Oct 22 Country music singer Charley Pride to get lifetime achievement award By Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press Trailblazing country music star Charley Pride will get a lifetime achievement award at the CMA Awards in November. Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch 6:43 Leaving Dixie behind, The Chicks get even more personal — and political By Jeffrey Brown, Jason Kane The Chicks, formerly known as the Dixie Chicks, are the best-selling female band of all time in the U.S. But they may be known just as much for a comment lead singer Natalie Maines made during the lead-up to the… Continue watching
Jul 10 With new name and album, The Chicks’ voices ring loud again By Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press With topics like youth activism and escaping toxic relationships, the album "seemed like a good reflection on our times," said lead singer Natalie Maines. Continue reading
Jul 06 Country rocker and fiddler Charlie Daniels dies at age 83 By Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press His song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” was No. 1 on the country charts in 1979 and crossed over to the pop charts. Continue reading
Jun 26 Country music reckons with racial stereotypes and its future By Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press The 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… Continue reading
Jun 25 Dixie Chicks shorten name to The Chicks in order to ‘meet this moment’ By Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press The term Dixie refers to Southern U.S. states, especially those that belonged to the Confederacy. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch 2:39 News Wrap: Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum In our news wrap Monday, police in the Netherlands are searching for a Vincent van Gogh painting, “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring (1884).” Investigators say thieves stole the artwork from the Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam after… Continue watching
Mar 30 Country singer Joe Diffie dies of coronavirus complications By Associated Press Country singer Joe Diffie, who had a string of hits in the 1990s with chart-topping, rock-tinged singles such as “Home” and “Pickup Man” has died after testing positive for COVID-19. Continue reading
Mar 30 John Prine critically ill with COVID-19 symptoms By Associated Press The family of John Prine says the singer-songwriter is critically ill and has been placed on a ventilator while being treated for COVID-19-type symptoms. Continue reading
Nov 14 Garth Brooks wins entertainer of the year at CMAs, despite female push By Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press Brooks won the top prize over Carrie Underwood, who many had hoped would be the first female to win entertainer of the year since 2011. Continue reading