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Stars donate to Costa Mesa charity
COSTA MESA — A local charity netted big donations in honor of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, including a gown worn at the 2011 Country Music Awards and sneakers signed by a member of the Lakers. The EXTRA Luxury Lounge, a retreat for celebrities...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Kellan Lutz, Michael Cudlitz, Miranda Lambert, Tom Arnold
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Acting out in song
Stop the presses — Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Keely Smith and Marilyn Monroe will be joining forces to perform in Newport Beach next week.
Well, sort of.
Bethany Owen, the "Woman of 1001 Voices and Faces," will bring the four favorites to a...Tags: Dancing, Family, Diana Ross, The Beverly Hillbillies (tv program), Martha Stewart
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Video: Watch country music's Mac Davis sing a Carroll Shelby tribute
Autoblog.comFiled under: Classics, Etc., Videos, Celebrities The passing of automotive legend Carroll Shelby has led to an outpouring of support, including a replay of a toe-tapping melody from country music great Mac Davis. Davis has enjoyed a long and successful... -
Top country star who set Musikfest ticket price record to play much smaller area venue
Lehigh Valley MusicA top country music star who two years ago set a ticket-price record when headlining Musikfest’s main stage – and who this year is nominated for Country Music Television’s Video of the Year – will play a much more intimate...... -
Catching up with Red Simpson, the Bard of Bakersfield
Bakersfield country singer-songwriter Red Simpson, 78, has enjoyed a long, distinguished career. A key architect of Bakersfield's crackling, regional musical style, he's had his songs recorded by the biggest names in the business — Merle Haggard,...
Tags: Music, Lucinda Williams, Annette Funicello, Gram Parsons, Dwight Yoakam
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'Brutal honesty' powers Eaglesmith's music
South Bend TribuneChances are good you haven't heard of Fred Eaglesmith. But the odds are equally as good that if you listen to country music, you've heard at least one of his songs. Toby Keith ("White Rose"), Alan Jackson ("Freight Train"), Miranda Lambert ("Time to Get...Tags: Alan Jackson, Music, Arts, Concerts, Arts and Culture
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An appreciation: Doug Dillard was 'my mentor,' John McEuen says
Pop & HissNitty Gritty Dirt Band's John McEuen praises banjo player Doug Dillard as "my mentor." Doug Dillard helped inspire many young fans, including McEuen and Steve Martin, to take up the banjo.... -
Tim McGraw Lands New Record Deal
Big Machine Records made a major announcement as Tim McGraw has been added to the label’s roster. The announcement was made during a press conference at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville by label head Scott Borchetta. Tim has...
Tags: Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts (music group), Arts and Culture, Taylor Swift
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Taylor Swift pledges $4 million for Country Hall's education center
Pop & HissTaylor Swift is pledging $4 million for the creation of new educational facilities at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. The Taylor Swift Education Center will increase the museum's educational facilities dramatically.... -
Alan Jackson plays country music, plain and simple -- and good -- at Sands Bethlehem Event Center
"Don't rock the jukebox/Play me a country song," Alan Jackson sings in his No. 1 hit "Don't Rock the Jukebox." That's what Jackson plays: Not pop or rock with a twang, as virtually every other top country artist now plays. But country. And that's what...Tags: Music, Alan Jackson, Mario Andretti, Zac Brown Band (music group), Concerts
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Taylor Swift gives $4 million for Country Hall's education center
Taylor Swift, the country superstar who became a professional songwriter at 14, scored a record deal at 15 and released her first album at 16, is kicking in $4 million toward the creation of an education center that will bear her name at the Country Music...Tags: Museums, Arts and Culture, Taylor Swift
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Little Big Town welcomes pop to its country world
Country circles have debated it for decades: Is crossing over to the pop mainstream good or bad for country music, a genre so steeped in tradition?
Jimi Westbrook, one of the four singers in the Alabama group Little Big Town — which performs at...Tags: Music, Jessie J (music group), Bruno Mars, Arts and Culture, Preakness Stakes
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