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Obama Named Country Music Entertainer of the Year

Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.10.2009 | Comedy

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Andy Borowitz

In Nashville, country music insiders were shocked by Mr. Obama's selection, given that he has only been in office for eight months and during that time has yet to record a single country song.

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HuffPo Exclusive Interview: Rosanne Cash On Her New Album

Michael Giltz | Posted 10.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Carter Family, Grammy Awards, Rodney Crowell, Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Country Music, Pop, Rock and Roll, June Carter Cash, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Rosanne Cash has never been more naked as an artist than she is today. Her new album The List isn't the record of a deteriorating relationship like Interiors. It's just her as a singer.

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A Song Review: "Every Single Day" by Jennifer Daniels

Mike McCready | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

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Mike McCready

With Jennifer Daniels' "Every Single Day," producer/engineer Scott Smith decided less was more, and I believe he nailed it.

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Top 5 Greatest Mysteries of Housework, Plus Top 5 Records to Clean By

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Dar Williams, Bob Dylan, Cleaning, Music, Country Music, Family, Living News
Maria Rodale

I take a big deep breath of relief the minute my husband gets in the car with the kids to go to church on Sundays. Finally I can assess the week's damage, and gather my forces to bring order to the house.

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Taylor Swift T-Pain Duet - Country Meets Hip-Hop

The Post Chronicle | Posted 07.19.2009 | Home

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Taylor Swift goes gangsta with the help of T-Pain and was crowned the queen of country music on Tuesday night -- landing the top honor at the CMT Awar...

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Taylor Swift CMA Awards: Wins Video Of The Year

AP | JOHN GEROME | Posted 07.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Taylor Swift, CMA Awards, Taylor Swift CMA Awards, Country Music Awards, Country Music, Taylor Swift Love Story, Love Story Video, Entertainment News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Taylor Swift opened the Country Music Television awards with a skit about living out her dreams. The 19-year-old country and ...

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Steve Martin on Banjo at the Rubin: "My Hit Single 'King Tut' Was Not a Fluke"

Alex Pasternack | Posted 06.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Banjo, Music, Country Music, Bluegrass, Steve Martin, Entertainment News
Alex Pasternack

Before he played his new album's title track, Martin said it had became a minor hit in the bluegrass world. "And in the bluegrass world," he quipped, "a minor hit is a major hit."

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New Tunes On Monday: Elvis Costello, Marshall Crenshaw, eels, Alex Woodard, and Buckwheat Zydeco

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.24.2009 | Entertainment

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Mike Ragogna

You've heard Elvis Costello sing country music before, but not like this. The lad who gave us Almost Blue is quite mature and worldly wise now.

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'Detroit' Country Song Could Mean Rehab For Republicans

RJ Eskow | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mickey Rourke, Kris Kristofferson, John Rich, Shuttin' Detroit Down, Country Music, Detroit-Michigan, Politics News
RJ Eskow

Why should the president and Congress take note of a hit country song? Because music can be a glimpse into the national psyche, even in this age of prefabricated pop and country.

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How Keith Urban Taught Me the Secret of Life (and How Country Can Save What's Left of the Music Business)

David Wild | Posted 05.02.2009 | Entertainment

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David Wild

For too long, rock has celebrated the distance between the rock star and the rock fan, while country has generally emphasized the common ground.

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Robbie Fulks on "The Interview Show"

Mark Bazer | Posted 02.06.2009 | Chicago

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Mark Bazer

The country musician is interviewed and performs.

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11 Best Obama Songs

David Wallechinsky | Posted 11.27.2008 | Entertainment

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David Wallechinsky

While prowling the Internet for songs about Barack Obama, I was impressed by the variety of musical genres that have taken to the Democratic candidate.

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Finally Newt Has His Own Country Song: "Drill Here, Drill Now"

David Roberts | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green

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David Roberts

The only thing Gingrich's American Solutions for Winning the Future astroturf group has lacked up to now, in terms of becoming a full-fledged parody of modern-day economic royalism masquerading as populism, is a piss-poor country song.

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Toby Keith's Pro-Lynching Publicity Tour Hits Colbert, CBS and More

Max Blumenthal | Posted 08.05.2008 | Entertainment

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Max Blumenthal

Colbert's studio audience clapped to Keith's song, blithely unaware that they were swaying to a racially tinged, explicitly pro-lynching anthem that calls for the vigilante-style hanging of car thieves.

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Across the Great Divide

Susan Neiman | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Red States, Johnny Cash, Blue States, Hillary Clinton, Bob Dylan, Barack Obama, Country Music, Politics News
Susan Neiman

Like anything else, unashamed sentimentality can be part of a pose. Not every red state expression of sentiment is genuine, and not every blue state expression of skepticism is caustic.

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Eddy Arnold, Country Music Star, Dies Aged 89

Huffington Post | Posted 05.16.2008 | Home

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Famed country music singer Eddy Arnold has died at the age of 89: Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him ...

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