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  'Nashville' Recap: Murder on Music Row | ARTICLE

  There was good news and bad news coming out of Nashville last night. First, the good news: Dante's dead. And now, the bad news: So is Jolene. The cause, a murder-suicide, is dark dramatic territory for...

  May 16, 2013 11:20 AM ET
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  'Nashville' Recap: Love Is (Almost) a Battlefield | ARTICLE

  The 90-second end-credits promo for next week's Nashville boasted more drama than the whole of last night's soapy series installment. Season one's penultimate episode promises a tumultuous knock-down-drag-out battle of blackmail, dirty tricks, fist fights, infidelity,...

  May 9, 2013 12:10 PM ET
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  Patty Griffin on Her Heartbreaking New Album, 'American Kid' | ARTICLE

  Tomorrow, Patty Griffin releases American Kid, her eighth studio album and first album of mostly new material in six years. It's a set of songs the Americana veteran started writing four or five years ago while dealing...

  May 6, 2013 2:35 PM ET
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  George Jones Honored With Star-Studded Grand Ole Opry Funeral Service | ARTICLE

  George Jones was laid to rest at an emotional service held on Thursday at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. A Who's Who of country music royalty, including Vince Gill, Randy Travis, Kenny Chesney,...

  May 2, 2013 6:10 PM ET
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  'Nashville' Recap: Dante's Inferno | ARTICLE

  After a two-week hiatus, and with only four episodes to go before a "sizzling" season finale, Nashville headed into its homestretch last night with the moment viewers have been waiting for: Rayna and Deacon finally gave in...

  May 2, 2013 12:10 PM ET
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  Civil Wars Announce Second Album Despite Turmoil | ARTICLE

  Although the Civil Wars are still on indefinite hiatus amid "internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition," which caused the abrupt cancelation of an entire tour last fall, the Grammy-winning folk-pop duo is making good on its...

  May 1, 2013 1:05 PM ET
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  Willie Nelson Rings in 80th Birthday With Neil Young, Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow | ARTICLE

  Willie Nelson turns 80 next week, but the festivities got underway last Thursday night in Nashville, where a star-studded cast of duet partners featuring Neil Young, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Jamey Johnson, Ashley...

  April 23, 2013 8:00 AM ET
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  Dwight Yoakam Rocks Nashville | ARTICLE

  Even in his late-Eighties, early-Nineties heyday, genre-bending country star Dwight Yoakam was more Bakersfield than Nashville. Nevertheless, Nashville came out in full force this weekend for Yoakam's first Music City headlining appearance in almost...

  April 15, 2013 12:10 PM ET
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  'Nashville' Recap: Knockin' on Hell's Door | ARTICLE

  Brad Paisley ain't the only Nashvillian who's having a bad week. The happy rays of spiritual sunshine that graced our favorite cast of country characters on last week's Nashville were inevitably short-lived. Last night, we...

  April 11, 2013 11:45 AM ET
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  Country Hall of Fame Picks Kenny Rogers, Cowboy Jack Clement, Bobby Bare | ARTICLE

  Kenny Rogers, Cowboy Jack Clement and Bobby Bare were introduced as this year's Country Music Hall of Fame inductees at an emotional ceremony the Country Music Association held this morning in Nashville.  The hall...

  April 10, 2013 4:30 PM ET
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  2013 ACM Awards: Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan Win Big | ARTICLE

  Miranda Lambert took home the most trophies, but Luke Bryan pulled the biggest upset last night when he won Entertainer of the Year at the 48th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas.

  April 8, 2013 8:35 AM ET
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  'Nashville' Recap: Love and Happiness | ARTICLE

  In real life, it's "fashion week" in Nashville. Fittingly (no pun intended), much of last night's Nashville took place in New York City, where Rayna and Juliette's Red Lips and White Lies tour resumes with a...

  April 4, 2013 11:20 AM ET
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  'Nashville' Stars Perform at Tin Pan South Festival | ARTICLE

  "Should we Rayna-and-Deacon it up?" Connie Britton asked her Nashville co-star Charles Esten on stage last night at Music City's jam-packed 3rd & Lindsley club, before the duo debuted "At the End of the Day." The...

  April 3, 2013 1:05 PM ET
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  'Nashville' Recap: Puppy Love | ARTICLE

  After testing viewers' patience with a three-week hiatus, Nashville returned to the airwaves last night. Picking up where we left off, Juliette is still hell-bent on establishing her artistic credibility, Avery is still making terrible decisions, Rayna...

  March 28, 2013 11:45 AM ET
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  SXSW 2013: Kings of Leon's Serpents and Snakes Records Curates Day Party | ARTICLE

  Kings of Leon's Serpents and Snakes Records threw a day party showcasing the label's roster in Austin yesterday. Naturally, that spawned rumors that the Nashville rockers would make a surprise appearance. Even...

  March 17, 2013 6:06 PM ET
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  SXSW 2013: Flaming Lips Debut Entire New Album, 'The Terror,' in Austin | ARTICLE

  "We do the thing we really, really want the world to see at SXSW," Wayne Coyne told a 10,000-plus capacity crowd after walking onstage at the Flaming Lips' massive Auditorium Shores gig...

  March 16, 2013 3:09 PM ET
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  SXSW 2013: Depeche Mode Debut New Songs in Austin | ARTICLE

  Brazos Hall isn't big enough for Dave Gahan, who took to the Austin club's stage at SXSW last night and commanded a self-pinching 900-capacity crowd – including Billy Corgan, Usher and Matt Sorum...

  March 16, 2013 10:34 AM ET
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  SXSW 2013: Charles Bradley, Eric Burdon Bring Blues and Noise to Rolling Stone Rock Room | ARTICLE

  "Do you feel like going to church?" Charles Bradley asked a packed crowd of SXSW day partiers in Austin. Preaching the gospel of soul and message of unity, Charles Bradley transformed Friday afternoon's Rolling Stone Rock...

  March 15, 2013 8:40 PM ET
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  Dave Grohl's SXSW Keynote Speech: 'The Musician Comes First' | ARTICLE

  "The musician comes first" was the running theme behind Dave Grohl's keynote speech at SXSW in Austin this morning, an address the Foo Fighters frontman called "without a doubt, my musical life's greatest honor." During the hourlong talk,...

  March 14, 2013 2:05 PM ET
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  SXSW 2013: Nick Cave and Yeah Yeah Yeahs Bring on the Night in Austin | ARTICLE

  Nick Cave in the light of day is a shocking site, and the singer knows it. "We're going to begin with a long song and hopefully by the end it'll be dark," the bottle-black-haired, black-clad singer quipped...

  March 14, 2013 1:25 PM ET