Roy Acuff News

Elvis died 30 years ago, Aug. 16, 1977, at his beloved Memphis home, Graceland. But the legend lives on in the hearts of his still loving fans.

Being the family man that he is, Ricky Skaggs decided to pay tribute to his dad offering, "Songs My Dad Loved." This is a one-person project, the first solo album of his lengthy career.

DeKalb resident Gary Mullis entered songs he wrote into the Songwriters Contest Division of the Talent Expo 2009, which was sponsored by Northwest Alabama Music Publishing Co.

The building that houses Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame is in the shape of a bass clef with windows that resemble piano keys.

When three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd came to the CMT offices recently to tape an episode of Top 20 Countdown , they saw something that stopped them in their tracks: A black-and-white photograph capturing an unguarded moment between Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard .

It was like church, only there was no air-conditioning. We sat on the hard benches, packed between people we didn't know.

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 15, the 258th day of 2009 with 107 to follow. The moon is waning.

As I suppose many folks did in the '30s, '40s, '50s and even later, I looked forward to Saturday night and the weekly broadcast of the Grand Ole Opry.

As I suppose many folks did in the '30s, '40s, '50s and even later, I looked forward to Saturday night and the weekly broadcast of the Grand Ole Opry.

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has lifetime bluegrass street cred, even if they never even thought about bluegrass music again.

Hank Williams was lucky. That's a seemingly bizarre but logical argument that posits that his legacy was guaranteed by his early death while he was still at the top of his musical and songwriting powers.

Lorrie Morgan plans to celebrate a career milestone with her performance at the Grand Ole Opry on Tuesday night - 25 years as a member of the hallowed organization.

On May 15, 1972, Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace had toned down his vein-bulging, racist views and began to rise in the opinion polls.

For Wally Bass, there ain't never been any music like country and the 72-year-old Providence native is still singing it in saloons on open mike nights at several West Bay venues.