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Bill Anderson’s Career Celebrated With Five-Disc Set
Bill Anderson’s Career Celebrated With Five-Disc Set
Bill Anderson’s Career Celebrated With Five-Disc Set
Legendary singer-songwriter Bill Anderson, affectionately called Whispering Bill because of his soft vocal style, will release his first-ever CD boxed set in 2011. According to Music Row, the five-disc compilation on Bear Family Records will cover his legendary recording career from 1958 through 1966, as well as demos of songs he wrote which ended up as hits for other artists...
Brad Paisley Shows Radio ‘This Is Country’
Brad Paisley Shows Radio ‘This Is Country’
Brad Paisley Shows Radio ‘This Is Country’
When Brad Paisley performed a song he had recently written, 'This Is Country,' on the CMA Awards last Wednesday, he didn't know it would be his upcoming single to follow 'Anything Like Me.' The latter tune is in the Top 5 on the Billboard country singles chart this week...
Brett Eldredge’s Opry Wait Is Over
Brett Eldredge’s Opry Wait Is Over
Brett Eldredge’s Opry Wait Is Over
Playing the Grand Ole Opry for the first time is a magical experience for any artist, and it will be no different for Brett Eldredge when he takes the historic stage Friday, October 29. The newcomer, whose debut single 'Raymond' has just broke onto the charts, feels like it's taken a lifetime to get to this point...
Blake Shelton Has Internal Debate Over Opry Membership
Blake Shelton Has Internal Debate Over Opry Membership
Blake Shelton Has Internal Debate Over Opry Membership
It's hard to imagine Blake Shelton ever being caught off-guard ... but he sure was in January, when Grand Ole Opry manager Steve Buchanan asked him over lunch his thoughts about the Opry and if he'd be interested in joining someday. Blake's immediate response was that he didn't think there was any artist more interested or knowledgeable about the history of country music than himself...
Songwriter Joshua Ragsdale Loses Battle With Cancer
Songwriter Joshua Ragsdale Loses Battle With Cancer
Songwriter Joshua Ragsdale Loses Battle With Cancer
Nashville's songwriting community is mourning the tragic loss of one of their own. Accomplished writer Joshua Ragsdale lost his long battle with cancer on July 1. He was just 32 years old. Once an artist on the now-closed Lyric Street record label, Joshua continued to establish himself as a prolific songwriter, even as he fought a form of leukemia...
Bill Anderson Shares a Ghost Bus-ter Story
Bill Anderson Shares a Ghost Bus-ter Story
Bill Anderson Shares a Ghost Bus-ter Story
When Whisperin' Bill Anderson embarked on his 12-day Canadian tour on March 23, he thought it would just be business as usual, rolling down the highway in his tour bus going from one gig to the next. But Bill and his Po' Folks Band had a rude awakening ...
Bill Anderson Praises Taylor Swift
Bill Anderson Praises Taylor Swift
Bill Anderson Praises Taylor Swift
He may have been a big star more than 25 years before she was even born, but Bill Anderson is still a big fan of recent Grammy winner Taylor Swift. "I've never seen anything like it, because I don't think there's ever been anything like it," he tells Nashville's Tennessean newspaper...
Bill Anderson Gets Christmas Surprise From an ‘American Idol’
Bill Anderson Gets Christmas Surprise From an ‘American Idol’
Bill Anderson Gets Christmas Surprise From an ‘American Idol’
Christmas came early to Bill Anderson's house, but he doesn't quite know how it happened. Bill and Steve Wariner co-wrote a Christmas song a few years ago, called 'Christmas in Your Arms,' which the group Alabama recorded. Now R&B singer Ruben Studdard, who won Season 2 of 'American Idol,' has released it as his new Christmas single -- much to the surprise of Bill! "W...

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