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Chris Young Relishes First No. 1 Single, "Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song)"

Chris Young and his co-writers, Cory Batten and Kent Blazy, basked in just that achievement Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 24) at back-to-back parties in Nashville for Young's recent chart-topping single, "Gettin' You Home (The Black...

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Sesame Street and Big Bird Feel 40 Years Young

For Big Bird, 40 is the new 6. Everyone's favorite 8-foot yellow lark and all his friends celebrated Sesame Street's 40th anniversary earlier this month. While the big Four-Oh means middle age in human years, it's forever young...

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Christie's Offers Classic Country Items on Auction

The day after Thanksgiving is typically the day when smart shoppers start their holiday shopping. But if you have any country fans on your list (like, say, yourself), you may want to wait until Dec....

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Marley's Ghost taps Cowboy Jack Clement for new CD, 'Ghost Town'

San Francisco -- CA Marley's Ghost, cited by Paste magazine as "(having) earned cult-band status over 20 years of spirited musicianship, multi-part harmonies and irreverent humor," will return from a three-year absence from...

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“His Show was transcendent” (Willie Nelson at Luckenbach)

Willie Nelson, Fourth of July 2007, Fort Worth, TX Willie Nelson in Lukenbach: “His show was transcendent. That’s a highfalutin word that I would almost never use, but I honestly felt as if I were taking a trip back in time to...

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New Releases, Nov. 23-24: Adam Lambert, Susan Boyle, Tom Petty

Plus: Andrea Bocelli [ tickets ] , Shakira [ tickets ] , "Twilight," more * * * Adam Lambert [ tickets ] "For Your Entertainment" (RCA) The 2009 "American Idol" runner-up--arguably the most buzzed-about second-place "A.I."...

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All In A Day’s Work

Independent music store owner Hodgkinson one of ‘last of a dying breed’ In the age of Internet downloads and large music chains, one might not expect to find many independent music stories left. “We’re the last of a dying...

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We are the World (Rock’s finest hour)

Can you find Willie Nelson's autograph?] People Magazine February 25, 1985 http://www.people.com A sign outside Studio A bore a single admonition: “Please check your egos at the door.” Bold instructions, perhaps, since polished...

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Cheerio, Icon Man: Singer-impersonator Greg London ending run at Harrah's

When singer-impersonator Greg London was asked to bring his show to Reno, he thought he'd be donning a lot of hats ... all of them Western. Two and a half years later, London understands that Reno isn't a cow town anymore....

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Willie Nelson, at CMT

Willie Nelson www.cmt.com by: Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Steve Leggett As a songwriter and a performer, Willie Nelson played a vital role in post-rock & roll country music. Although he didn’t become a star until the mid-’70s,...

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