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Friday | The Wichita Eagle

Orpheum goes country with John Anderson, Old 97's

Anderson is a classic country artist with five No. 1 hits to his credit, while the Old 97's were in the vanguard of the alt-country movement.

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Related Topix: Country, John Anderson, Wichita, KS, Willie Nelson, Health

Thu May 16, 2013

UnionLeader.com

Country's Gary Allan takes fans on ride from breakup to healing

Gary Allan CHART-TOPPING COUNTRY: Gary Allan, set to play the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom on Sunday, May 19, has a long string of top country tunes, including "Man to Man," "Tough Little Boys," "Nothing on but the Radio" and "Every Storm ." Boy had girl, boy lost girl, boy drinks a lot of whiskey and sings about losing girl.

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Related Topix: Gary Allan, Country, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson

Mi2n

Vintage Country Singer/ Songwriter Hannah Bethel Becomes A Part Of...

Website: http://www.HannahBethel.com Last week, Hannah Bethel made her official mark in the country music family, becoming one of the newest members of the Country Music Association .

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Music!, Songwriter, Willie Nelson, Country

The Austin Chronicle

T for Texas, T for Tennessee

The New York Times once wrote that Nashville was like Austin's cousin had it been raised by a stricter father.

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Related Topix: Beer, Drink, Austin, TX, Willie Nelson, Country, Music, Entertainment

Weekender

Concert Review: New Orleans Jazz Fest still a summer highlight

For four decades, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has been a mecca for music lovers from across the nation.

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Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, Pop/Rock, The Big Easy, Fleetwood Mac, Blues, The Black Keys, Willie Nelson, Country

Indianapolis Business News

Lou Harry's a&Eibj a&E priority list picks for May 16-22

Stumped? Here's my list to jump-start your planning. Just remember to share your thoughts on whatever you did on my You-review-it Monday blog at New blood is vital in a dance company, among both the dancers and the choreographers.

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Related Topix: Arts, Dance, Indianapolis, IN, Willie Nelson, Country, Kris Kristofferson

KIMT

Jim Schowalder goes to a Willie Nelson Concert Clear Lake, IA

"Well I used to help run a jukebox shop, pinball and jukeboxes and Willie had an occasional record that would come out.

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Related Topix: Clear Lake, IA, Willie Nelson, Country

Wed May 15, 2013

Something Else! Reviews

WTF?! Wednesdays: Anthony Braxton, "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"

Loving covers of popular music is a grand jazz tradition. From blues vamps to show tunes to popular song of the day, jazz musicians have explored the harmonic opportunities found in pop music.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Anthony Braxton, Miles Davis, Black Entertainment, Oasis, Pop/Rock, Charles Mingus

NBC Dallas

Dave Matthews Band Donates $100,000 to West

Ahead of their Saturday concert in Dallas, the charitable arm of the Dave Matthews Band makes a $100,000 donation to the West Disaster Fund.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Dave Matthews, Dave Matthews Band, Celebrities, Dallas, TX, West, TX, Willie Nelson, Country

Evansville Courier & Press

Chuck Stinnett: She was so wrong, for so long - but we're not crazy for loving her

She hated the song written by a young songwriter named Hugh Nelson, but her husband insisted she give it a try.

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Related Topix: Willie Nelson, Country, Patsy Cline

SeacoastOnline

GoandDo: Porch Party Mamas hit Discover Portsmouth

The Discover Thursday Series continues with a performance by the Porch Party Mamas on Thursday, May 16, 7 p.m. at Discover Portsmouth, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth.

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Related Topix: Portsmouth, NH, Events, Willie Nelson, Country, Stratham, NH

Tue May 14, 2013

KUAD-FM Windsor

Willie Nelson Records Strangest Duet Ever In 1984 [VIDEO]

Willie Nelson has always been one to march to his own beat. It seems he has recorded with every artist on the planet.

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Related Topix: Willie Nelson, Country, Latin, Julio Iglesias

Fodor's

Just Back From: Jazz Fest in New Orleans

Would three inches of mud deter you from seeing your favorite band? It didn't stop some 425,000 music fans from loving every minute of the 44th annual Jazz Fest in New Orleans , despite pouring rain on three out of seven festival days that quickly turned the gorgeous grassy lawns at the Fair Grounds Race Course into pure mud pits.

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Related Topix: New Orleans, Jazz, Willie Nelson, Country, Travel

Examiner.com

Nashville-based Greta Gaines releases 'Lighthouse & The Impossible Love' today

Nashville-based singer songwriter Greta Gaines releases Lighthouse & The Impossible Love today on her own Big Air Records.

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Related Topix: Willie Nelson, Country

Mon May 13, 2013

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Audio reviews: Kenny Chesney, The Weeks, Snoop Lion

Country "Life on a Rock." Kenny Chesney. Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville. Kenny Chesney opens his new album "Life On A Rock" with the hit "Pirate Flag," a rowdy beach-bum anthem reminiscent of his many fun-in-the-sun party songs of the last dozen years.

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Related Topix: Kenny Chesney, Country, Nashville, TN, Willie Nelson

WFAA-TV Dallas

Willie Nelson raises $120,000 for towns hit by plant explosion

WEST, Texas -- Town leaders from West, Texas, and neighboring Abbott were all smiles on Monday afternoon as a representative for country music star Willie Nelson gave donated checks totaling more than $120,000. Most of the money was raised at a benefit birthday concert Nelson hosted a few weeks ago in Austin.

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Related Topix: Willie Nelson, Country, West, TX, Abbott, TX, Fire

Spin

Tig Notaro Is Scared of Chrissie Hynde, Dominates at Marky Mark Karaoke

Last August, comedian Tig Notaro took the stage at Largo in Los Angeles and got serious, discussing her breast cancer and the then-recent passing of her mother.

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Related Topix: Chrissie Hynde, Weather, Napa, CA, Willie Nelson, Country, Western, Red Headed Stranger

Las Vegas Review Journal

Things to do in North Las Vegas, May 14-20

The Islands of the Pacific Cultural Fest is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. May 18 and 19 at The Club at the Cannery, 2121 E. Craig Road.

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, North Las Vegas, NV, Soul, The Trammps, Life, Food, Food Festival, Willie Nelson, Country, Kris Kristofferson

Sat May 11, 2013

KRCG-TV Jefferson City

Music thrives at the Lake of the Ozarks

In books like Dwight Weaver's History and Geography of the Lake of the Ozarks, t he area was known to have some live music as early as the1930s and '40s. By the '50s, Now there are stage shows performed at the Main Street music hall, and live music offered in almost every local establishment.

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Related Topix: Osage Beach, MO, Willie Nelson, Country, Camdenton, MO

RollingStone

Willie Nelson, the 'Hippest Octogenarian,' Honored at Berklee

If Berklee College of Music President Roger H. Brown gets 100 percent cooler every year over the next two dozen years or so, he said Friday, he figures he'll be about half as cool as Willie Nelson .

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Related Topix: Willie Nelson, Country, Red Headed Stranger, Western, Berklee College of Music, Pop/Rock, Carole King, Boston University, Music, Entertainment

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