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Tag Archives: country music
Banjo Roots and Branches Awarded American Musical Instrument Society’s Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize
in African American Studies, awards, bluegrass, folklore, music
Tagged African American Studies, African studies, award winners, awards, bluegrass, Caribbean studies, country music, folk music, folklore, music
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We are pleased to announce Banjo Roots and Branches edited by Robert B. Winans has won the American Musical Instrument Society’s Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize. The Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize is awarded annually for the most distinguished book-length work in English which … Continue reading
Marty Robbins, El Paso, and Mr. Teardrop
in biography, music
Tagged biography, country music, Diane Diekman, Marty Robbins
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In three decades as a singer and songwriter Robbins placed a staggering 94 songs on Billboard’s country music charts. His musical style ranged from rockabilly rave-ups to pop standards and even Hawaiian songs. Fulfilling another dream, Robbins spent time on … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday
in biography, music
Tagged bluegrass, country and western, country music, Music in American Life, rockabilly, Throwbacklist Thursday
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The University of Illinois Press thinks country and western music hung the moon. Our list of C&W books reads like a who’s who of that musical form’s rhinestone-studded history. You want singers? Our bill features hitmakers and hip shakers like the Singing Sheriff Faron … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday
in american history, biography, music
Tagged country music, George Hamilton IV, Patsy Cline, pop culture, Sweet Dreams, Warren R. Hofstra, women in music
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George Hamilton IV departed the world two years ago today. Unrelated to the actor and tanning phenomenon of the same name, IV, as he was sometimes called, ambled out of North Carolina in his college years to become a teen … Continue reading
Beyond “El Paso”: a story song survey
in biography, music
Tagged country music, Marty Robbins, music, songs, Twentieth Century Drifter
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Story songs had won love from an admiring public since the days when drunken Vikings flung wandering skalds into a nearby volcano. When the wireless came along, story songs filled the air in a different way. The story song “El … Continue reading
For the love of wicked Feleena
in biography, music
Tagged biography, country music, Diane Diekman, El Paso, Marty Robbins, music history, songs
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There is a possibly apocryphal story about Loretta Lynn’s classic “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” Supposedly, Lynn’s original version of the song included ten (or eight or twelve) verses. Hearing it, her producer Owen Bradley said something along the order of, “Loretta, … Continue reading
Happy birthday Alison Krauss
in bluegrass, music, women's history
Tagged Alison Krauss, country music, Murphy Hicks Henry, Pretty Good for a Girl
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Born on July 23, 1971, Central Illinois native Alison Krauss has been awarded with more Grammys than any other female artist. The singer and fiddle player has put up sales numbers greater than any other living bluegrass act. Yet, as Murphy … Continue reading
Happy birthday to Ginger Boatwright
in bluegrass, music, Uncategorized, women's history
Tagged bluegrass, country music, Ginger Boatwright, Murphy Hicks Henry, Pretty Good for a Girl
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Bluegrass singer Ginger Boatwright was born on September 21st in 1944. She has been involved in various bands throughout the years including the Grammy nominated Red White and Blue(grass), the all-female bluegrass group the Bushwackers, and the Doug Dillard Band. … Continue reading
Happy birthday to bluegrass pioneer Rose Maddox
in music, Uncategorized, women's history
Tagged bluegrass, Buck Owens, country music, Murphy Hicks Henry, Pretty Good for a Girl, Rose Maddox
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Rose Maddox, the lead singer of America’s “most colorful hillbilly band” the Maddox Brothers and Rose, was born on August 15, 1925. Rose went from very modest beginnings to fronting her family band, to a solo career that included a … Continue reading