Country Music Classic Willie Nelson on the Heart of Country Music

“When country artists open their hearts to an audience, they’re sharing their deepest feelings. Music is a motivator. It will make you leap up and move. It will make you dance. It will make you do jumping jacks. Country music gets people to feeling good. You don’t want to [...]

How the Historical Legacy of Country Music Icons and Culture Can Live On

Chett Flippo who writes the weekly Nashville Skyline for CMT speaks from a deep place about country music culture and heritage. Flippo, like others, notes the slow nickel and dime death of classic country music and its many historical legacies.
As more and more country music artists mature toward eligibility in the Country Music [...]

Deford Bailey: A Black Star in Early Country Music

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum illuminates that DeFord Bailey:
Bailey grew up in a musical family who played what he called “black hillbilly music,” a tradition of secular string-band music actually shared by rural black and white musicians alike. He also learned songs in church, and developed a keen ear for the music [...]

History of Country Music: The Art of Storytelling

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The Country Music Hall of Fame illuminates:
Every stage of country’s long history has left an imprint on the music. Today, country is many sounds and many styles, some as old as fiddle and bow, others as new as tomorrow’s technology. A fan can hear it in the loudest venues or the quietest hollows, [...]

An American Country Music Classic: George Strait

Tom Roland of Great American Country TVsuggests of George Strait’s life and illustrious country music career:
With more than 25 years of hits behind him, George Strait has established one of the most unique careers in any genre of music. He’s amassed more than 50 No. 1 hits, more than 30 platinum albums and more nominations [...]

Pickler, Swift dominate CMT Music awards

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The Nashville City Paper reports:
While Taylor Swift won the evening’s biggest honor, it was another member of country’s youth corps Kellie Pickler who snared three buckles at Monday’s Country Music Television (CMT) music awards, which attracted more than 4 1/2 million votes from fans.
Swift’s “Our Song” was voted Video of the Year, although [...]