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Porter Wagoner dies at 80
Click to see a gallery of Porter Wagoner photos (this 1967 image: Jimmy Ellis/The Tennessean). For 50 years, Porter Wagoner starred on the Grand Ole Opry, wearing otherworldly suits and singing about...
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Patty Loveless paints ‘portrait of rural America’ on new album
Patty Loveless performs Monday at the Ryman (photo: Tony Baker). Right about the time Patty Loveless stopped having hit records on country radio, her music started getting better. Funny how that works....
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Willie Nelson signs with Rounder Records to release ‘Country Music’
Willie Nelson (photo: Heather Byrd/The Tennessean)Country Music Hall of Famer Willie Nelson's next album, the T Bone Burnett-produced Country Music, features numerous classic country covers and...
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Court Yard Hounds, Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson talk new releases with...
Court Yard HoundsRolling Stone compiled a thorough "spring music preview" (that kindly goes right on into summer, too), and they've included some updates on anticipated releases from local and/or...
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At Opry House, country music’s most famous circle will remain unbroken
The front of the Grand Ole Opry House, swallowed by flood waters (photo: Chris Hollo). Country music’s most famous circle is unbroken. Cut from the stage of the Ryman Auditorium and inserted into the...
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Bobby Bare shares fish tales
Bobby Bare (photo: Sanford Myers/The Tennessean)It's been 68 years since Bobby Bare, one of country music's elder statesmen, caught his first fish. It was a bluegill he pulled out of a creek in his...
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Marty Stuart shares ‘Ghost Train,’ love of country tradition
Marty Stuart (photo: Samuel M. Simpkins/The Tennessean)All manner of country-related sounds are bouncing through Nashville this week during the CMA Music Festival, but for Marty Stuart, the ones that...
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‘Songwriter’ shows Bill Anderson doing what he does best
“I’m just sitting here, trying to figure out how a city that’s recovering from a flood can be in a drought,” said Country Music Hall of Famer Bill Anderson, talking from home. After more than a half...
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Remembering Porter Wagoner, on his birthday
Click to see a gallery of Porter Wagoner photos (this 1967 image: Jimmy Ellis/The Tennessean). August 12 marks the birthday of Country Music Hall of Famer Porter Wagoner, who died in 2007 after...
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Marty Stuart guards sanctity of traditional country
40 years ago, a teen talent set out to conquer the world of country music. After some hits — and misses — he has a new purpose: Make sure the music of his heroes endures. Click to see a gallery of...
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