AP - Jan 6, 2006
Twenty years ago a lanky young country singer from Texas headed to Milwaukee to open a concert for a raspy-voiced blues rocker. Lyle Lovett arrived a day early for the show with Bonnie Raitt and got...
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Acclaimed fiddle virtuoso Vassar Clements, dubbed the Miles Davis of bluegrass, died Tuesday near Nashville following a battle with lung cancer. He was 77. Clements performed with a variety of artists...
More »AP - Jun 23, 2005
THURSDAY, 5:45 p.m.: The empty expanse of cow pasture that was once Manchester is morphing into Tennessee s third largest city. Meanwhile, somewhere near Centeroo, the first major drum circle has been...
More »AP - May 10, 2005
Over his 35-year career, singer-songwriter John Prine has been called a keen commentator, a wry humorist and a master storyteller. The one thing he s never been called, it s safe to say, is a gifted singer...
More »AP - May 6, 2005
In 1999, a group of concert promoters claimed to have reinvented Woodstock, resulting in another example of how attempts to replicate the past tend to produce something grotesque in the present. Woodstock...
More »AP - Dec 15, 2004
Like that smiling skydiver on the deodorant ads? Can t get enough of his sunny joshing on MTV s Pimp My Ride ? Prepare to meet the cunning, sometimes caustic musician Xzibit was before becoming an actor...
More »Reuters - Jul 3, 2004
Roger McGuinn , Mavis Staples, Alison Krauss and Yo-Yo Ma are among the performers on a new collection of 19th-century American classics by Stephen Foster. The 18-track CD compilation, Beautiful Dreamer...
More »USRN - Sep 13, 1999
Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com): NBC: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno - Bif Naked is the musical guest. (To read a Bif Naked feature, click here.) Late Night With Conan O Brien - John Prine is...
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