Taylor Swift Has Her "Prom" With Aplomb
"Since I didn't get to go to my prom this year, I'm going to create one," Taylor Swift told reporters Monday (May 12), just before the launch of a party to celebrate her recording successes and impending high school graduation. It may have been the first
Dierks Bentley Plays Backyards and Bars in Chicago
CHICAGO -- Why is it that the bigger Dierks Bentley's career becomes, the smaller his venues get? Is it some kind of twisted irony? Or a deliberate move to bring the music closer to the fans?
Tim O'Brien Stands Alone on New Album, Chameleon
Tim O'Brien wants you to get into something -- anything really, just "dirty those hands and get stuck in," he tells me as he sips his first pint of the day. We're at the Yazoo brewery in Nashville, a ploughman's lunch between us, talking about his new alb
HOT DISH: Media Should Leave Miley Cyrus Alone
If I see another word about those photographs taken by Annie Leibovitz of Miley Cyrus, I think I will crawl up on the nude statues on the Music Row roundabout in Nashville and throw up. I have never in my almost four decades on Music Row heard of anything
At Last, James Otto Scores No. 1 Song
Raise your glasses -- whether convivial or corrective -- to James Otto as he scores his first No. 1 Billboard single with "Just Got Started Lovin' You." It's been a long haul for the tall singer. He first visited the country chart in 2002 with "The
Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles Gives Credit to Eddie's Attic
DECATUR, Ga. -- As one of the breakout country bands of the last few years, Sugarland can easily draw thousands of people to their high-energy concerts. But back in the day, Jennifer Nettles would finesse her singer-songwriter skills at a very laidback ba
NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Remembering Eddy Arnold
As remarkable as the late Eddy Arnold's country music career was, his lasting legacy will be that he made the world safe for country pop music. His enormous success with a smooth brand of mellow songs won over pop and country audiences alike and took the
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Monk has spent four decades challenging audiences and winning awards with her unusual fusion of song, theater, dance and film. Lately, she's begun to consider how her work will last after she's gone. Her latest CD, Impermanence, attempts to address that question.
Kaki King: Guitar Phenom Goes Pop
Two years ago, acclaimed guitarist Kaki King announced that she would tour with a full band. For an artist who made her name as a solo instrumentalist, it marked her move into pop territory. King plays two new songs from her album Dreaming of Revenge in a session with host David Dye.
Robot Performs with Yo-Yo Ma
Music critics sometimes slam symphony conductors for their overly robotic approach. When the Detroit Symphony performs Tuesday with soloist Yo-Yo Ma, that criticism won't be a criticism. The DSO will be led by Honda's ASIMO robot.
