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Arts Oct 22
Country music singer Charley Pride to get lifetime achievement awardTrailblazing country music star Charley Pride will get a lifetime achievement award at the CMA Awards in November.
Arts Sep 30
Country star and hit Elvis songwriter Mac Davis dies at 78Country star Mac Davis, who launched his career crafting the Elvis hits “A Little Less Conversation” and “In the Ghetto,” and whose own hits include “Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me,” has died at 78 years old.
Arts Jul 10
With new name and album, The Chicks’ voices ring loud againWith topics like youth activism and escaping toxic relationships, the album "seemed like a good reflection on our times," said lead singer Natalie Maines.
Arts Jul 06
Country rocker and fiddler Charlie Daniels dies at age 83His song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” was No. 1 on the country charts in 1979 and crossed over to the pop charts.
Arts Jun 26
Country music reckons with racial stereotypes and its futureThe country music industry has been hesitant to talk about its own long and complicated history with race, but the death of George Floyd that sparked rallies all across the country became an issue too important for the genre to…
Arts Jun 25
Dixie Chicks shorten name to The Chicks in order to ‘meet this moment’The term Dixie refers to Southern U.S. states, especially those that belonged to the Confederacy.
Arts May 15
Little Richard to be buried at historically black collegeRock 'n' roll pioneer Little Richard will be buried in a private funeral at Oakwood University, a historically black university in Huntsville, Alabama.
Arts May 09
Little Richard, flamboyant rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 87Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll,” has died. He was 87.
Arts Mar 21
Singer, actor, ‘The Gambler’: Kenny Rogers dies at 81Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as “Lucille,” “Lady” and “Islands in the Stream” and embraced his persona as “The Gambler” on record and on TV, died Friday night.
Nation Mar 10
Nashville artists help out on stage and off after tornadoesNashville musicians banded together both in their community, but also on stage during a benefit concert Monday night called “To Nashville, With Love” featuring a dozen artists playing to raise money for relief efforts.