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    Mar 13, 2013 |Story| WSBT Radio

  1. Toby Keith - Radio Million-Air

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Unlike Toby Keith, some country music newcomers hope to hear their song played once on the radio, let alone millions of times! The singer was recently honored by BMI with this Million-Air awards at a studio on Music Row in Nashville. The long-time BMI songwriter was given several awards representing songwriting and publishing credits for more than 15 million air plays for some of Toby&rsquo;s biggest hits. Those tracks include songs like &ldquo;How Do You Like Me Now?,&rdquo; &ldquo;Beer For My Horses,&rdquo; &ldquo;She Never Cried in Front of Me,&rdquo; &ldquo;God Love Her,&rdquo; &ldquo;I Love this Bar&rdquo; and &ldquo;Who&rsquo;s Your Daddy?&rdquo; The Million-Air award is given to songwriters whose songs accumulate over to over one million U.S. broadcast performances. Paul McCartney, Dolly Parton and Roy Orbison are a few iconic artists who have been given the honor as well.</span>
    Unlike Toby Keith, some country music newcomers hope to hear their song played once on the radio, let alone millions of times! The singer was recently honored by BMI with this Million-Air awards at a studio on Music Row in Nashville. The long-time BMI...

    Tags: Music Industry, Music, Radio, Paul McCartney, Dolly Parton

    2. Oct 26, 2011 |Story| WSBT Radio

  2. Music City Walk of Fame Honors

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Alan Jackson and Kix Brooks are two of the latest celebrities who will have stars in their name added to Nashville's Music City Walk of Fame on Nov. 6.</span>
    Alan Jackson and Kix Brooks are two of the latest celebrities who will have stars in their name added to Nashville's Music City Walk of Fame on Nov. 6. The singers, who each both boast more than 20 years in country music, join several other famous...

    Tags: Gospel (genre), Music, Martina McBride, Alan Jackson, Arts and Culture

    3. Apr 1, 2013 |Story| SFL

  3. Diana Krall in Miami: 3 new songs we'd like to hear

    Diana Krall&rsquo;s arrival at Miami&rsquo;s Arsht Center Tuesday night offers a departure. The singer-pianist&rsquo;s performance is part of a tour in support of the album &ldquo;Glad Rag Doll,&rdquo; an October release on the Verve Records jazz label that was produced by T Bone Burnett, best known for the trail-blazing alt-country and roots rock of artists such as Roy Orbison, John Mellencamp,&nbsp; the Grammy- winning Allison Krauss/Robert Plant collaboration, and albums with Krall&rsquo;s husband, Elvis Costello.
    Diana Krall’s arrival at Miami’s Arsht Center Tuesday night offers a departure. The singer-pianist’s performance is part of a tour in support of the album “Glad Rag Doll,” an October release on the Verve Records jazz label...

    Tags: Music, John Mellencamp, Los Lobos (music group), Lucinda Williams, Diana Krall

    4. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 'American Idol' recap: Nicki Minaj is late for live top 10

    If "American Idol" doesn't crown a female winner this year, it'll be a full-on crime. The women in the running are just so much better than the men. That couldn't have been clearer on Wednesday night, when the top 10 paid homage to past "Idol" winners...

    Tags: Lee DeWyze, Entertainment Events, Music, Scott McCreery, Whitney Houston

    5. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  5. Who's afraid of Muddy and the Wolf?

    In terms of record sales, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf have nothing on U2 or Mariah Carey — no No. 1 singles or albums between them. But pop music history would be inconceivable without their influence. Here are a few places it can be found:...

    Tags: The Simpsons (tv program), Rolling Stone, Muddy Waters, Stairway to Heaven (song), Elvis Presley

    6. Jan 26, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  6. Two Hagerstown men advance to state Senior Idol Competition

    &ldquo;This is my first time singing. I hope I can do a good job for you. Watch this. Take it away,&rdquo; Jerry Mullenix said.
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    “This is my first time singing. I hope I can do a good job for you. Watch this. Take it away,” Jerry Mullenix said. Following a brief instrumental introduction, Mullenix began to sing the words, “Wise men say, only fools rush in.”...

    Tags: Music, Elvis Presley, Sparrow (music group), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Entertainment

    7. Dec 21, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Review: Jackson Browne, Bob Weir & friends in holiday benefit

    The great thing about the living-room jam session is that there are no rules, no set lists, no worries about when things start and when &mdash; or if &mdash; they&rsquo;ll end.
    The great thing about the living-room jam session is that there are no rules, no set lists, no worries about when things start and when — or if — they’ll end. The potential downside? No rules, no set lists, no worries about when things...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Music, Warren Zevon, Grateful Dead (music group), Chuck Berry

    8. Dec 14, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Review: Jordan Wolfson's 'Raspberry Poser' a seductive visual poem

    A translucent, animated condom filled with red candy hearts is an animated protagonist in Jordan Wolfson's marvelous video installation at REDCAT, the New York-based artist's solo debut in Los Angeles. Projected onto a white screen suspended on the diagonal in a white room carpeted in wall-to-wall white rug, the non-narrative video feels unmoored and adrift in a languorous state of liquid reverie. We soon float along with it.
    Los Angeles Times Art Critic
    A translucent, animated condom filled with red candy hearts is an animated protagonist in Jordan Wolfson's marvelous video installation at REDCAT, the New York-based artist's solo debut in Los Angeles. Projected onto a white screen suspended on the...

    Tags: Animation (genre), HIV

    9. Nov 24, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  9. Comedian imitates singers

    A comedian who imitates a variety of musicians, including Sting, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John, performs Wednesday night at the Ramada Inn in Aberdeen.
    Staff reports
    A comedian who imitates a variety of musicians, including Sting, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John, performs Wednesday night at the Ramada Inn in Aberdeen.   The performer, who is known simply as Kier, is a singer, songwriter and corporate entertainer,...

    Tags: Music Industry, Music, Phil Collins, Sting, Paul Reiser

    10. Nov 3, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. PASSINGS: Edwin Q. White, Bill Dees

    <strong>Edwin Q. White</strong>
    Edwin Q. White Saigon bureau chief for AP during Vietnam War Edwin Q. White, 90, who as Associated Press bureau chief in Saigon during the 1960s was part of a fabled crew of journalists who covered the Vietnam War, died Thursday in Honolulu, the...

    Tags: Movies, Music, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Julia Roberts, Armed Forces

    11. Nov 16, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Bernard Lansky dies at 85; Memphis clothier to Elvis Presley

    Bernard Lansky, the Memphis retailer who helped a young Elvis Presley establish his signature clothing style of pegged pants, two-toned shoes and other flashy duds in the 1950s, has died. He was 85.
    Bernard Lansky, the Memphis retailer who helped a young Elvis Presley establish his signature clothing style of pegged pants, two-toned shoes and other flashy duds in the 1950s, has died. He was 85. Julie Lansky, the clothier's granddaughter, said he...

    Tags: Music Industry, Music, Ed Sullivan, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis

    12. Nov 5, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Presidential campaign song quiz

    <strong>Choose whether each song is on (A) Barack Obama&rsquo;s campaign Spotify playist, (B) Mitt Romney&rsquo;s campaign Spotify playlist or (C) Neither.</strong>
    Choose whether each song is on (A) Barack Obama’s campaign Spotify playist, (B) Mitt Romney’s campaign Spotify playlist or (C) Neither. 1. “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow,” The Soggy Bottom Boys 2. “I Won’t Back Down,&...

    Tags: Music, Al Gore, Walter Mondale, Van Halen (music group), Gerald Ford

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