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Montana Traditionalist Ben Stillwater Makes Mark in Music City
It’s a long way from the Big Sky country of Montana to Music City USA, but for the traditional country singer and songwriter Ben Stillwater, […]
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Julie Ingram: One of Row’s Most Versatile Stars
Many young girls dream of becoming a glamorous blonde country singer, winning beauty pageants, acting in top TV shows, writing hundreds of songs and being terrific at both guitar… […]
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Taylor Made: WV Trio Taylor Made Rockets Up Radio Charts With New Single
In the summer of 1999, a West Virginia native named Brad Paisley made a late addition to his debut “Who Needs Pictures” album, after a group of country radio programmers went crazy over a new song he had just demoed called… […]
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Andrew Heller: It’s All About The Song
Most of us are fortunate to find even one thing we excel at, so some of us get jealous of people who seem to be able to do exceedingly well at just about anything they put their minds to… […]
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Randy Houser Happy to Carry On Mississippi’s Hitmaking Tradition
The state of Mississippi may be small in population, but gigantic in its influence on American music and culture… […]
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A Q & A With George Jones
The following Q&A was a great privilege for me to be able to interview the legendary Possum-George Jones. Thanks to Nancy Jones and Debra McCloud for their great assistance in making this work for me… […]
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Niemann Comes Back From Tough Times To Reach No. 1
A turning point in the Music Row career of the breakout Sea Gayle/Arista Nashville artist Jerrod Niemann came a couple years ago, when longtime pal Jamey Johnson gave Jerrod some tough-love advice… […]
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TCM artist Chris Caskey enjoys second chance at Row and radio stardom
The Kentucky native Chris Caskey’s development deal at Mercury Nashville was in the late 1990s, a very different time… […]
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Homeless Nashville tunesmith Bradley Harmer’s Songs Finally Being Heard
Longtime Nashville resident Bradley Harmer may have had one of the most impressive writing mentors in… […]
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William Michael Morgan: 100% “Pure Country” Teen
Very few people really know what they want to do with their lives, much less from the time they’re only children. William Michael Morgan is one of those rare… […]