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Dolly Parton Says She Will Never Sell Her Rights

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Dolly Parton has said “never say never” to selling the rights to her music back catalogue.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, country, Dolly Parton, USA

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Mike McClellan Delivers Powerful Climate Commentary With ‘You Will Be A Witness’

by Paul Cashmere

Australian singer songwriter Mike McClellan has written a powerful statement about humanity ignoring the warnings of climate change in his new song ‘You Will Be A Witness’.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, country, folk, Mike McClellan, You Will Be A Witness

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Kelly Clarkson Finalises Divorce

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Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock have settled their divorce.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Brandon Blackstock, country, Kelly Clarkson, pop, USA

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The Chicks To Tour For First Time Since 2017

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The Chicks have announced their first tour since dropping Dixie from their band name.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, country, Dixie Chicsk, The Chicks, USA

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WTF? Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA Goes Country

by Paul Cashmere

Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA has gone country, complete with shirt, boots and hat, to pay tribute to his friend Tomas Ledin for his 70th birthday.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, Bjorn Ulvaeus, country, pop, Sweden, Tomas Ledin

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Kevin Johnson Classic ‘Bonnie Please Don’t Go’ Gets A Stereo Release For The First Time

by Paul Cashmere

The 1971 Kevin Johnson classic ‘Bonnie Please Don’t Go’ is finally about to have its official release in stereo.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Bonnie Please Don't Go, contemporary, country, folk, Kevin Johnson, The Classics

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Willie Nelson Covers The Beatles and Chris Stapleton On New Album ‘A Beautiful Time’

by Paul Cashmere

Willie Nelson has covered The Beatles ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’, Chris Stapleton’s ‘I’ll Love You Till The Day I Die’ and Leonard Cohen’s ‘Tower of Song’ for his next album ‘A Beautiful Time’ due in April.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, country, USA, Willie Nelson

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Neil Young’s Harvest Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

With all of the Neil Young bruhaha over Spotify in the past two weeks, we missed an important milestone. Neil’s classic ‘Harvest’ turned 50 on 1 February.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Canada, country, Harvest, Neil Young, rock, USA

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Lady Antebellum Settle Lawsuit With Lady A

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Country group Lady A and the singer Lady A have settled their lawsuit out of court.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, country, Lady A, Lady Antebellum, USA

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Dolly Parton’s 9 To 5 Melbourne Season Announced

by Paul Cashmere

Dolly Parton’s ‘9 To 5’ musical is coming to Melbourne in July.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 9 to 5, Academy Of Country Music, Australia, awards, country, Dolly Parton, theatre, USA

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Dolly Parton To Host The Country Music Awards

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Dolly Parton has been tapped to host the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Academy Of Country Music, awards, country, Dolly Parton, USA

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Dolly Parton and Kelly Clarkson Record New Version of ‘9 to 5’ for ‘Still Working 9 to 5’ The Documentary

by Paul Cashmere

When the new movie ‘Still Working 9 to 5’ premieres at SXSW in March, Dolly Parton fans will hear a new version of the hit song ‘9 To 5’ by Dolly Parton and Kelly Clarkson.

Tagged as: 80s, 9 to 5, country, Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, movies, Still Working 9 to 5, SXSW, USA

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Damon Albarn Apologizes To Taylor Swift After Songwriting Slag-off

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Blur frontman Damon Albarn has apologised to Taylor Swift for claiming she does not write her own songs.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Blur, country, Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, pop, rock, Taylor Swift, UK, USA

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Taylor Swift Fires Off Foot Stomping Tanty At Damon Albarn Over Songwriting Quip

by Paul Cashmere

Taylor Swift is stomping her feet and banging her fists over comments Damon Albarn made about her songwriting and she does have a point. Albarn’s comments are completely wrong.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Blur, country, Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, pop, rock, Taylor Swift, UK, USA

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Dolly Parton Has An Ice Cream Flavour and Its Called Strawberry Pretzel Pie

by Paul Cashmere

Dolly Parton has a new ice cream and a new song. The ice cream flavour is Strawberry Pretzel Pie. And like the ice cream, the song ‘Rose Of My Heart’ is only available from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams.

Tagged as: 70s, country, Dolly Parton, USA

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The Wolfe Brothers To Open Ashes Test In Tasmania

by Paul Cashmere

Tasmania duo The Wolfe Brothers have been chosen to perform at the first ever cricket event the Ashes Test to be held in Hobart on Saturday.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, country, crcket, Hobart, Tasmania, The Ashes, The Wolfe Brothers

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Marty Stuart To Play UK Music Festival In 2022

by Paul Cashmere

American country legend Marty Stuart will head to the UK in 2022 for a headline performance at The Long Road Festival is Leicestershire in August.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, country, Leicestershire, Marty Stuart, The Long Road, UK, USA

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Shania Twain Congratulates Taylor Swift On Beating Her Record

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Shania Twain has congratulated Taylor Swift on beating her Billboard Country Albums chart record.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, country, Shania Twain, Taylor Swift, USA

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Announcement: Country Music Festival and Golden Guitar Awards Postponed

by Paul Cashmere

Tamworth’s Country Music Festival and Golden Guitar Awards have been postponed following new Covid guidelines handed down from the New South Wales Government.

Tagged as: Australia, country, Country Music Festival, Golden Guitar Awards, music industry, Tamworth

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Vika and Linda Bull on Friday 17 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Vika & Linda Delivered Three Albums In One Year, Twilight At Taronga Is Next

by Paul Cashmere

Vika & Linda Bull had their most productive period ever recording during Covid. The stay at home rules gave the sisters the chance to deliver three albums and in that achieved their first number one and two number twos.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, blues, country, folk, Gospel, Twilight At Taronga, Vika & Linda

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Cowboy Junkies Launch Podcast Series

by Paul Cashmere

Cowboy Junkies have a new podcast series for 2021 focused on one song per episode.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Americana, blues, Canada, country, Cowboy Junkies, folk, rock

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Don Henley, Eagles photo by Ros O'Gorman

Eagles Have No Plans For New Music

by Paul Cashmere

Don’t expect any new music from Eagles soon. Vince Gill says they haven’t even tried.

Tagged as: 70s, country, Eagles, rock, USA, Vince Gill

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Announcement: The Academy Postpones January Seniors Course

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The following is an announcement from The Country Music Academy in the lead-up to the 50th Tamworth Country Music Festival.

Tagged as: Australia, country, Country Music Academy, music industry, Tamworth

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Shania Twain Announces Her Final Las Vegas Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Shania Twain will bring her Las Vegas residency to an end in 2022.

Tagged as: 90s, Canada, country, Las Vegas, Shania Twain, USA

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Archie Roach: Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Archie Roach Reschedules Postponed Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Archie Roach has rescheduled the 14 dates in NSW postponed due to the pandemic.

Tagged as: 90s, Archie Roach, Australia, country, folk, indigenous

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New Mick Thomas Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission was another band forced to postpone dates during Covid.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, country, folk, Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission, rock, Weddings Parties Anything

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Stonewall Jackson Dead At 89

by Paul Cashmere

Country music star Stonewall Jackson has died at age 89 after a battle with dementia.

Tagged as: 50s, 60s, country, Grand Ole Opry, Stonewall Jackson, USA

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Marty Stuart Inducted Into Country Music Hall of Fame

by Paul Cashmere

Country music legend Marty Stuart has been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, 49 years after he was first delivered to Nashville on a Greyhound bus and wandered into the Ryman Auditorium. He was 13 years old.

Tagged as: 80s, Congress of Country Music, country, Marty Stuart, Nick Kontonicolas, USA

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O’Shea To Represent Australia At World Expo

by Paul Cashmere

Husband and wife duo O’Shea, Mark and Jay O’Shea, are heading to Dubai to represent Australia at World Expo.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, country, Midnight Oil, O'Shea, Rob Hirst

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Australian Albums: Taylor Swift ‘Red’ Debuts At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Taylor Swift’s redone fourth album “Red (Taylor’s Version)” debuts at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart this week, becoming her ninth chart-topping album in Australia.

Tagged as: 10s, country, pop, Red, Taylor Swift, USA. 00s

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