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NASHVILLE SKYLINE: In Defense of Jessica Simpson - 25-07-2008
As regular readers of this column know, I'm no cheerleader for Jessica Simpson. Nonetheless, I am compelled to defend her in the matter of recent shoddy so-called journalism and blogging. I believe in fair play for all artists. At least until they prove t
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Kenny Chesney's New Single Arrives Aug. 10 - 25-07-2008
Kenny Chesney will reveal his first new music in more than a year with the Aug. 10 release of "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven," a track from his upcoming album.
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Chris Cagle Acquitted of Domestic Violence Charge - 25-07-2008
Chris Cagle has been found not guilty of domestic violence in connection with a May 28 altercation with his girlfriend, Jennifer Tant, following a night at a Nashville-area bar.
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Mindy McCready Remains in Rehab Center - 25-07-2008
Mindy McCready remains in a substance abuse rehab center after being taken to the emergency room of a Nashville hospital last week.
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Kid Rock Fined After Pleading No Contest to Battery Charge - 25-07-2008
Kid Rock has been fined $1,000 and sentenced to a year of probation after pleading no contest to a single charge of simple battery in connection with a fight at a Waffle House restaurant in Decatur, Ga., near Atlanta.
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Toby Keith Perfects the Summer Tour - 24-07-2008
Toby Keith is a busy man in the days leading up to the Aug. 8 theatrical release of his new film, Beer for My Horses, a comedy he wrote with one of his co-stars, comedian Rodney Carrington. Most nights this summer, though, he can be found onstage d
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Vince Gill Gets Back to Basics for Fall Tour - 24-07-2008
After touring in 2006 and 2007 with a 17-piece band, Vince Gill will be backed by only two musicians for a tour that kicks off Aug. 18 in Wellington, Ohio.
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Dixie Chicks, Toby Keith Cancel Global Warming Appearance - 24-07-2008
The Dixie Chicks and Toby Keith have canceled their plans to appear together in a TV ad about global warming, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
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Randy Rogers Band's New Album Due Sept. 23 - 24-07-2008
The Randy Rogers Band will release their new, self-titled album on Sept. 23 on Mercury Nashville.
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Johnny Knoxville Will Host Sirius Outlaw Country Show - 24-07-2008
Johnny Knoxville will co-host a new weekly show on the Sirius Satellite Radio's Outlaw Country channel with his cousin, singer Roger Alan Wade, starting Saturday (July 26) at 8 p.m. ET.
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Ricky Skaggs Ponders the Birth of Bluegrass - 23-07-2008
Ricky Skaggs is a missionary at heart, a man hungry to share his enthusiasms, whether they be his faith, his musical discoveries or the latest technical wonders. Take, as Exhibit A, his recent album with his band, Kentucky Thunder.
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Alan Jackson's Album Sales Reach 50 Million - 23-07-2008
Alan Jackson has surpassed the 50-million mark for album sales.
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Toby Keith Film Soundtrack Arrives Aug. 12 - 23-07-2008
The soundtrack album from Toby Keith's new film, Beer for My Horses, will arrive in stores on Aug. 12.
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Keith Urban Will Sing at Fashion Rocks Concert - 22-07-2008
Keith Urban will be a part of the all-star Fashion Rocks concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall on Sept. 5.
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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Nominated for UK's Mercury Prize - 22-07-2008
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Raising Sand is one of 12 albums nominated for the Mercury Prize, the annual award determined by a panel of judges in the British music industry.
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Sugarland Gives Homegrown Flavor to New Album - 22-07-2008
In the days before Sugarland, Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush made albums in the typical singer-songwriter tradition with everybody gathered in a studio, rehearsed and ready to roll. Now that they've sold a few million albums together, their strategy r
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Sugarland Will Sing on Good Morning America, The View - 22-07-2008
Sugarland will perform on Good Morning America and The View on Tuesday (July 22), the same day a deluxe version of their third album, Love on the Inside, is released.
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Kellie Pickler's Next Album Due Sept. 30 - 22-07-2008
Kellie Pickler will release her second album on Sept. 30 on 19 Recordings/BNA Nashville.
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Folksinger Artie Traum Dead at 65 - 22-07-2008
Folksinger and guitarist Artie Traum died Sunday afternoon (July 20) at his home in Woodstock, N.Y., of cancer.
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HOT DISH: Country Music's New Artists Could Learn From Patty Loveless - 21-07-2008
I raise my hand hungrily and achingly. Yes, I longed to hear the pure, lonesome sound of Patty Loveless. Until I listened to the 14 songs on her upcoming CD, I had no idea what she and her husband, record producer Emory Gordy Jr., had on those tracks. I j
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Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton Unshaken at the Top of Charts - 20-07-2008
We've got no big surprises on this week's country charts -- which just goes to show the limitation of lighting candles and muttering incantations. Taylor Swift's self-titled CD and Blake Shelton's single "Home" still occupy the high ground. Only a few fre
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Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert Provide Surprise at Country Thunder - 18-07-2008
TWIN LAKES, Wis. -- Dierks Bentley knows how to throw a party. And how to give it a surprise ending.
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Dierks Bentley Treks to Europe for Concerts - 18-07-2008
After performing concerts in Iowa on Friday and Saturday (July 18-19), Dierks Bentley will return to Europe for a headlining tour with sold-out shows scheduled in England, Ireland, Norway and France.
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CMA Awards Will Air Nov. 12 on ABC - 18-07-2008
The CMA Awards will be held at the Sommet Center in downtown Nashville on Nov. 12 during a live broadcast on ABC.
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Charlie Louvin Plans Two Albums in 2008 - 18-07-2008
Charlie Louvin, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame as one-half of the Louvin Brothers, will release two albums later this year.
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Famed Songwriter Hank Cochran Undergoes Cancer Surgery - 18-07-2008
Legendary singer-songwriter Hank Cochran is recovering at a Nashville hospital following surgery to remove cancerous tumors from his pancreas and lymph node.
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Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood Fill the Wisconsin Air With Country Music - 18-07-2008
TWIN LAKES, Wis. -- There must have been some mistake. Clearly, Taylor Swift should have been the headliner at Country Thunder USA's opening night. And yet Carrie Underwood somehow ended up on stage at the end of the night instead.
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NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Sugarland, Alan Jackson Lead 2008 Album Releases This Far - 18-07-2008
It's well past the six-month peak for the year 2008, so let's think about the music we've heard so far this year to consider what's been good and what's been very listenable.
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Julianne Hough Nominated for an Emmy - 17-07-2008
Julianne Hough has been nominated for an Emmy for outstanding choreography for her work on Dancing With the Stars.
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CMA Music Festival Special Will Air Sept. 8 on ABC - 17-07-2008
A two-hour special titled CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock will air Sept. 8 on ABC.
