Reuters - Jan 12, 2009
Country legend Loretta Lynn is preparing two projects this year to follow up her 2004 crossover hit, Van Lear Rose. Lynn, 74, is working on an album of new material that she says could be ready by late...
More »Reuters - Aug 1, 2008
Seventy-four-year-old legend Loretta Lynn, whose first single, I'm a Honky Tonk Girl, hit the country singles chart in 1960, is as busy as ever. She still tours, writes songs and is working on...
More »AP - May 17, 2007
She was an amazing talent, a young singer with a wonderful voice who wrote beautiful songs. But she was no beauty, plus flat-chested and overweight to boot. Remembering the aspiring star, music executive...
More »AP - Mar 11, 2007
Country music queen Loretta Lynn, the coal miner s daughter, is getting an honorary doctorate from Boston s Berklee College of Music. Berklee President Roger H. Brown will make the presentation on the...
More »Reuters - Mar 6, 2007
ZZ Top, Evanescence and Velvet Revolver are among the acts scheduled to play the inaugural Rock on the Range festival, set for May 19 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Also booked to appear...
More »AP - Feb 14, 2007
Soon you can call her the coal miner s doctor. Loretta Lynn is slated to receive an honorary doctorate of music from Berklee College of Music during her March 17 performance at the Grand Ole Opry....
More »Reuters - Sep 27, 2006
You could say Americana, that indefinable roots music, is the new punk rock. But the punks in question are older and make a lot of money. Last week, a record 1,200 people turned up in Nashville for...
More »Reuters - Jun 18, 2006
Grammy-winning country singer Gretchen Wilson s debut was titled Here for the Party, and a party is exactly what she sets out to provide in concert. Thursday night, the singer and her hard-working band...
More »E! Online - Jun 11, 2006
Country legend Loretta Lynn is taking it one day at a time. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter underwent shoulder replacement surgery Thursday and is expected to make a full recovery, spokesman...
More »AP - Jun 9, 2006
Rock stars, country stars and even songwriters have their own halls of fame. Now their backing musicians are getting into the act, too. The Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum opened Friday and honors...
More »Reuters - Apr 16, 2006
Even without a surprise appearance from high-profile fan Jack White of the White Stripes, Cincinnati-based power trio the Greenhornes held their own Friday with an hour-plus set of smokin blues, psychedelic...
More »Reuters - Apr 14, 2006
Punk icon Iggy Pop says he has been holed up in a little cottage in the boonies on a little river in Florida writing music with his old band the Stooges. Yes, the much-talked about reunion record is...
More »AP - Mar 29, 2006
Hank Williams Jr. will receive Country Music Television s Johnny Cash Visionary Award during the 2006 CMT Music Awards show next month, the cable network announced Wednesday. Hosted by comedian Jeff...
More »AP - Mar 3, 2006
Ray Charles 1962 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music was a milestone that broadened the audience for country music and brought new respect to the genre, and a new exhibit at the Country Music...
More »Reuters - Feb 21, 2006
Martina McBride hit it right on the nose. Anyone who s a new fan cause of the Timeless album must be wondering what the hell happened, the country singer joked shortly into the second half of her Radio...
More »AP - Dec 5, 2005
Country singers Wynonna Judd and Cowboy Troy will host the fourth season of the USA Network s Nashville Star talent search series. The eight-week show, which combines elements of reality TV with a talent...
More »E! Online - Nov 30, 2005
Jack White s about to fall in love with a girl--or boy--all over again. The White Stripes mastermind and his wife of five months, British model Karen Elson, are expecting their first child together...
More »E! Online - Oct 26, 2005
Sometimes art does imitate life: Take this week s album chart, which finds Rod Stewart chasing after a younger blonde woman--Ashlee Simpson. Jessica s lip-synching sibling managed to hold off the...
More »AP - Oct 26, 2005
In the rough-and-tumble roadhouse called Big O s, a teenage Gretchen Wilson felt at home with a microphone in hand, belting out renditions of old-school Patsy Cline or Loretta Lynn that sliced through...
More »AP - Aug 16, 2005
When MTV descends on Miami on Aug. 28 for the annual Video Music Awards, it will bring a seemingly endless lineup of rappers, rockers, teeny boppers and even Killers. Which might make you think MTV...
More »Reuters - Dec 18, 2004
The third chart entry proves to be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the Billboard Hot 100 with Let Me Love You (3rd Street/J). The single moves 3-2, eclipsing the No. 4 peak of his...
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