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Saturday Jun 13 | Http

Music Scene: Hayes Carll the hottest thing in music right now

To say Hayes Carll is really cooking is an understatement. Since the release of "Trouble the Mind" in early 2008, Carll has seen the album cited on numerous year-end "best of" lists.

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Related Topix: Country, Hayes Carll, Texas, Guy Clark, Entertainment

Thu May 14, 2009

National Public Radio

Steve Earle's Hero, Heckler: Townes Van Zandt

Audio for today's show will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET. Ted Barron Steve Earle says his new album tries to spotlight Townes Van Zandt the songwriter - not the mythical, constantly inebriated folk hero of popular memory.

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Related Topix: Country

Mon May 11, 2009

WFAA-TV Dallas

Alan Peppard: LeAnn Rimes, Jerry Jeff Walker, Margot Winspear and more

Yes, StairMaster junkies, that was country singer LeAnn Rimes who strolled into the Equinox Fitness Club early Saturday morning.

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Related Topix: Leann Rimes, Country, Garland, TX, Dallas, TX, Dallas Metro

Fri May 01, 2009

Dayton Daily News

People wearing suits - not jeans - got us into this mess

I will stop wearing denim to make the country more beautiful when the likes of George Will get plastic surgery for the same reason.

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Related Topix: Country, Opinion

The Galveston County Daily News

Singer-songwriter Clark returns to Old Quarter

Guy Clark will bring his nationally known brand of sturdy story-songs to the Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Guy Clark, Country, Houston, TX, Houston Metro, West, TX

Tue Apr 28, 2009

Desert Sun

Tidbits of info from festival

Randy Houser got things started Sunday with a bluesy guitar lick that owed as much to Robert Johnson as Hank Williams.

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Related Topix: Hank Williams, Country, Western, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Stagecoach, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash

Sat Apr 18, 2009

Dalton Daily Citizen

Jimmy Espy: I, extremist

Evidently the federal government is keeping an eye on me. Why? Because I have certain views which qualify me as a potential nutcase.

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Related Topix: Country, Chickamauga, GA, Opinion

Thu Apr 09, 2009

Marshall News Messenger

Mr. Bill to perform Friday at Cajun Tex

Diners at Cajun Tex can enjoy the sounds of Bill "Mr. Bill" Allen of Shreveport, La., as he performs from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the restaurant located at 900 N. East End Blvd.

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Related Topix: Shreveport, LA, Country, Simon & Garfunkel, Folk

Fri Mar 20, 2009

The Hindu

Musical Americana

As high school students, in 1965, Jeff Hanna and Bruce Kunkel started a group called Illegitimate Jug Band.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., The Band, Pop/Rock, Paint Your Wagon, Comedy Movies, Western, Musical Movies, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Country, Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass

Mon Mar 16, 2009

Muskogee Phoenix

Celebrity Birthdays - March 16

William Jonathan Drayton Jr., better known by his stage name Flavor Flav, rapper and member of the group Public Enemy, turns 50.

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Related Topix: Rap, Public Enemy, Black Entertainment, Country, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Soap Opera, Gilmore Girls, Lauren Graham, CHiPs, Action TV

Sun Mar 15, 2009

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Celebrity birthdays

Comedian Jerry Lewis is 83. Movie director Bernardo Bertolucci is 68. Game show host Chuck Woolery is 68.

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Related Topix: Bernardo Bertolucci, Country, Nancy Wilson, Vocal, Patty Griffin, Folk

Fri Mar 13, 2009

The Lufkin Daily News

Jerry Jeff Walker to perform in Crockett March 21

Texas Country music legend Jerry Jeff Walker is coming to the Crockett Civic Center on Saturday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m to share some of his familiar songs with East Texas.

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Related Topix: Texas, Country, Willie Nelson

Fri Feb 27, 2009

The Courier-Journal

Mickey Clark toasts release of 'dream CD'

Mickey Clark has been part of the national folk and country scene since the 1960s, when his songs caught the ear of a young Bob Dylan.

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Related Topix: Louisville, KY, Townes Van Zandt, Folk, Willie Nelson, Country, John Prine, Kinky Friedman

Wed Feb 25, 2009

KTUL

Country Fever 2009 Lineup Announced

The artists for the seventh annual Country Fever festival in Pryor have been announced.

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Related Topix: Country, Jack Ingram, Jason Boland & the Stragglers

Sat Feb 21, 2009

The Aspen Times

Jerry Jeff Walker: a gonzo compadre hits road to Aspen

It must have been a match made in roots-music heaven: A young Jerry Jeff Walker, who was aching to share his songs with audiences, and Austin, Texas - whose official motto is 'The Live Music Capital of the ...

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Related Topix: Country, Austin, TX, Austin Metro, US Travel, Travel, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Thu Jan 29, 2009

LiveDaily

Album Review: Pat Green, "What I'm For"

He cut his teeth rocking partisan crowds, but knew bigger game awaited, as he imbibed Robert Earl Keen, Jerry Jeff Walker, Willie Nelson, and "everything from some really crappy '80s music to the best Motown to ...

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Related Topix: Pat Green, Country, Robert Earl Keen, Willie Nelson

Sun Jan 25, 2009

Houston Press

Freddie Krc

Foggy London town seems like the last place on Earth to inspire a country album.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Mia, Arctic Monkeys, Country, Texas, The Beatles, San Antonio Metro, Music, Entertainment

Fri Jan 23, 2009

Rocky Mountain News

'Zen Cowboy' Pyle Colorado folk hero

Chuck Pyle songs have been recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Suzy Bogguss and Chris LeDoux.

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Related Topix: Country, Suzy Bogguss, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Chris Ledoux, Steamboat Springs, CO, Palmer Lake, CO

Thu Jan 22, 2009

LiveDaily

Interview: Pat Green

18 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and is the follow-up to 2006's "Cannonball," which peaked at No.

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Related Topix: Pat Green, Country, Texas Tech

Tue Jan 20, 2009

Edmond Life & Leisure

Jerry Jeff returns to UCO Jazz Lab

As always my friends, you can count on Edmond Life & Leisure to let you know first about the biggest and best concerts coming to Edmond including the Tres Amigos concert at the UCO Jazz Lab.

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Related Topix: Edmond, OK, Country, University of Central Oklahoma, Non-Profit

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