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April 06, 2019

Henson, Hadid give emotional remarks at Variety honors

Taraji P. Henson teared up as she discussed suicide rates among young black people. Gigi Hadid did the same as she spoke ...

Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker, Crystal Gayle

April 02, 2019

Loretta Lynn sings with friends at birthday concert

Loretta Lynn was honored like country music royalty by country and rock stars alike with gifts of flowers and songs during ...

March 28, 2019

Ken Burns hits the road to promote new 'Country Music' doc

At 5 a.m. on a cold Sunday morning in Nashville, Tennessee, filmmaker Ken Burns climbed aboard a spacious, rumbling tour bus ...

Ronnie Dunn, Kix Brooks, Ray Stevens, Jerry Bradley

March 18, 2019

Brooks & Dunn, Ray Stevens to join Country Hall of Fame

Country hit-making duo Brooks & Dunn are riding a resurgence of interest in '90s-era country music with a new album ...

March 09, 2019

Don't stop the music: Campaign songs tell candidates' story

When Elizabeth Warren took the stage to launch her presidential run to the strains of Dolly Parton's "9 to 5," the song ...

March 04, 2019

Dolly-loving Brit Yola explores fusion of country and soul

When singer-songwriter Yola was growing up in Bristol, England, her mother's vinyl records were just about the only form of ...

February 21, 2019

Kristofferson, Dolly producer Fred Foster died at age 87

Nashville producer Fred Foster, who produced some of Roy Orbison's most popular records and was the first to produce records ...

February 12, 2019

Nielsen says just under 20 million watched Grammy Awards

Nearly 20 million people watched Childish Gambino and Kacey Musgraves earn four trophies each at the Grammy Awards, about the ...

February 11, 2019

Rap artists and women take center stage at Grammy Awards

Rap artists and women have felt shunned by the Grammy Awards in recent years. But this year, they both took center stage.

February 11, 2019

Female acts, rap songs win big at the Grammy Awards

Women and rap triumphed at the Grammys on Sunday as female acts took home top prizes including album of the year and best new ...

February 11, 2019

Ariana Grande a no-show despite winning first Grammy Award

Ariana Grande won her first Grammy Award on Sunday, but the singer didn't collect it after deciding to skip the ceremony ...

February 09, 2019

Grammy weekend kicks off with honor for Dolly Parton

Nobody pokes more fun at Dolly Parton — all hair, sequins, nine-inch nails and five-inch stilettos — than the country ...

February 07, 2019

Grammys, Ariana Grande trade words about axed performance

Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich said the show had multiple conversations with Ariana Grande about possibly performing Sunday but ...

February 02, 2019

Charley Pride is in the spotlight with upcoming TV specials

A roundup of news from the Television Critics Association winter meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are ...

February 02, 2019

Country singer Charley Pride focus of 2 PBS projects

Paging Terrence Howard. Charley Pride still wants the actor to play him in a movie of the country music star's life.

January 30, 2019

Linda Perry, pioneering producer, smashing through history

Linda Perry didn't originally set out to be a music producer, but the singer who was focused on writing lyrics would hear ...

January 18, 2019

Ronnie Milsap returned to his iconic studio for duets album

Country soul icon Ronnie Milsap is a bit of a studio geek, and he thinks a lot about music technology and recording equipment

January 07, 2019

Music films and Lady Gaga shine at Golden Globes

Portrayals of real-life musicians dominated at the 2019 Golden Globes as "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Green Book" won top honors, ...

December 20, 2018

Peter Masterson, actor, writer and filmmaker, dead at 84

Peter Masterson, the playwright, filmmaker and actor with a knack for farce and drama whether co-writing the Tony-winning ...