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Patsy Cline tribute concert at Country Music Hall of Fame features Brenda...
Patsy Cline Brenda Lee, Jan Howard, Kristen Kelly, Lorrie Morgan and Pam Tillis will spend Saturday morning in concert honoring Patsy Cline at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The museum has...
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Peter Cooper On Music: The Louvin Brothers’ last ride
Jimmy Capps, Opry session guitarist backstage at the Opry August 9, 2013 in Nashville, Tenn. (Samuel M. Simpkins/The Tennessean) Yes, George Riddle recalls the trip. It was 50 years ago: August 18,...
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Peter Cooper On Music: 1973 killings brought fear to Nashville
Click for a photo gallery of the life and death of David 'Stringbean' Akeman (photo: Les Leverett/WSM) On Nov. 10, 1973, Tex Ritter stood on the Ryman Auditorium stage and brought David “Stringbean”...
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Mandy Barnett releases new music, sings with Nashville Symphony this weekend
Mandy Barnett (Photo: Jae S. Lee/The Tennessean) Most people familiar with singer Mandy Barnett associate her name with Patsy Cline. Barnett portrayed the singer in the acclaimed stage musical “Always...
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Tennessean Music Podcast: Heidi Feek
Heidi Feek Singer songwriter Heidi Feek is all of twenty something years old but sounds much older. (Think Patsy Cline meets Chris Isaak on the way to Roy Orbison.) The daughter of country music duo...
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Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan win big at American Country Awards
Luke Bryan was winner of the awards for artist of the year, artist of the year: male, and touring artist of the year at the American Country Awards at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on Dec. 10,...
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American Country Awards: Five things you need to know
Click the photo about for a gallery from the 2013 American Country Awards. Here, Brian Kelley, left, and Tyler Hubbard, center, of musical group Florida Georgia Line accept the single of the year award...
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Peter Cooper On Music: Country greats leave us in 2013
Click for a gallery of George Jones over the years (this photo of Jones in 1978: S.A. Tarkington / The Tennessean) Happy still pretty new year. Sad old year. As a Nashville music fan, I was glad to...
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‘The Voice’ welcomes Nashville rocker Megan Ruger
When she's performing in a bar on Lower Broadway, Megan Ruger says she can't finish a gig without singing the country hit "Wagon Wheel." But that tune comes at a price. Megan Ruger performs on 'The...
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Peter Cooper On Music: Mandy Barnett solves musical mystery
Mandy Barnett To most of us, Don Gibson was a mystery man. He was a Country Music Hall of Famer who rarely sat for interviews. He never fully explained his motivations as a singer, never spilled the...
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