Family, friends, and fans alike celebrated the life and music of Naomi Judd with a moving event at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Sunday, following a private memorial that took place last week. The full influence of the Judds’ recordings and Naomi’s life, in particular, were felt by the numerous stars …
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It’s been nearly a week since a series of tornadoes struck the Nashville area on March 3rd, causing widespread damage in the city’s densely populated neighborhoods — including the destruction of beloved music venue the Basement East — and killing more than two dozen people in the surrounding area. Volunteers …
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When Tanya Tucker arrived at Sunset Sound Recording Studio in Los Angeles to begin work on her new album While I’m Livin‘, cameras were rolling as soon as the “Delta Dawn” singer walked through the door. It was the first time that Tucker met Brandi Carlile, a longtime fan who …
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Brandi Carlile gave passers-by quite the surprise earlier this month when she joined Dave Grohl at Seattle’s Pike Place Market for an inspired busking session. The Grammy winner says the impromptu performance took her back to the more lean years of her career. “It was really surreal, because I used …
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For the finale of the Loretta Lynn birthday concert in Nashville on Monday night, the majority of the all-star cast returned to the stage to sing “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” a motley crew of Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile and Dennis Quaid all gathered around the guest of honor. It was a …
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As fans sang along to Dawes’ anthemic heartstring-tuggers “When My Time Comes” and “All Your Favorite Bands” — the big finish of the band’s main-stage set late Saturday afternoon —they were blissfully unaware that it was the de facto finale to this year’s Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival, which was …
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