Loretta Lynn News

After years of practice and preparation, Koby Conrad is finally positioned for possible national acclaim.

It might be the highlight of the HFA's Kathryn Bigelow retrospective, if you don't count Point Break .

"I was raised in the Arkansas cotton fields like Johnny Cash," Luraville's Lonnie Jolson said proudly.

Centre Stage presents Country Queens, a concert tribute to the legendary ladies who made country music history: Loretta Lynn e, Tammy Wynette , Dolly Parton , Patsy Cline, Kitty Wells , Reba McEntire and Barbara Mandrell.

Country music has always had something of an image problem, particularly among people who fancy themselves as progressives. Immigrant-trashing, gay-bashing, race-baiting, women-hating songs aren't hard to find in the country catalogue. Heck, sometimes you can find them all on a single album.

But, for all of its redneck revelry, country music also supplies many examples of forward-thinking artists who served up traditional hits while subverting traditional stereotypes: Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and the Dixie Chicks, to name just a few, not only upended perceptions, they became country superstars in the process.

How fun was Ziggy Marley's guest DJ set? That was great, and thanks again to Ziggy for putting that together for us! And also, remember -- Brady Rymer is playing TODAY at the Taste of Amherst at noon! Listen any time at WRSI.com . Segment 1 TMBG - It's Spare the Rock -Ella ID TMBG - D&W Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose Steve Weeks - Aaron & His ...

Elvis Costello's surprising new album, Secret, Profane, and Sugarcane, recorded in Nashville with a down-from-the-mountain string band, should really come as no surprise.

Governor Bill Ritter took a break from his budget-busting business last week to pop by the Paramount Theater, where he presented Loretta Lynn with a plaque commemorating her induction into the Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame.

True aim, even sans glasses. Quick: What do Loretta Lynn, The Velvet Underground, The Grateful Dead and the Anthology of American Folk Music have in common? Sunday night in Cary, Elvis Costello gave them all the cover treatment during a 30-song tour de force with his new all-star bluegrass string band, the Sugarcanes.

Sunset Ridge MX in northern Bureau County will come to life this weekend with some of the best youth motorcross racing in the country for the North Central Youth Regional Championship qualifier.

She might have started out a "Coal Miner's Daughter," but after 47 years in the business, Loretta Lynn is a bona fide country music icon.

On June 20, at 7 pm, the Chrystal Opry House will host Elvis tribute artist, George Dickerson who started his singing career at the age of 5. For the last two years George has been singing with country sensation Ronnie McDowell.

For the past three decades, English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello has been traveling the world, performing music of every kind.

AMY Winehouse is making it as a down-home Kiwi country girl. Auckland singer and songwriter Tami Neilson who transformed herself into the troubled British diva on the Kiwi version of TV show Stars In Their Eyes last week won a New Zealand recording industry gong for best country album.

Singer-songwriter Ana Egge was raised in North Dakota by what she calls "motorcycle-riding hippie farmers." Her song "Farmer's Daughter" was inspired by watching the Loretta Lynn biopic Coal Miner's Daughter , while "Fairest of Them All" describes a sensual, deviant woman.

Loretta Lynn, Smokey Robinson, David Cook and Creedence top this list of shows to see at this year's fair Loretta Lynn This year's San Diego County Fair music schedule runs the gamut from burnt-out rockers to tribute bands to fresh young faces from the star factory "American Idol." Most of the concerts are worth checking out if you're planning a ...

Dakota Jeane playing "Honky Tonk Girl" by Loretta Lynn. With Loretta Lynn coming to town next Wednesday we were eager to find someone capable of doing justice to one of the Coal Miner's Daughter's songs for The Sun Sessions.

Is Fort Collins a great city or what? We've got Loretta Lynn in town tonight for an Etown radio show taping, a classic car show Saturday and Taste of Fort Collins this weekend.

Loretta Lynn performed at the Paramount Theatre Wednesday, June 10, 2009 in Denver.

Here's a list of big events the next three days to help you plan your free time.