WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
In 1963, a studio band known as The Raiders recorded an LP of country twist material for Liberty Records. The album, released at the peak of the nation's raging case of twist fever, combined familiar standards with more contemporary country...
BlogHer (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
More than a few months ago, I wrote a bout the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and its lack of women inductees. It's pretty well established that female artists have been, for the most part, shut out of the hall of fame, despite women's increasing influence in the music business. In the past week, the hall released its latest list of possible inductees. Have things gotten any better for women in the Hall...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Life and Nothing But: Sometimes, it’s hard to be a woman. Particularly if your man is a politician. There you are, busy bringing up the children and organising charity events, and it emerges that the person you promised to love, honour and obey till death do you rescue is up twit creek without a paddle.
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
I have been a fan of Tammy Wynette’s since I was 17 years old if not before that even. For some reason every song I would hear her singing always had some connection to something going on in my life, or at least I liked to think it did. Tammy Wynette was born in Itawamba County, [...]
Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
I recently discovered that a colleague of mine (who shall remain nameless, but who earlier today embedded on PopWatch a video of her telephone conversation with the hotness that is Maksim Chmerkovskiy) had never heard the KLF's "3 a.m. Eternal."...
Popjustice (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
I2R-80-7s_I It's difficult to know where to begin with this landmark in popular culture. So let's just begin with one simple...
Stop Smiling (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
While many towering band leaders who passed away this year have been properly immortalized in American newspapers and bible-thick British music magazines, a few important studio musicians and session players have passed away recently, with considerably less fanfare: jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin, famous in Chicago for his “blowing sessions“; Buddy Harmon, the Nashville drummer who [...]
IGN (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
What do the Al Pacino, Mike Myers and the Wachowski brothers have in common? Their worst films are new on DVD this week! The Gods spare no one!
Seeding Spartanburg (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Okay…who out there knew Sarah Palin was such a big Van Halen fan and didn’t tell me? I really don’t want to get caught up in all that is Sarah Palin but I ran across something today that cracked me up and I just had to share. Now, before I laugh in public about the [...]
The Upward Call (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
So, I have a Facebook. Excellent tool for keeping in touch with people. While it is very addictive at times, it can also be maintained with a minimum of effort. Change your status, write on a wall, five minutes, and you're done. The young people at my church use it a lot. You're no one if you don't have a Facebook.As I was checking mine this morning, I was once again nauseated struck by the recurring...
openPR.com Newsfeed (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Crested Butte, Colorado, September 4, 2008 – Crested Butte South and Big Weave Productions present David Allan Coe in concert Sunday, September 28 at Red Mountain Park outdoor venue. Other local ... read more
CMT News (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
It's been a busy time, so let's begin with a quick look at some of the news that's been taking place in Music Town and elsewhere:
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Gail O'Doski was not a household racing name, but he will be remembered by local race fans for his impact on the career of a talented young Bartow stock-car driver named Rick Wilson.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Buddy Harman, a prolific and influential drummer whose rhythmic signature can be heard on thousands of recordings by the likes of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline and Simon and Garfunkel, died on Thursday at his home in Nashville. He was 79. He had been suffering from congestive heart failure, said his daughter Summer Harman, who confirmed his death...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Buddy Harman, 79, one of Nashville's most-recorded drummers, died Thursday at his home there. He suffered from congestive heart failure. Harman played on more than 18,000 recordings, including Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman," Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire," Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man" and Elvis Presley's "Little Sister...
