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| HOT DISH: Taylor Swift Talks About Songwriting, Friends and Good Manners "Hank Williams, Harlan Howard, Alan Jackson. Three names that mean greatness when it comes to writing country songs. Your name, Taylor Swift, can be in the same sentence with these songwriters." |
| Ditto for Darius: Rucker's Album and Song on Top Another Week For the second week in a row, Darius Rucker tops both Billboard's country songs and country albums charts. His winning song is "Don't Think I Don't Think About It," while his triumphant album is Learn to Live. |
| Dailey & Vincent Sweep IBMA Awards, Including Entertainer of the Year The sweet-singing duo Dailey & Vincent went from emerging artist of the year to entertainer of the year in just two and a-half hours Thursday night (Oct. 2), winning seven awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association. They were nominated |
| Toby Keith Registering as Independent Voter Longtime Democrat Toby Keith is registering to vote as an independent and says the left wing's verbal attacks against Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin could lead to a win for John McCain in November, the singer-songwriter said Thursday ( |
| NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Got Music for a Pitiful, Helpless Giant? Is anyone writing soundtrack songs for an America running helplessly headlong toward ruin? I'm not going to attempt to go into political issues, other than to say that tough times can and should produce music that can address and perhaps explain and make |
| Dailey & Vincent Up for 10 IBMA Honors If they're practical about it, Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent will take a shopping cart to the International Bluegrass Music Association awards show Thursday night (Oct. 2) at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Together, as the hot new vocal duo Dailey & |
| Kellie Pickler Shares Her Secret to Keep From Going Crazy Kellie Pickler first made a name for herself on American Idol, but she firmly insists that there are no more reality shows in her future. |
| Teen Sierra Hull Is Turning Heads in Bluegrass Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus aren't the only teenagers grabbing headlines with their music. When 16-year-old Sierra Hull makes her rounds at the International Bluegrass Music Association convention in Nashville this week -- and she'll be everywhere -- she |
| Life After Trick Pony: Heidi Newfield Shines With First Solo Album Heidi Newfield had just flown back to Nashville for a one-day break from the road, and there were a million things she could talk about. But the first question her interviewer asked her is if it took "nerve" to record "Knocked Up," the last song on her fi |
| Jerry Douglas' Musical Variety Is Instrumental to His Success Jerry Douglas has established himself as one of the most versatile musicians in Nashville, both as a studio musician and a featured member of Alison Krauss & Union Station. And he's still hungry -- but not in the same way as hundreds of other pickers |
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