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41st CMA Awards - Kenny Chesney Entertainer of the Year
[May 19, 2008] I have no doubt this will go down on the books as one of the best televised events of the year!

Chesney's hypocrisy is astonishing!
[May 19, 2008] Kenny Chesney should hand his ACM Entertainer of the Year awards back right now and apologise to his fans! By John D. Lewis

Record chiefs cash in on Eddie Arnold's death!
[May 15, 2008] This is despicable marketing, cashing in on a dead man and his grieving family less than a week after he passed on. By John D. Lewis

She was the queen of gospel music
[May 13, 2008] Dottie Rambo, perhaps the most prolific songwriter of her time and the greatest songwriter to come out of Kentucky...was killed Sunday when her tour bus crashed in Missouri, has affected people throughout the world,

Country music legend Eddy Arnold dead at 89
[May 8, 2008] Eddy Arnold, country music's "Tennessee Plowboy" whose rendition of "Make the World Go Away" was an international hit in the 1960s, died on Thursday at age 89 in Nashville after a lengthy illness.

GARTH BROOKS TO BE HONORED WITH THE CRYSTAL MILESTONE AWARD AT THE 43RD ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
[May 8, 2008] The Academy of Country Music Crystal Milestone Award is given to an artist or industry leader to commemorate a specific, remarkable achievement.

Toby Keith competition winners!
[May 6, 2008] Mark and Teresa were the winners of our Toby Keith Double CD competition. Next up, Chris LeDoux! By John D. Lewis

Barbara scoops our Royal Wades Kimes prize!
[May 6, 2008] And the winner is ...... Barbara from Columbus, Ohio.

Homer Joy sees "Streets Of Bakersfield" studio close down.
[May 1, 2008] The studio where Homer Joy recorded The Streets of Bakersfield has closed for the last time. Joy made an emotional visit before the closure. By John D. Lewis

WHO PUT THE ""WESTERN"" IN COUNTRY?
[Apr. 30, 2008] Back during the years leading up to the Great Depression, the recording industry was just getting on its feet. In those days, phonographs-the windup 78-RPM kind - were sold in furniture stores, and so were the records to play on them. I

Emmylou Harris, Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman Enter Country Music Hall of Fame
[Apr. 28, 2008] In rendering that assessment, Patsy Stoneman Murphy pretty much summed it up for everyone who turned out Sunday (April 27) to witness her father, the late Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman, and Emmylou Harris inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. It was an evening of superlatives and superlative music.

HOT DISH: What Are We Gonna Do With All These Singers?
[Apr. 28, 2008] More New Acts Are Being Introduced While Short Playlists Rule at Radio

Legal downloads shrinking, but George sets all-genre record Str
[Apr. 28, 2008] Country Music Nws straight from Nashville....

Julie Ingram stars at Bush Bash in Crawford
[Apr. 22, 2008] Dallas singer Julie Ingram was on stage to keep the First Family entertained at the Bush Family Bash in Crawford, Texas. By John Lewis