Undercover Black Man (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... I couldn’t sleep through the night. So there I was at 3 a.m., scanning through all the cable channels, and I saw the same infomercial playing on four different channels simultaneously . It was for TimeLife’s “Sweet Soul of the ’70s” CD set. My first time seeing that infomercial. Also my first time getting an extended look at Cuba Gooding, Sr. , father of the well-known...
b4teanews (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The 19-year-old Taylor Swift became the youngest artist to win Entertainer of the Year award. She also won the singer, Album of the Year and Video of the Year. Darius Rucker was also down in the books of the CMA as the first African American to win the New Artist of the Year and the artist of A for the first time since Charley Pride to win a major individual award. I bet the CMA committee had a
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Darius Rucker Wins Country Music Award Darius Rucker More CMT Music More CMT Music Videos "History In The Making". Boy, talk about an appropriate song. Mr. Rucker won New Artist Of The Year last night at the 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards, becoming the first black person to win that particular honor . Yes, he's not a new artist per se, given his success fronting rock group Hootie...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Darius Rucker has racked up mountains of success as frontman for Hootie and the Blowfish, but last night he won his first Country Music Award as a solo artist and made history in the process.
Line Out (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Back in 1996, Darius Rucker led Hootie and the Blowfish to triumph at the 1996 Grammy Awards, where the band was named the year's Best New Artist . Last night, a solo Darius Rucker was named New Artist of the Year at the 43rd Country Music Association Awards . From the New York Times : Mr. Rucker won New Artist of the Year, the first African-American so honored, was nominated for Male Vocalist of...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
All four of the guys who lost to Taylor Swift for entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards made a tactical error: They asked the crossover sensation to open for them in their concerts.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Swift quickly shed her opener status and shook up the music world with an incredible year that included the best-selling album, a concert tour that sold out almost immediately and, now, a historic night at the CMAs that included becoming the youngest winner of the association's highest honor.
The PopCrunch Show (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Darius Rucker accepted the “Best New Artist of the Year Award” at the 43rd Annual Country Music Awards in Nashville Wednesday night. The former Hootie & The Blowfish frontman became the first African-American to win a CMA since Charley Pride was christened Entertainer of the Year in 1971. Way to go, Darius!
News Channel 9: Local News (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
All four of the guys who lost to Taylor Swift for entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards made a tactical error: They asked the crossover sensation...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Music News: Darius Rucker takes new artist award -- All four of the guys who lost to Taylor Swift for entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards made a tactical error: They asked the crossover sensation to open for them in their concerts.
The Corner (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Since we're on the topic: What a condescending review of the Country Music Awards in the New York Times today -- "New Levels of Inclusion at Country Music Awards": The show got questions of inclusion out of the way early: the first two performances were by Ms. Swift — at 19, the youngest ever nominee for Entertainer of the Year — and Darius Rucker. Mr. Rucker won New Artist of...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — All four of the guys who lost to Taylor Swift for entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards made a tactical error: They asked the crossover sensation to open for them in their concerts. Swift quickly shed her opener status and shook up the music world with an incredible year that included the best-selling album, a concert tour that sold out almost immediately...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Lady Antebellum and Jamey Johnson won the first two awards at the Country Music Association Awards on a night when Taylor Swift had a chance to become the youngest person to win entertainer of the year.
Biggest News (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Paging Roy Clark. Keith Law has the following item over at ESPN's MLB rumors. The Atlanta Braves have fired Tom Battista amidst a number of changes to the club's scouting department, ESPN Insider's Keith Law has learned. [...]
Biggest News (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lady Antebellum and Jamey Johnson won the first two awards at the Country Music Association Awards on a night when Taylor Swift had a chance to become the youngest person to win entertainer of the year. [...]
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