Dolly Parton — the woman whose figure launched a thousand jokes — is a serious musician. Beyond that, the Dolly that comes through in profiles and...
Category - Country
Ernest Tubb was a second generation country music star. Profiles of the singer/songwriter paint him as a follower of Jimmie Rogers, who was known as “the...
There is more of a split between old and new country music than between generations in other genres. The core of rock, for instance, hasn’t changed all...
[column size=one_half position=first ]Three things have surprised me since I started The Daily Music Break: Norah Jones is Ravi Shankar’s daughter, Herb...
Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra’s operatic “Ghost Riders in the Sky” was number one the Billboard charts during this week in 1949. The song...
Hank Williams, Sr. was a transitional figure in American music in general and country music in particular. AllMusic’s Stephen Thomas Erlewine starts his...
Jana Pendragon at AllMusic does a nice job of profiling Ralph Stanley. Here is how it starts: Born in Stratton, Virginia in 1927, Ralph Stanley and his older...
Here is what the Seattle Times said about Vaudeville Etiquette. The band’s website offers this: Seattle folk-rock band Vaudeville Etiquette embraces...
Music has a great ability to renew itself. Check out Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand, a bluegrass group from Utah breathes new life — and not a little...
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs broke up on tn this day in 1969, according to Country Music Television. The two had been together for 25 years, the site says. ...
