Exclusives
Eric Lee Beddingfield Spreads “The Gospel”
In mid-January, Eric Lee Beddingfield and his band left Nashville and traveled all day for a show in Riverton, Ill., just outside of Springfield. They’d […]
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Stoney Creek’s Thompson Square Starts at the Top on way to CRS
Thompson Square, the husband-and-wife duo of Shawna and Keifer Thompson, is one of those overnight show business successes that in truth was over a dozen years in the making…. […]
Songwriter
Songwriter Spotlight: Dallas Frazier
What do Elvis, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Quincy Jones, The Oak Ridge Boys, Engelbert Humperdinck, Ferlin Husky, Connie Smith and a few score of other artists have in common?… […]
Indie Connect
All I Want To Do Is Play My Music And Write My Songs
I meet hundreds of talented artists and songwriters every month, some of who have attained widespread success in the music industry. I am often shocked by the high percentage of them who do not really know how the music industry works. It’s one thing to have a hit song, or songs. It’s quite another… […]
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Michael Lynne Takes Nashville Home to St. Louis
The St. Louis area, huge as it is, isn’t really known for producing a lot of famous musicians, especially country musicians. Producer/guitarist T-Bone Burnett, blue-eyed […]
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Bobby Pinson: One of Country Music’s Top Songwriters To Serve It Country Style at Lucy’s
“It’s been 15 pretty ungraceful years,” says Bobby Pinson during a phone conversation with me one Monday afternoon in November. “Nobody’s going to say that […]
Legends & Veterans
Singer/Songwriter Country Johnny Mathis has passed away at the age of 80
‘Country’ Johnny Mathis, not to be confused with the pop singer of the same name, passed away in his home on September 27th, 2011. Mathis […]
News
Cole Hayes: Courageous Louisiana Teen Battles Illness To Write Country Songs
Sixteen-year old Cole Hayes comes from the little Louisiana town of Roseland (pop. 1,162), and like Jerry Lee Lewis and Tim McGraw, two of his […]
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Jason Terry: East Tennessee Native Finds The Inspiration
The road to country music stardom is long and winding, and success is often determined by how well you can avoid the potholes. For Jason […]
Legends & Veterans
The Past With A Personal Touch: Earl Bud Lee
Earl Bud Lee: Many years ago, I think it was the early 80s, Earl Bud Lee found his way to the house where Edna and […]