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Taylor Swift: the next chapter
Studio A at Capitol Records in Hollywood is the fabled place where Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, the Beach Boys and other stellar names in popular music made some of their most beloved recordings over the last half century.
On an unseasonably pleasant...Tags: Emmylou Harris, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest
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Stagecoach: Secret Sisters find that word travels fast
Not so long ago it would have been a dream come true for sisters Laura and Lydia Rogers of Muscle Shoals, Ala., to find themselves sitting in the balcony of Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium and looking down upon their country music heroes onstage...Tags: John Mellencamp, Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash, Music, Jack White
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Emmylou Harris, in the moment
Emmylou Harris is trailed by a ragtag parade of eager dogs when she answers a knock at the door of the comfortable two-story home on a fenceless parcel a few miles from downtown Nashville, where she lives with her 89-year-old mother, Eugenia.
The...Tags: Tornadoes, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, Faith Hill, Human Interest
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Hazel Dickens dies at 75; bluegrass pioneer and social activist
Hazel Dickens, a singer, songwriter and musician from West Virginia who was a pioneering force in bluegrass music and a strong and eloquent voice for coal miners, the poor and women, has died. She was 75.
Dickens died April 22 at a Washington, D.C.,...Tags: Emmylou Harris, Documentary (genre), Christianity, Music, Folk (genre)
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Gwyneth Paltrow walks a fine line with 'Country Strong'
This summer, programmers at Go Country 105 radio in Los Angeles unveiled a new single called "Country Strong" and asked listeners to guess who was the twangy alto belting out lines about how she's "hard to break, like the ground I grew up on."
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Keith Urban reveals a piece of himself on 'Get Closer'
The ups and downs of Keith Urban's life in the last few years have all the makings of a great country song: he's soared to the top of the sales charts, headlined sports arenas, married a movie star ( Nicole Kidman), relapsed then emerged from a stint in...Tags: Movies, Music Industry, Entertainment, Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman
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Chasing musical legends in Joshua Tree National Park
Special to the Los Angeles TimesTypically, we go to the desert at least once a year. We love the expansive space, several of the inns and restaurants and, of course, the otherworldly foliage of Joshua Tree National Park. We also enjoy the musical legacy of Gram Parsons, the former...Tags: Roy Rogers, Bowling, Foods and Beverages, Animals, Gardens and Parks
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Movie review: 'Country Strong'
There is a down-home comfort saturating "Country Strong," in that "somebody done somebody wrong song" way, that almost carries you through when its music-drenched melodrama gets predictable. Which is pretty much as soon as the fragile, still-in-rehab...Tags: Movies, Country Strong (movie), Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Therapists, Garrett Hedlund
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Book review: 'If Trouble Don't Kill Me' by Ralph Berrier Jr.
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIf Trouble Don't Kill Me A Family's Story of Brotherhood, War, and Bluegrass Ralph Berrier Jr. Crown: 304 pp., $25 We're all familiar with the standard musician biography: down-and-out upbringing, often involving the death of — or at least...Tags: Common Cold, Family, Biography (genre), Arts and Culture, Children
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Book review: 'Nashville Chrome' by Rick Bass
Special to the Los Angeles Times"Nashville Chrome" is Rick Bass' 25th book — at this stage in the game, there's no such thing as a fresh start …and thank goodness. Pieces of the writer's previous work — landscapes, "pewter skies," endangered species (human and animal),...Tags: Wildlife, Children, Arts and Culture, Fiction, Music
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CMAs and ACMs are country cousins
Gold DerbyEven the most die-hard country music fans have a tough time explaining the difference between the Country Music Assn. (CMA), which handed out awards Wednesday night, and the Academy of Country Music (ACM), which passes out honors every May. The only... -
Shooter Jennings and Stephen King team for 'Black Ribbons'
The world that Shooter Jennings has created in his ambitious new album, "Black Ribbons," is more ominous than brave and more nerve-rackingly familiar than new in presenting a scenario of the dark days ahead for humankind in the tradition of Aldous Huxley'...Tags: Pink Floyd (music group), Stephen King, Music Industry, Family, Entertainment
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