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Single Song Sunday: Bob Dylan's Girl from the North Country

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2008-02-03 12:08:00 by boyhowdy in Cover Lay Down
I've been holding off on Bob Dylan here at Cover Lay Down, unsure that I had anything to add to the existing cacaphony in the blogworld. But now that the fervor for the I'm Not There soundtrack been replaced by a reckless affection for the Moldy Peaches, it's time, I think. We begin our journey through the works of Dylan with one of his sweetest...
 
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Nashville Mayor Announces "Country Radio Week"

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2008-02-25 16:57:30 by Barry Shrum in Music Row Law
Nashville Mayor Karl Dean issued a proclamation declaring the week of March 3, 2008 Country Radio Week. The mayor will present the official proclamation to Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc.s Executive Director Ed Salamon and President Becky Brenner when he officially welcomes attendees to the 39th Country Radio Seminar (CRS-39) on March 5th The...
 
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The Rough Guide to Country Music (100 Essential CDs)

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2008-03-31 05:01:11 by Doug in 1st4music.net
The Rough Guide to Country Music (100 Essential CDs Customer Review: Big country, little book Just to clarify matters - although presented on Amazon as an Audiobook, this is, in fact, a small book (not much bigger than a cigarette packet), not a CD. For its size, its an excellent little package, offering neatly penned reviews of 100 essential...
 
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Dont Tell Jamey Johnson That Hes Too Country

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2008-08-12 14:45:08 by Craig Shelburne in Country Music Blog
The first time I listened to Jamey Johnson s That Lonesome Song , it reminded me of a Waylon Jennings album. When I interviewed him, I told him this, and he said, Well, you like Waylon Jennings, dont you? Yeah, I do. A lot, actually For me it sounds like a country music album, Johnson said. Waylon was certainly an influence on me. I really loved...
 
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A Review of Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death, and Country Music by Dana Jennings

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2008-08-24 06:16:30 by HASH0x8bd0aa8 in Houstoned Rocks
Despite his highfalutin Noo Yark media job, author Dana Jennings wants you to know hes as country as corn liquor. Course he might be dragging around too many liberal-elite signifiers to be the populist hero hed like to be: for one, he works for the New York Times (to some good-ol boys, this is like writing for the former Soviet Unions Pravda )....
 
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The "Perfect" Country Song?

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2008-01-08 23:15:00 by Ed in Old Blue Bus
A few weeks ago Paul, the proprietor of one of my favorite music blogs, Setting The Woods On Fire , posed the question of what would be the most representative country song, or, the Perfect country song As Paul mentioned in his post, in 1974, Steve Goodman and John Prine wrote what they considered to be the perfect country song. You Never Even...
 
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Country legend Eddy Arnold dies

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2008-05-08 15:17:59 by Lester Jonze of MOG in MOG - Editor's Picks
NASHVILLE , Tenn. - Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like Make the World Go Away made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville, said Don Cusic, a professor at Belmont University and author of the biography Eddy...
 
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Countrypolitik: Whats Right and Whats Left About Country Music

2008-10-20 15:10:59 by takecountryback in Taking it Back to the Roots!
 
The night Barack Obama accepted the nomination to be the Democratic candidate for president, I was DJing a post-convention party with his acceptance speech projected on the big screen. After much deliberation, I had decided to start my set off with Yo La Tengos Big Day Coming, an upbeat song that expressed the tension, hope, and anticipation of...
 
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Country Music Hall of Fame Member Ken Nelson Dead at 96

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2008-01-07 23:54:55 by takecountryback in Taking it Back to the Roots!
http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/1579191/20080107/owens buck.jhtml Ken Nelson, former head of country A&R for Capitol Records and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, died Sunday (Jan. 6) at his home in Somis, Calif., 13 days short of his 97th birthday. He had not been ill prior to his death, his daughter Claudia Nelson told CMT .com. In...
 
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