Roy Clark, country guitar virtuoso, ‘Hee Haw’ star, has died
Country star Roy Clark, the guitar virtuoso and singer who headlined the cornpone TV show "Hee Haw" for nearly a quarter century and was known for such hits as "Yesterday When I was Young" and "Honeymoon Feeling," has died. He was 85.
Publicist Jeremy Westby said Clark died Thursday due to complications from pneumonia at home in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Singer Candi Staton says she has breast cancer
NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Candi Staton says she's been diagnosed with breast cancer.
The 78-year-old said she received the news over the summer on the first day of rehearsals for her tour. She writes in a statement, "I decided to keep it to myself and do some soul searching. I went through all of the emotions: denial, poor me and anger."
Country women lift each other up at CMT Artists of the Year
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — This one's for the girls, during a night when CMT honored all female stars, from Loretta Lynn to Carrie Underwood and Kelsea Ballerini, at their annual Artists of the Year show in an empowering night of lifting up each other.
Although female artists still struggle to get airplay, the women saluted each other for breaking through the barriers in the industry on Wednesday night in Nashville, Tennessee.
Why hip-hop belongs in the Alabama Music Hall of Fame
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Percy Sledge and Tammy Wynette will soon be sharing a roof with Gucci Mane.
The Alabama Music Hall of Fame is set to reveal its first-ever hip-hop exhibit, with a 2 p.m. Aug. 28 event at the museum, located at 617 U.S. 72 W. in Tuscumbia.
The display will highlight around 20 of the state's rappers, producers, movers and shakers, with items ranging from media to clothing to magazines.
Country music journalist Hazel Smith dies at age 83
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music journalist, publicist and songwriter Hazel Smith has died. She was 83.
Her granddaughter Tara Bruchas said she died at a Nashville hospital on Sunday.
Why eclectic Minnesota accompanist Dan Chouinard is ‘everyone’s go-to guy’
As the singers reached that part in Norwegian Wood with the sitar, Dan Chouinards voice grew reedy: Yannng, yang-yang-yang-yonnng, ying-ying-ying yannng, yang-ying-yang-yonnnng.
The singing resumed raggedly, undone by laughter before the crowd gathered itself to finish the Beatles hit. It was a far cry from the opener, I Could Have Danced All Night, but thats how Chouinards singalongs roll.
Chouinard, 56, has for years been Minnesotas eclectic accompanist.
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