Happy Labor Day – Top 10
Labor Day originated in Canada from labor unions fighting for a nine-house work day. The first Labor Day in the United States was celebrated on September 5, 1882 in New York City as a result…
Tag Archives: Dolly-Parton
News Round Up: Dolly Parton Loves the Great Smoky Mountains
Dolly Parton will be on hand for the 75th Anniversary Rededication of Great Smoky Mountains National Park on September 2nd, joining Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue and several other dignitaries. Dolly…
Dolly Parton To Release 4-CD Box Set
“Dolly,” a deluxe, 40CD box set covering Dolly Parton’s 4 decade spanning career to feature 99 hits , deep cuts, unreleased tracks, rarities and B-sides as well as 11 Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton duets. …
Legendary Country Tapes Discovered
Tapes of George Jones, Dolly Parton, Hank Williams Jr., Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Tammy Wynette, Buck Owens, Charley Pride, and other country greats were among some of the hundreds of tapes that were…
The Devil Makes Three Readies “Do Right Wrong.”
Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will hold its quarterly series, Nashville Cats: A Celebration of Music City Session Players on Saturday, Feb. 21, with a salute to drummer Jerry Carrigan. Among his…
Dolly Parton to Play Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon for Charity
No Depression’s Lloyd Sachs looks for reasons for Americana/Roots leaning folks to tune into the Grammy Awards on February 9. Maybe it’s reasons not to tune in…either way it’s pretty darn funny. Americana music blog…
Loretta Lynn Plays the Opry this Weekend
Country Music legend and Country Music Hall of Famer Loretta Lynn takes time off her busy touring schedule and – recording new songs with Elvis Costello, Todd Snider and others, for a possible 2009 release…
Marty Stuart To Debut “The Marty Stuart Show” on RFD-TV in November
Ellensburg, Washington based alt.country artist Star Anna is already a Twang Nation favorite and has tickled our fancy even further by offering an excellent ‘Crooked Path Live EP‘ available for download at Amazon. The digital…
George Jones to Release “Burn Your Playhouse Down”
A collection of unreleased George Jones duets entitled “Burn Your Playhouse Down” (Bandit Records) will be released on August 19. The recordings range from the mid-70s with his ex-wife Tammy Wynette to the most recent…
Yahoo Music Blog’s 25 Music Legends
Rob O’Connor compiled a list of 25 Music Legends (With At Least 25 Years of Service) for his Yahoo music blog. His list speaks well of the longevity of great country music by including some…