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17 hrs ago | Cybergrass

3rd John Hartford Memorial Festival Brings Life to an American Music Icon

Preparations are underway for the 3rd Annual John Hartford Memorial Festival being held in the hills of southern Indiana at the Official Bean Blossom & Bill Monroe Music Park in beautiful Brown County, May 30-June 1. This is the third of what the festival's creator, John Hotze, and co-promoter, Dan Dillman, hope to see as an event to preserve the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Indiana, Bluegrass, Bill Monroe, Country, Glen Campbell

Mon May 13, 2013

The Guardian

How we made: Rhinestone Cowboy

Co-producer Dennis Lambert and songwriter Larry Weiss remember how, inspired by Hop-Along Cassidy, they created Glen Campbell's signature song 'The song just blew me away' a Glen Campbell in 1975, wearing the outfit made for the video.

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Related Topix: Country, Glen Campbell, The Four Tops, Soul

Sat May 11, 2013

Sunday Herald

Give me the moonshine, give Glen Campbell a birl and remember to stay well clear of Goopy Gwyneth

There being no moonshine or chewing tobacco available in my local Scotmid I settle down to watch BBC4's three-hour country music marathon with a mug of camomile tea and a Tunnock's Caramel Log for sustenance.

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Related Topix: Country, Glen Campbell, Opinion

Mon May 06, 2013

hosted Blogcritics | Blogcritics

Music Review: Margaret Whiting - Maggie Isn't Margaret Anymore/Pop Country

Margaret Whiting, 1924-2011, was a contemporary of Peggy Lee and Patti Page who began as a big band singer in the 1940s and then moved on to a successful solo career. But the advent of the rock and roll era saw her commercial success dwindle as she gradually faded from the music scene.

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Related Topix: Country, Glen Campbell, Music, Entertainment

Mon Apr 29, 2013

The Stranger

What Happens When Glen Campbell Sings a Brian Wilson-Penned Pop Song?

Um... some selectors play this out, like, as a dance jam . Odd, 'cause this is a big , and very Brian Wilson sounding pop song, which, to my ears, ain't a mover.

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Related Topix: Country, Glen Campbell

Thu Apr 25, 2013

Ventura County Star

Glen Campbell offers new take on old hits

The Grammy-winning singer, who turned 77 on Monday, will release a new album, "See You There," on Aug.

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Related Topix: Western, Drama Movies, True Grit, Adventure, Country, Glen Campbell

Alabama Live

Purple reigns in Washington as Alzheimer's activists take to Capitol Hill

A man doing the business of government in the Longworth House Office Building Wednesday afternoon spied still another explosion of purple squeezing into an elevator.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Country, Glen Campbell, Midsouth, Representative Mo Brooks, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics

Wed Apr 24, 2013

CBS News

Video: Daughter of Alzheimer's victim makes tearful plea before Congress

Ashley Campbell, daughter of country musician Glen Campbell, who announced in 2011 that he has Alzheimer's disease, teared up during Congressional testimony as she explained that it is "getting harder" for her dad to follow along when they play music together, saying to lawmakers, "Let's work together to end Alzheimer's." White House press ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, Country, Glen Campbell, Mark Sanford, US Governors, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Tue Apr 23, 2013

BirminghamEagle.com

Glen Campbell, 'See You There' Album Comes as Alzheimer's Forces Icon to Quit Touring

Glen Campbell celebrates his 77th birthday today, April 22, but it's fans who are getting the_thumbnail.gift. The country-pop icon will release a new album , See You There , on Aug.

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Related Topix: Country, Glen Campbell, Entertainment

Examiner.com

Glen Campbell cancels tour over Alzheimer's; new album revisits old hits

Glen Campbell 's Alzheimer's disease has progressed so far that the singer has to stop his music tour.

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Related Topix: Western, Drama Movies, True Grit, Adventure, Country, Glen Campbell, Alzheimer's, Health

ContactMusic.com

Glen Campbell To Release One More Album For Fans

Fans of ailing country star Glen Campbell can expect one more album from the singer, but they will never see him perform live again, according to his publicist.

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Related Topix: Country, Glen Campbell

Mon Apr 22, 2013

Knoxville News Sentinel

7 things to know today

Free show: Americana artist Morgan O'Kane will perform at noon today as part of radio station WDVX's "Blue Plate Special" free lunchtime show.

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Related Topix: Blues, Blue Plate Special, Eilen Jewell, Country, Glen Campbell, Pop/Rock, Peter Frampton, Sports

ABC 33/40

Campbell ends touring career, to release new album

6, 2012 file photo shows singer Glen Campbell performing during his Goodbye Tour in Little Rock, Ark.

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Related Topix: Country, Glen Campbell, Little Rock, AR

UPI

The almanac

Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include Spanish Queen Isabella I, who funded the first voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World, in 1451; English novelist Henry Fielding in 1707; German philosopher Immanuel Kant in 1724; Vladimir Ilyich Lenin , leader of Russia's 1917 Communist revolution, in 1870; novelist ... (more)

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Related Topix: Eddie Albert, Menuhin, Classical, Jazz, Charles Mingus, Country, Glen Campbell, Pop/Rock, Peter Frampton, Oklahoma