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80s Country Icon Forced To Pull Out of Upcoming Show Due to Doctor’s Orders
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (325+ words) Crystal Gayle planned to join artists like Amy Grant, Jim Lauderdale, and Sandy Kelly onstage in Belfast, Ireland, for the FOLK iN FUSION concert. Slated for Tuesday, Jan. 13, the show kicks off Your Roots Are Showing, a four-day Irish folk…...
This Bill Withers Classic Borrowed Its Good Vibes From a Famously Jolly Songwriter
5+ hour, 52+ min ago (594+ words) There's a reason that "Lovely Day" by Bill Withers has developed into one of the go-to needle drops for movie, film, and commercial producers. You'd be hard-pressed to find too many songs that evoke pure joy as well as this…...
Lenny Kravitz’s Song “Johnny Cash” Isn’t Actually About Johnny Cash at All
6+ hour, 22+ min ago (204+ words) During the time when Johnny Cash was working with Rick Rubin, Lenny Kravitz fell upon some hard times. He decided to move in with the storied record producer. Well, given that Rubin was helping Cash revitalize his career during this…...
3 Classic Rock Grammy Award Winners From 1990 Who We Still Stan
6+ hour, 52+ min ago (143+ words) At the dawn of the 1990s, music was beginning to change again. The 1980s were over, and the decade's brand of brash, often synthesizer-inspired rock music was falling out of fashion. In came new voices, new heroes to follow. And that's just…...
On This Day in 1964, the Man in Black Scored the First-Ever No. 1 Album in Country Music History With One of the Genre’s Finest Offerings
7+ hour, 12+ min ago (236+ words) Ring Of Fire: The Best Of Johnny Cash dropped on July 8, 1963. And it was an almost immediate success for the legendary country icon. Many of Cash's finest tunes can be found on this very record, from "Ring Of Fire" to…...
4 Times Famous Musicians Re-Recorded Their Own Songs Later in Their Careers
8+ hour, 22+ min ago (702+ words) Over the years, quite a few well-known artists have re-recorded versions of their own songs for various reasons. In recent years, artists like Taylor Swift and John Fogerty have revisited their back catalogs as a way to generate royalties from…...
3 Musicians Who Experienced Major Career Changes After 9/11
9+ hour, 4+ min ago (153+ words) The dark day of 9/11 changed just about everything about American culture. The attacks that took place on September 11, 2001, also had a profound impact on music, ranging from bans on songs to new eras of both protest songs and patriotic tunes....
4 Songs From 1990 That Will Take You Back to High School
9+ hour, 7+ min ago (399+ words) 4 Songs From 1990 That Will Take You Back to High School'American Songwriter 4 Songs From 1990 That Will Take You Back to High School Some pop songs, more than others, define an era so vividly, just hearing their titles is enough to transport…...
3 Artists Who Rose From the Ashes After Career-Ending Records
10+ hour, 3+ min ago (154+ words) Bob Dylan released some very experimental work back in the day, and he has never been the kind of artist to simply do what critics (or fans) want him to. Enter Self Portrait from 1970, a folk rock album in which…...
On This Day in 1964, The Rolling Stones Recorded the Buddy Holly Cover That Officially Introduced Them to an American Audience
11+ hour, 19+ min ago (449+ words) Precious few rock bands are still going strong after six decades. But then again, precious few rock bands are the Rolling Stones. However, in January 1964, the Londoners were still trying to find their footing in the United States after gaining…...