Country

It’s a rough week to be in country music PR as Monday night artist Chris Young was arrested and charged with Disorderly Conduct, Assaulting an Officer, and Resisting Arrest at the Nashville bar “Tin Roof”. According to sources, Young encountered representatives from the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Once their encounter ended, the agents moved on
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Chris Young was arrested on disorderly conduct charges on Monday night (Jan. 22) in Nashville. The “Young Love & Saturday Nights” singer allegedly assaulted an agent of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Multiple media outlets report that Young was arrested at the Dawg House on Demonbreun Street in downtown Nashville at about 8:30PM. TABC agents
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Eleven years ago today, on Jan. 18, 2013, George Strait launched what was supposed to be his farewell tour, the The Cowboy Rides Away Tour. The trek followed the country icon’s September 2012 announcement that he would be retiring from touring, but not from making music. “I always had it in the back of my mind, when I turned
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Dolly Parton’s celebrating her 78th birthday on Friday (Jan. 19) with a surprise deluxe release of her acclaimed rock album, Rockstar. The 39-track collection features nine new songs, including a soul-stirring rendition of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” Parton approaches the timeless ballad with careful restraint in the beginning, assuming the role of a
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Happy birthday, Dolly Parton! The country music icon was born on this day, Jan. 19, in 1946, in a tiny, one-room cabin in Sevier County, Tenn. Parton was the fourth of 12 children born to parents Robert and Avie; her father reportedly paid the doctor who oversaw her birth with a bag of oatmeal. Parton showed an early
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Dolly Parton is not only arguably the most famous country star of all time, but she’s one of the most notable and recognizable figures in all of entertainment, even to this day. With a career that spans over fifty years, Parton has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling musical artists
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Since its introduction, country music has become the most popular genre of music on the radio. There have been artists who have come and gone, and then there are those who have had hits that span across multiple decades. Toby Keith, for example, makes this list of the Top 40 most-played country songs of the past 50 years four different times. Country radio
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Thirty-four years ago today (Jan. 19, 1990) was a career-changing day for Reba McEntire: It was on that date that the singer made her film debut, appearing in the movie Tremors. Tremors, which stars Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward and Michael Gross, is about residents in a small town who are forced to defend themselves against underground creatures that are
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