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Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale: Alt-Country’s Dream Team | ARTICLE
It’s been a great season for alt-country duets records, as evidenced by three pairs of singers who just got nominated for favorite duo at the Americana Awards: Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris, Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison,...
May 15, 2013 9:50 AM ET -
Scotty, Lauren, Dierks, Luke Bryan, Many Others Debut Unreleased Tunes In Nashville Showcase | ARTICLE
Outside of an awards show, it's hard to imagine a more star-studded concert than the one put on by Universal Music Group at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on Wednesday. Get a gander at this bill: George Strait, Lady...
February 28, 2013 11:40 AM ET -
Jerrod Niemann Performs for Yahoo! | VIDEO
With his breakout No. 1 hit a couple of years back, Jerrod Niemann complained: "Lover, lover, you don't treat me no good no more." His brand new single, "Only God Could Love You More," is another break-up...
January 10, 2013 5:55 PM ET -
Swift Analysis: The (Almost) Definitive Guide to the Subjects of All 19 ‘Red’ Songs | ARTICLE
Reading through the lyric booklet of Taylor Swift's Red, you may be surprised to come across the secret message that reads: P-A-U-L-I-S D-E-A-D. Just kidding. But not since the late '60s, when worried Beatlemaniacs scanned every microscopic bit of...
October 23, 2012 9:15 AM ET -
Pinkerton' Comes Alive at Weezer Tour Opener | ARTICLE
During intermission at Weezer's Saturday night show at L.A.'s Gibson Amphitheatre — the second, Pinkerton-centered night of the band's first pair of shows in the "Memories" tour — a slideshow of artifacts related to the album was...
November 29, 2010 6:15 PM ET -
Paul McCartney Revisits Beatles Classics, Solo Gems at Hollywood Bowl Marathon | ARTICLE
Has Paul McCartney been borrowing Bruce Springsteen's trainer? At 67, the former Beatle seems determined to suddenly turn his gigs into E Street-style marathons. When McCartney did an American mini-tour last spring and summer, fans (and,
March 31, 2010 12:52 PM ET -
How Gibbard and Farrar Turned Kerouac Folk on "One Fast Move or I'm Gone" Soundtrack | ARTICLE
If you imagine a soundtrack for 1950s-60s beat writer Jack Kerouac, it's surely bebop, not country-folk. But that didn't stop Death Cab for Cutie's Benjamin Gibbard and Son Volt's Jay Farrar from collaborating on One Fast Move...
November 16, 2009 11:34 AM ET -
Michael Jackson Fans Flood to L.A. Landmarks to Remember King of Pop | ARTICLE
Soon after word of Michael Jackson's death got around his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, bereft fans began looking for a focal point to gather and join in group-sings of "You Are Not Alone," "Remember the...
June 26, 2009 6:29 AM ET -
On the Scene at Coachella: Fans on What's Hot, Who Fizzled and Surviving the Campgrounds | ARTICLE
Attend enough festivals, and eventually you will experience strange occurrences you never would have imagined — like being elbowed and shoved aside by sweaty, half-naked 20-year-olds rudely rushing the stage for a better look at Leonard Cohen....
April 20, 2009 2:26 PM ET -
Prince Pulls Out Three Different Sets for L.A. Triple-Gig Marathon | ARTICLE
Ever since he gave up the glyph and shaved off those "slave" sideburns, Prince has focused on a higher class of gimmick, making all his newfangled publicity stunts revolve around his unchallenged brilliance as a live performer....
March 30, 2009 9:26 AM ET
