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July 11, 2009
Those Gold and Platinum walls are unforgettable. Among the most memorable exhibits in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum are the massive, floor-to-ceiling displays of Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum record plaques, which chronicle Country albums that have been certified by the Recording Ind...
April 02, 2009
For decades, record labels have competed fiercely. Each has fought not only for the consumer's dollar but also to make sure its roster of acts gets played on the radio, does brisk business on tour and wins trophies at awards shows. If one label's success came at the expense of another's, well, tha...
March 02, 2009
In Nick Hornby's 1995 novel High Fidelity, the narrator is a music buff who's obsessed with the listening tastes of his colleagues. As he sees it, "What really matters is what you like, not what you are like."
If this character were to leap off the page and into the real world of 2008, he mi...
May 26, 2008
Social networking Web sites, devoted to hosting interactions among members, were once like metaphorical lakes, each stocked with similar fish. Today, these sites have become virtual oceans, filled with millions of species, small recreational boats and massive supertankers.
The popularity of th...
August 23, 2006
Among Americana fans, Radney Foster is known as a dynamic concert performer with a deep catalog of hits. Among fans of mainstream Country Music, Foster is known as the bespectacled half of hit duo Foster and Lloyd and as one of the hottest songwriters working today. Foster's success and cri...
March 23, 2006
Martina McBride has been surrounded by traditional Country Music her entire life.
At age 7, the Kansas native joined her father's band, which played cover versions of chestnuts including "Heartaches By The Number," "Satin Sheets" and "I'll Be There."
Then she grew up to become a Country Music s...
January 03, 2006
Renowned songwriter Roger Murrah has had a momentous year. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he scored yet another Top 10 hit and he celebrated 15 years as the President of Murrah Music Corporation, one of Nashville's most successful independent song publishers.
Murrah ...