Hank Williams News

Joe Swank likes Hank Williams Sr. He also likes Kiss. For the No Depression set, the alt-country+ group for whom Swank could be poster dude, that's not uncommon, really.

Country and Americana music fans, grab your hats! Robbie Limon, well known for his musical tributes to Hank Williams and Buddy Holly, will be headlining a benefit for the Wayside Theater on Sunday, November 15, 2009, at 7 p.m. Limon and his band will be performing a medley of Hank Williams and Buddy Holly numbers.

The event will start with a musical slice of Americana served up on banjo, fiddle and bass by a Dalton-based trio of civilians.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:45 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:45 a.m. If a standing ovation at the end of a play is an indication of the production's future success, then City Stage's musical "Hank Williams: Lost Highway" is in for a solid run.

It's entirely possible that local band The Revengencers has created their own, double-labeled music genre: deathwestern and country doom.

When someone named Hank Williams performs, you know you're going to get something special.

When Johnny Cash gave daughter Rosanne his list of 100 essential country songs in 1973, she kept it tucked away until she could bring something of herself to the music.

They may hail from Versailles but a love of American popular culture has propelled Phoenix to the brink of a very unfrench transatlantic breakthrough, writes Andrew Purcell Phoenix ... from the palais to Caesar's Palace.

The building that houses Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame is in the shape of a bass clef with windows that resemble piano keys.

Country comes to the city when the Elmwood Park Community Chorus next performs. Selections will run the gamut from Patsy Cline to Carrie Underwood, Hank Williams to Rascall Flatts at the free concert that begins at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov.

When local DJ and emcee Harold Mitchell was bedridden with rheumatic fever at six years old, the radio kept him company as he listened to the legends on the Grand Ole Opry.

I have a new grandson named Elijah. It came to mind that, probably in the 1950s or '60s, there was a song "Elijah was a wooden Indian" sung by a country-Western group, I believe.

The Dakota Opry is proud to present a trio of country legends to the area! Jim Ed Brown, Jimmy Fortune and Jett Williams will be performing 2 fantastic shows Sunday, November 8th at Treasures Casino and Lounge, I-29, Baltic Exit 94! Statler Brother and Country Hall Of Famer Jimmy Fortune, the incomparable Jim Ed Brown and duaghter of the legendary ...

This summer, musicians from Elderly Instruments and actors from Lansing Community College and the community put on a musical biography of country star Hank Williams.

Rosanne Cash offers up 12 of her father Johnny's favorite 100 country songs on her new album, "The List.'' Ricky Skaggs digs deep into his father Hobert's love of bluegrass, country, and gospel tunes on his effort, "Solo: Songs My Dad Loved.'' ) As early as 1958, with the Everly Brothers' "Songs Our Daddy Taught Us,'' pop and country musicians have ...

While the island's high crime rate is reportedly wreaking havoc on the capacity of hospitals to cope, traffic crashes are also quietly taking a toll on the island's health infrastructure.

The dedication of the twenty-first mural in Downtown Dothan will take place on Wednesday, October 14th at 11:00 a.m. at 308 North Foster Street.

Published: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 9:16 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 9:16 a.m. Finding fault is what I do for a living.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RFD-TV'S MOST REQUESTED COUNTRY ARTIST, DAVID CHURCH TO PERFORM AT THE RIPON HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, featuring songs written by local writers Marsha Brown and Mike Heath.

Published: Friday, October 2, 2009 at 7:43 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 2, 2009 at 7:43 a.m. Out in the West Texas town of El Paso Jason Petty sings during 'Marty's El Paso,' a musical playing at the Flat Rock Playhouse about late country star Marty Robbins.