Reuters - Jan 29, 2008
For years singer Shelby Lynne had heard the comparisons with Dusty Springfield. Although flattered to be mentioned in the same breath as the late British singer, Lynne never thought of covering any of...
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Eight-time Grammy Award winner Natalie Cole is going back to her roots -- to the singer she was before her multiplatinum Unforgettable: With Love album. That 1991 set featured duets between Cole and...
More »Reuters - Sep 12, 2006
Somewhere in her evolution, Natalie Cole grew a bit confusing. A pop-savvy brand of strong-female soul ballads and the ultra-positive This Will Be gave her instant cred when she released her first album...
More »E! Online - Aug 31, 2006
Farm Aid is ready to kick out the jams and, um, polkas. With the annual daylong music fest turning 21, founders Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp unveiled an eclectic lineup for this year...
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This year s Farm Aid benefit concert will feature not only the nearly annual show s mainstays such as Neil Young and Willie Nelson, but also genres from polka to reggae. The lineup for the Sept. 30...
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Some of the biggest names in country music have signed on for a tribute album to country legend Barbara Mandrell, who stepped away from the business in 1997. Dubbed She Was Country When Country Wasn...
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Every year, one of the most heavily debated Grammy Award categories is that of best new artist. While all of the candidates vying for the coveted statuette on February 8 -- Ciara, Fall Out Boy, Keane...
More »Reuters - Oct 5, 2005
If you nail yourself down to one thing, you re gonna have a hurt foot, Waylon Payne says. Country singer-songwriter Payne has been a hard man to nail down lately. The musician, who released a fine but...
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Shelby Lynne is one hard woman. She greets a visiting journalist without a smile. Within minutes, she accuses him of having already written his story based on preconceptions, and emphasizes how little...
More »Reuters - May 6, 2004
Bob Dylan , Keith Richards , Jerry Lee Lewis , Kid Rock and Merle Haggard were among the outlaws and angels that Willie Nelson brought out on Wednesday for his third annual concert special on USA Network...
More »E! Online - Oct 22, 2003
We re guessing even Simon is speechless right about now. Five months after finishing runner up to Ruben Studdard on American Idol by just 1 percent, Clay Aiken has shown himself the biggest Idol of...
More »USRN - Jun 14, 2003
(6/14/03, 7 a.m. ET) -- Country-singer-turned-pop-diva Shelby Lynne has signed a new deal with Capitol Records. According to Billboard, the new album called Identity Crisis is due out September 16. Lynne...
More »USRN - Jan 7, 2003
(1/7/03, 5 p.m. ET) -- Allison Moorer recorded her next album, a live project, at a Nashville club Saturday (January 4), drawing guests from the world of pop and rock. Moorer s sister, Grammy-winner Shelby...
More »USRN - Mar 6, 2001
(3/6/01, 6 p.m. ET) - Best new artist Grammy winner Shelby Lynne and British pop sensation Robbie Williams are among the artists contributing new tracks to the Bridget Jones s Diary soundtrack, due from...
More »USRN - Feb 23, 2001
(2/23/01, 1 p.m. ET) -- Thirteen years and six albums after her career began as a country artist in Nashville, pop crossover act Shelby Lynne garnered her first Grammy award for overall best new artist...
More »USRN - Jan 4, 2001
(1/4/01, 10 a.m. ET) - Rootsy singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne, angst-rockers Papa Roach, country upstart Brad Paisley, R&B singer Jill Scott, and pop star Sisqo will go head to head in the best new artist...
More »USRN - Dec 21, 1998
(12/22/98, 1 a.m. PST) - Country music seems to be in the family way these days. No, not that family way--we re talking about siblings of established stars launching their own music careers. The sibling...
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