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In 2009, Peter Gabriel and Venezuelan composer Jose Antonio Abreu were awarded the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm, Sweden. Today in Music History for Aug. 31: ...
Singing about "death, hell, danger, trouble, killing and murder, blood, and redemption," Johnny Cash's American Recordings marked the beginning of a late-period resurgence. In 1994, he did the Guitar ...
Country singer Hank Williams Jr. was in a Missoula hospital, recovering from head injuries suffered in a mountaineering accident.
50 Years Ago Today, Hank Williams Jr. Nearly Died in Mountain Fall originally appeared on Parade. Country music almost lost ...
In her latest single, The Subway, American artist Chappell Roan says she's had enough and is moving to Saskatchewan. While ...
The country star died Friday ... After high school, she worked as a stenographer until, tired of snow, she moved to California in 1961. She worked at a bank, but feeling called to music, she got a job ...
Fox Nation's 'Meet the American' season 2 returns with Bill Hemmer exploring the backstories behind American traditions and ...
Colonel Tom Parker, the manager that helped turn Elvis into a star, gets the spotlight in Peter Guralnick biography of a ...
He shepherded the early careers of country crooner Eddy Arnold and Canadian-born singer-songwriter Hank Snow. But when he saw a hotshot newcomer perform at the Louisiana Hayride in 1955, he was a ...
Despite being dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll" and performing on stages worldwide, Elvis Presley didn't once perform in the ...