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country music stories: 44 news summaries

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 Coyotes Kill Canadian Singer 

Teen folk musician attacked in national park

Oct 29, 09 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A rising star of the Canadian folk music scene was killed in a savage coyote attack while hiking alone in Nova Scotia. Singer-songwriter Taylor Mitchell, 19, suffered multiple bite wounds and massive blood loss after a pair of coyotes pounced on her. She died a day later in a local... More »

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Canada • singers • country music • animal attack • coyote • Nova Scotia • folk music • Taylor Mitchell

 Brooks' Vegas Gigs 
 Sell Out in 5 Hours 

30K tickets sell briskly as country star ends retirement

Oct 25, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Country music superstar Garth Brooks can still pack 'em in, selling out 30,000 tickets in five hours yesterday for a series of 20 small-scale Vegas shows that will end his retirement for the time being. The Oklahoma cowboy will put on four shows a weekend for five weekends in... More »

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music • retirement • country music • Garth Brooks • Wynn Las Vegas • sellout

 Stars Demand 
 Bush 'Music 
 Torture' Files 

Time for torturers to face the music, say celebs

Oct 22, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A coalition of celebrity musicians is demanding the release of Bush administration documents revealing how music was used to torture Guantanamo Bay inmates. Songs from Metallica, The Real Slim Shady, and the Star Spangled Banner, among many others, were blasted all day for days on end to rattle prisoners, inmates... More »

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Bush administration • music • torture • Eminem • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • country music • Guantanamo prisoners • Metallica • heavy metal • David Byrne • Rage Against the Machine • Tom Morello • Bonnie Raitt

pop culture

 Taylor Swift: 
 Finally, a 
 Feel-Good 
 Teen Idol 

It's OK if your kids like her—she's no Miley, Britney, or Paris

Oct 16, 09 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nine-year-old girls can get thong underwear at Wal-Mart, and the hypersexualized antics of Miley et al. rule the headlines. So Hans Eisenbeis was understandably concerned when his ultrasheltered 11-year-old took a shine to Taylor Swift. “Is she too grown up for Phoebe?” he writes for DoubleX. “Is Swift... More »

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entertainment • pop music • celebrity • country music • Wal-Mart • Jay-ZTV • Taylor Swift • Prince Charming


 Garth Brooks 
 Unretires 

Don't expect a new tour or album anytime soon

Oct 15, 09 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Garth Brooks is officially out of retirement—whatever that means. The 47-year-old singer announced his return to great fanfare at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry today. “It’s a proud day for me and my family,” Brooks declared. But coming out of retirement doesn’t mean Brooks will... More »

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retirement • Tennessee • country music • Grand Ole Opry • Nashville • Garth Brooks

(Newser) - Country music megastars Brooks & Dunn will split up in 2010 after 18 years atop the charts, CMT reports. "We have agreed as a duo that it's time call it a day," Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who make up the best-selling duo in country music history,... More »

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entertainment • music industry • country music • Brooks & Dunn • Kix Brooks • Ronnie Dunn

GLOSSIES

 Jessica: After Split, 
 'I'd Still Love Tony' 

She discusses comeback with huge fashion line, reality show, too

Aug 5, 09 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jessica Simpson waxed prescient in an interview with Glamour just days before the demise of her relationship with Tony Romo: “I don’t know what the future holds, but I hope that my life, as it is now, doesn’t change,” she says. “If this article comes... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • fashion • celebrity • country music • Tony Romo • Jessica Simpson • fashion label • celebrity breakup

(Newser) - The grand East Room of the White House felt more like the Grand Ole Opry last night as the Obamas hosted a celebration of country music, the Tennessean reports. The elites of DC and Nashville packed the room as Charley Pride, Brad Paisley, and Alison Krauss took to the stage... More »

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White House • country music • Alison Krauss • President Obama • Charley Pride

Hip-Hop? Heck, No! Black Singer Embraces Country

Only two CMA Hall of Famers are black, but she's not dissuaded

Jun 15, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Liz Toussaint is a rising country music star, but her journey was a bit unorthodox: The black singer grew up in Chicago with a hip-hop DJ for a brother and an R&B pianist for an uncle. “You're supposed to be a hip-hop queen,” her brother once told... More »

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entertainment • country music • album • Jay-ZTV • Liz Toussaint

Hank Williams' Grandkid Jumps Outside Country Box

Second album has a twang, but don't typecast her: She likes Radiohead, too

Jun 12, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Holly Williams is a descendant of country legends—Hank Williams was her grandfather, Hank Williams Jr. her father—but she’s no “cowboy hat-wearing country girl,” she tells the Telegraph. The singer and boutique owner, who admires artists from Dolly Parton to Radiohead, releases her second album Tuesday,... More »

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music • country music • Hank Williams • album release • Jack White • Jay-ZTV • Holly Williams • Kings of Leon

'Dr. Dolly' Wows, Advises Tenn. Graduates

There's 'a heart beneath these,' Parton tells capacity crowd

May 8, 09 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dolly Parton roused the crowd at the University of Tennessee’s graduation ceremonies today, during which the singer/tycoon received an honorary doctorate, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. “I am Dr. Dolly!” she said. “When people say something about ‘double-d,’ they will be thinking of... More »

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music • University of Tennessee • country music • graduation • Dolly Parton • commencement speech • Knoxville • honorary degree

Carrie Underwood Grabs
Top Country Music Honors

Rascal Flatts, Jake Owen also take home trophies

Apr 6, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A teary-eyed Carrie Underwood clinched two top prizes at yesterday's Academy of Country Music Awards presentation. The American Idol alum was only the seventh woman in the show's 44-year history to win the Top Entertainer honor. Underwood also took home the Top Female Vocalist trophy, while Brad Paisley won the... More »

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award show • country music • singer • Carrie Underwood • female artists • Academy of Country Music Awards

ANALYSIS

Populism Gets a Nashville Twang

With Shuttin' Down Detroit, John Rich gives country an unusually aggressive rightish tilt

Mar 31, 09 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - After throwing himself behind John McCain in last year’s campaign, country musician John Rich makes an unusually aggressive foray into politics with the populist anthem Shuttin’ Down Detroit, Jon Caramanica writes in the New York Times. The song protests bailout money going from “an old man working in... More »

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John McCain • country music • Nashville • Jimmy Fallon • John Rich • Shuttin' Down Detroit

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Brit's Dancers 
 Fired for Drugs 

Also: Jamie Lynn goes country, more

Mar 10, 09 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sean “Diddy” Combs tells the Huffington Post that, yes, that is the sound of the Notorious BIG receiving—ahem—oral sex during his Ready to Die track. “I think Big would be alright with it,” Combs said of his admission. Elsewhere:
  • Britney Spears’ “beyond strict”
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television • Britney Spears • drugs • celebrity • country music • Diddy • primetime TV • Jamie Lynn Spears • Notorious B.I.G. • Michael J. Fox • Lil' Kim • Hayden Panettiere • Jade Goody

 Mandy Moore Engaged 

Actress to marry alt-country crooner Ryan Adams

Feb 12, 09 6:16 AM CST
(Newser) - License to Wed star Mandy Moore can start looking for a real one, reports People. The star's publicist has confirmed that she and alt-country singer Ryan Adams are engaged. The musical pair have been dating on and off since early last year. They parted when Moore reunited with ex-boyfriend DJ... More »

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celebrity • country music • singer • celebrity engagements • DJ AM • Ryan Adams • Mandy Moore

MUSIC REVIEW

55-Year-Old Singer Leaves Pop Tarts in
the Dust

Beyoncé, Swift should hear Lucinda Williams

Jan 26, 09 6:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Beyoncé and Taylor Swift ought to get real and hear 55-year-old songstress Lucinda Williams, David Hajdu writes in the New Republic. Reviewing albums by all three, Hajdu dismisses Beyoncé's "bipolar" attempt to drum up musical personas, and warns Swift against such concoctions as her star rises. Williams' album,... More »

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pop music • country music • Beyonce • Lucinda Williams • Taylor Swift

 McCready
 'Recovering
 Nicely' 

Doctors repair tendon in country singer's left rm

Dec 19, 08 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Country crooner Mindy McCready is in stable condition after attempting suicide, the New York Daily News reports. Roger Clemens' former mistress underwent surgery in Nashville yesterday to fix a tendon in her left arm. "She is recovering nicely," a source said. A "very intoxicated" McCready slit... More »

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surgery • Roger Clemens • country music • Mindy McCready • suicide attempt

(Newser) - Country singer Mindy McCready, dragged into an uncomfortable spotlight in April when she admitted to an affair with Roger Clemens, has been hospitalized after an apparent suicide attempt, the Daily News reports. McCready's brother found her in her Nashville home after she cut her wrists and took pills. McCready, 33,... More »

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suicide • Roger Clemens • country music • Mindy McCready

 McGraw: I'm 
 Not Running 
 for Guv. Yet. 

Singer still interested, but not yet

Dec 16, 08 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Those of you drooling at the thought of Gov. Tim McGraw will have to wait a little longer. The country star is not running for governor of Tennessee—yet, People reports. A rep for McGraw denied the rumors, sparked by an item in The New Republic earlier this month, but... More »

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politics • celebrity • Tennessee • country music • Tim McGraw • governor

 Duuude, Willie's in Town! 

Singer uses bus for marijuana breaks

Dec 12, 08 10:52 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s as though the '60s (and the '70s, and the '80s) never ended. The scent of marijuana pouring out of a tour bus in Manhattan can be blamed on Willie Nelson, the New York Post reports. Savvy passers-by have realized the bus, parked outside Manny’s Music all week,... More »

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smoking • marijuana • country music • Willie Nelson • singer

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