Music
The No. 8 debut on the national album chart of Amy Grant’s “Behind the Eyes” last week, with sales of more than 80,000, is being touted by the Christian pop community as one more validation of the strength of its market.
Sept. 21, 1997
When the new Dixie Chicks album hits the sales chart Sept. 4, nobody in Nashville will be surprised if it enters at No. 1, not only in country but on the pop chart as well.
Aug. 17, 2002
Obituaries
The entertainer who came out of Bakersfield charted more than 50 country hits from the 1950s to the 1970s. He created the template for the Nashville Sound, according to one music historian.
March 18, 2011
Singer-songwriter Michael W. Smith has six gold records.
Jan. 16, 1996
It’s been 10 years since the movie “Urban Cowboy” gave country music its greatest commercial boom and, ultimately, its biggest nightmare.
Dec. 30, 1990
Singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton started drawing attention almost immediately when he first surfaced almost a decade ago as the lead singer and chief songwriter for the Nashville-based progressive bluegrass band the SteelDrivers.
April 18, 2015
Taylor Swift makes a grown-up move on ‘Red’
Oct. 18, 2012
The spirit of Johnny Cash — and of country music itself — is as thick as the pollen at the Cash Cabin in Hendersonville, Tenn.
May 1, 2019
Wylie Gustafson was raised on a cattle ranch in Montana, lived for a time in Van Nuys and now makes his home on his in-laws’ wheat farm in Dusty, Wash.
July 31, 1995
Music City has more immigrants, and that means more languages. Residents who don’t like what they hear say there oughta be a law.
April 4, 2007