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August 13, 2020 at 4:48 am

Mickey Guyton is speaking her truth after years of doubt

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mickey Guyton is turning a mirror on country music by speaking her truth and reclaiming both her career and identity. Delivering...

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August 12, 2020 at 5:44 am

Hank Williams Jr., Marty Stuart to join Country Hall of Fame

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Hank Williams Jr., Marty Stuart and songwriter Dean Dillon are the newest inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Announced...

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August 11, 2020 at 10:50 am

Lindsay Ell confronts her trauma on vulnerable new album VIEW

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Lindsay Ell lived alone with guilt and shame for years, but it took seeing herself in the story of...

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July 29, 2020 at 10:17 am

Garth Brooks doesn’t want to win CMA entertainer award again

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country superstar Garth Brooks says he is pulling himself out of nominations for the Country Music Association's entertainer of the year...

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July 10, 2020 at 10:12 am

How The Chicks dropped the word ‘Dixie’ from their name

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When The Chicks decided to drop the word “Dixie” from the band's name, it was the culmination of years of internal...

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July 10, 2020 at 8:56 am

With new name and album, The Chicks’ voices ring loud again VIEW

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Dixie Chicks are no more. Breaking their ties to the South, The Chicks are stepping into a new chapter in...

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July 8, 2020 at 3:43 pm

Country band Lady A files suit against singer with same name

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country group Lady A, which dropped the word “Antebellum,” from their name because of the word's ties to slavery, has filed...

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FILE – Charlie Daniels, center, joins members of the Charlie Daniels Band with their Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 27, 1980, as best country vocal performance by a group for their hit “The Devil Went Down To Georgia.” Daniels has died at age 83. A statement from his publicist said the Country Music Hall of Famer died Monday, July 6, 2020, due to a hemorrhagic stroke. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File) NYET134 NYET134

July 6, 2020 at 9:42 am

Country rocker and fiddler Charlie Daniels dies at age 83 VIEW

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Charlie Daniels, who went from being an in-demand session musician to a staple of Southern rock with his hit “Devil Went...

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June 29, 2020 at 8:22 am

Critics slam country artists for playing for unmasked crowds

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fellow musicians and fans alike are criticizing country artists who performed at outdoor concerts this weekend where social media pictures showed...

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June 26, 2020 at 12:00 am

Country music reckons with racial stereotypes and its future VIEW

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When country singer Rissi Palmer was working on her debut album, she wanted a song like Gretchen Wilson’s “Redneck Woman,” a...

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