News
01/22/2012
The legendary country festival in Wembley, London, which hosted the biggest names in country music for decades, is back! Not only will the festival take place in London, UK, but then it will travel to country music fans in Northern Ireland, Germany ...
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01/22/2012
One of the most popular country bands of the past two decades is back! Lonestar announced that the band reunited with the original lead singer Richie McDonald to celebrate their 20th anniversary. Not only is Lonestar and Richie going to tour in 2012 ...
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01/21/2012
The Mavericks, who scored smash hits such as "Here Comes The Rain", "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down" and "Dance The Night Away" in the 90's reunite again! The founding members Raul Malo (vocals, guitar), Robert Reynolds (bass) and Paul Deakin ...
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01/18/2012
Beloved Charlie Collins, a long-time guitar player of the Grand Ole Opry house band and the last remaining member of Roy Accuff's original Smoky Mountain Boys, died on January 12. Collins played with Roy Accuff from 1966 until Acuff's death in 1992. ...
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01/16/2012
Alan Jackson released a second single and music video "So You Don't Have To Love Me Anymore" from his upcoming album. He took off some time after he parted ways with the Arista Records, a 20-year collaboration which made him a living legend. A few ...
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01/12/2012
The second voume of the tribute project to Waylon Jennings titled "The Music Inside - Volume II" comes out January 24. This disc features musical tributes by Dierks Bentley ("Lonesome, Onry, And Mean"), Montgomery Gentry ("Dukes of Hazzard Theme ...
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Interviews
01/02/2012
Charlie McCoy is a genuine country music legend. During the most famous era of the Nashville Sound he was one of the busiest session musicians and participated on thousands of legendary records by major country stars and the likes of ELvis Presley, ...
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Interviews
12/30/2011
Billy Dean was a frequent visitor to country charts in the mid 90's with smash hits such as "Somewhere In My Broken Heart", "Billy The Kid" or "If There Hadn't Been You". In 2000 he and Alison Krauss also sang on Kenny Rogers' megahit "Buy Me A Rose ...
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Interviews
12/30/2011
Heidi Newfield is primarily known as a former lead singer of Trick Pony, the high energy driven band who exploded on the country music scene in 2000. With their rebellious attitude and hardcore music they immediately built a huge fan base and scored ...
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Journal
08/31/2011
In spite of the fact Alan Jackson doesn't like long distance flights and another reason which used to be given as an explanation why he will never tour outside of America was his reported fobia of unknown foreign food, he came back to tour Europe ...
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Interviews
07/06/2011
No other person can be credited with more achievements in the development of country music than Jo Walker-Meador. She served as the Executive Director of the Country Music Association from 1962 to 1991 and some of her credits include establishing ...
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Interviews
06/25/2011
Music tradition in Carlene Carter's family simply couldn't get her other career but in country music. Her grandmother was Maybelle Carter of the original Carter Family, her father Grand Ole Opry star was Carl Smith, her mother June Carter Cash and ...
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Interviews
06/03/2011
Monty Lane Allen, a multi-talented artist from South Carolina, is for his studio work considered one of the best kept secrets on Music Row. After the release of his marvelous debut album "Great Big World" in 2008 several of his music videos aired on ...
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Interviews
08/21/2010
Doing an interview with Brooks & Dunn was my longtine dream. This legendary duo is along with Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire and George Strait the only act to still be able to chart after 20 years of their careers. Most of today's superstars ...
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Interviews
08/08/2010
The Grascals are a bluegrass supergroup, who inconspicuously started out working with Dolly Parton and two years later earned the IBMI Entertainer of the Year trophy. The Grascals are known for their typical fresh sound and innovative bluegrass ...
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Interviews
07/14/2010
Rodney Crowell started out as a member of Emmylou Harris's Hot Band and later went on to become one of the most respected songwriters of his era. Rodney's songwriting credicts include "Stars On The Water" (G.Strait, J.Buffett), "Ain't Living Like ...
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Interviews
07/13/2010
Raul Malo is not just a former lead singer of the Mavericks, a band which ruled the charts in the mid 90's with smash hits such as "Here Comes The Rain", "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down" and "Dance The Night Away". Raul Malo is remarkable as a ...
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Interviews
07/05/2010
Vince Gill is often called "the most loved person in country music". The multiple CMA Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year has also earned 20 Grammys and dozens of other major awards. As an acknowledged musician and songwriter Vince has ...
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Interviews
07/01/2010
Megan Mullins is an incredibly talented young lady who tours, when she's not busy working on her promising solo career, with the legendary Randy Owen, former leader of the supergroup Alabama, along with her husband, marvelous guitar player John ...
Interviews
05/10/2010
George Hamilton V is the son of country music legend and Grand Ole Opry star George Hamilton IV and is also a successful musician on his own. He is also quite popular in Europe thanks to his numerous collaborations with the Colorado Band from Poland ...
Interviews
03/31/2010
Buddy Jewell had been in the music business a long time until he eventually achieved a national success as the very first winner of Nashville Star, a country and much cooler version of American Idol, in 2003. Right after his TV triumph he scored Top ...
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Interviews
03/13/2010
Susan Hickman is a very talented and ambitious young lady from Houston, TX, currently breaking through in country music. With the release of her debut album "Susan Hickman" in early 2009, she can be heard on the country radio both in the USA and ...
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Journal
03/06/2010
Even though some American country music artists appear to play in Germany or Switzerland from time to time, it's quite common that the major stars don't usually tour Europe. When the news came that Alan Jackson was coming on tour to Europe after 19 ...
News
09/25/2009
The European Country Music Association revealed nominees for its annual awards show and "Long Gone Loner", a powerful duet by Slovak band Peter & The Rowers with country superstar Joe Diffie earned a nod in the Vocal Collaboration of the Year ...
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Interviews
06/26/2009
Lonestar is one of country's finest bands consisting of Cody Collins, Dean Sams, Michael Britt and Keech Rainwater. With 10 #1 hits including "No News", "Amazed" and "I'm Already There" they already made their mark in country music history. I met ...
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06/23/2009
The Slovak band Peter & The Rowers have topped the ECMA Top 100 chart several times and they won 8 awards from the European CMA last year. Now they can add another success on their list of career achievements: for the very first time they topped ...
News
05/14/2009
Joe Diffie, a man of the golden voice and Grammy winning country music legend, who collected 12 #1 hit records in the 90's, has signed a contract with the AGR Television Records, a division of Universal Music. Joe's first European album "The ...
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Interviews
03/11/2009
Tracy Byrd is one of the very few unique country artists, who has been true to traditional honkytonk all his career and has been making excellent music ever since. Coming from Beaumont, TX, Tracy scored with smash hits such as "Watermelon Crawl", ...
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Interviews
01/30/2009
Marty Stuart is a living legend, who started out in Lester Flatts's backing group at the age of 14. In 1979 Marty joined Johnny Cash's band and soon afterwards launched his solo career. Marty scored with a number of popular hits including "Hillbilly ...
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Interviews
08/26/2008
Bill Anderson has been one of the brightest stars of the Grand Ole Opry since 1961. In the early 60's he scored a number of hits with "Po Folks", "Still", "Mama Sang A Song" and many more and his unique voice soon earned his a name "Whispering Bill" ...
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Interviews
08/22/2008
During my Texas trip I took an exciting ride when I got on Mark Chesnutt's touring bus and went with him and the gang to do a show down in Brownsville. It was really cool to experience a life on the road with a major star for 24 hours including ...
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Interviews
08/19/2008
This time I met Michael Peterson in Nashville, we went to dinner a couple of times and one night he showed me around bars on Broadway. When we walked in Tootsies, Michael's presence gained so much attention, that he eventually had to come up on the ...
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Journal
08/16/2008
Seeing Brad Paisley in concert was a dream of mine for years, which eventually came true when I got to Louisville, KY, where Brad played with opening acts Jewel, Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough at the Kentucky State Fair. Brad Paisley is well-known ...
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Journal
08/14/2008
Although the summer is the best time of year for visiting Nashville, a disvantage is that the major stars are out on arena tours and when one wants to see a big show, they have to travel long distances. That's why I took a trip to the Kentucky State ...
News
08/12/2008
The powerful duet by the reigning European Artist of the Year, Peter & The Rowers, and country music superstar Joe Diffie has reached #1 at the ECMA Top 100 this week. This becomes the third #1 hit within 18 months for the successful Slovak band ...
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Interviews
08/05/2008
The legendary Joe Diffie, one of the biggest stars in the 90's and the man of the golden voice, has collected 12 #1 hits, Grammy awards, CMA awards, Grand Ole Opry membership and cut several duets with George Jones. He has earned a prominent ...