promises to return stronger than ever. Twain's marriage fell apart after her husband had an affair with a close friend of hers, sources told People . Both deny it. More »

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      divorce  • celebrity divorces  • affair  • singer  • country music  • Shania Twain

  • May 2008

    • Shania, Hubbie Split

      newser  |  People  |  May 15, 08 10:15 PM CDT

      Shania, Hubbie Split

      Country crooner Shania Twain and her husband of 14 years are separating, her rep tells People . The 42-year-old singer married music producer Robert “Mutt” Lange, 59, six months after they met. In 2002, she told the magazine, “Our love has always been based on friendship and compatibility,” but “we are very different.” The pair has one son, 6-year-old Eja D’Angelo. More »

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      celebrity divorces  • country music  • Shania Twain

    • Underwood Joins Grand Ole Opry

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 11, 08 11:35 AM CDT

      Underwood Joins Grand Ole Opry

      "American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood ratcheted up her country cred last night, reports the AP, and can now call herself a Grand Ole Opry cast member. Underwood joined the longest-running radio show, fighting back tears as Garth Brooks handled her induction. "This really seems like a great family to be part of," she said. "I promise I'll do everything I possibly can to not make you regret it." More »

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      music  • radio  • American Idol  • country music  • awards  • Carrie Underwood  • Grand Ole Opry

    • Country's Eddy Arnold Dies at 89

      newser  |  The Tennessean  |  May 8, 08 1:16 PM CDT

      Country's Eddy Arnold Dies at 89

      Eddy Arnold, the “Tennessee Plowboy,” died this morning at the age of 89, the Tennessean reports. Ranked as Billboard ’s most popular country musician of all time, Arnold sold more than 85 million records and had 37 singles on the pop charts. Besides being remembered as a caring man who “radiated gentility,” he is credited with moving country into popular music’s mainstream. More »

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      obituary  • pop music  • country music  • Billboard charts  • Nashville  • record sales

    • Willie Bio an Epic of Whiskey, Weed, and Women

      newser  |  Radar  |  May 4, 08 3:01 PM CDT

      Willie Bio an Epic of Whiskey, Weed, and Women

      Joe Nick Patoski hopped aboard Willie Nelson's tour bus more than 35 years ago, and despite the ever-present haze of marijuana smoke, appears to have emerged clear-eyed to write Willie Nelson: An Epic Life . The work is a "sprawling masterpiece" of the Texas hippie, John Clarke Jr. writes in Radar , chronicling a lifetime of drugs, music, and women. More »

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      music  • marijuana  • country music  • book reviews  • Willie Nelson

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • US Music Drunk on Booze and Drugs

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Feb 7, 08 7:27 PM CST

      US Music Drunk on Booze and Drugs

      Turns out 2005's A-one songs aren't so AA-friendly. A study of the top 279 tunes of that year in the US found 30% of the lyrics referenced illicit substances, mostly positively, reports Reuters. The average 16-year-old racks up 2.4 listening hours a day, which funnels 30,000 alcohol- and marijuana-laced messages into impressionable ears each year, the report says. More »

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      drugs  • alcohol  • marijuana  • alcohol abuse  • rapper  • country music

  • January 2008

    • Sheryl Crow: Single, Singing & Cancer-Free

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jan 27, 08 4:58 AM CST

      Sheryl Crow: Single, Singing & Cancer-Free

      Singer Sheryl Crow took one of life's "Detours"—the name she has given to her new album—after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, the Telegraph reports. She now says that serious illness always brings a lesson: “For me, it was to quit worrying about what people thought about me.” Having left cyclist Lance Armstrong, she filled her life with female friends and adopted a son with "incredible fearlessness." More »

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      breast cancer  • entertainment  • rock music  • country music  • Lance Armstrong  • Sheryl Crow

  • November 2007

    • Chesney Tops Country Awards

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Nov 8, 07 3:29 AM CST

      Chesney Tops Country Awards

      Kenny Chesney won entertainer of the year at last night's Country Music Association awards on the strength of his latest release, Just Who I Am. "American Idol's" Carrie Underwood nabbed the awards for best female vocalist and single of the year, while Braid Paisley took home honors for best male vocalist and best music video for his song Online . More »

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      country music  • Carrie Underwood

  • October 2007

    • Opry Star Wagoner Dead at 80

      newser  |  The Tennessean  |  Oct 29, 07 9:40 AM CDT

      Opry Star Wagoner Dead at 80

      Grand Ole Opry star Porter Wagoner died of lung cancer in Nashville last night, just as the Country Music Hall of Fame—which enshrined him in 2003—gathered to induct new members. He was 80. Wagoner will be remembered as a rhinestone-clad innovator who pioneered the country concept album and introduced the world to longtime collaborator Dolly Parton, the Tennessean reports. More »

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      obituary  • lung cancer  • country music  • Grammy Awards  • Dolly Parton  • Grand Ole Opry

    • Plant, Krauss Make Sweet Music

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Oct 23, 07 11:33 AM CDT

      Plant, Krauss Make Sweet Music

      Alison Krauss’ clear mountain voice might seem an odd match for former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, but their collaboration, Raising Sand, is “the stuff of which music lovers’ dreams are made,” says the Boston Globe . Traversing a range of root styles, Krauss and Plant harmonize beautifully, USA Today says, with the “reliably gorgeous” Krauss reining in Plant’s “mannered excesses.” More »

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      music review  • country music  • Led Zeppelin  • Robert Plant  • Alison Krauss

  • September 2007

    • Stand by Your Twang

      newser  |  BusinessWeek  |  Sep 2, 07 7:40 AM CDT

      Stand by Your Twang

      Country music album sales are down nearly 30% so far this year. That might seem slightly less dramatic against the whole industry's 15% slide, but country’s been the biz’s final remaining hold-out—holding nearly even in 2005 and 2006 amid the digital revolution. So the newest dive may signal the last beachhead is broken, BusinessWeek reports. More »

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      music  • music industry  • iPod  • digital music  • country music  • record sales

  • June 2007

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