Dolly Parton’s 50th anniversary as a Grand Ole Opry member was given the network TV treatment Tuesday night, with the Tennessee native and entertainment icon joined on an NBC special by guests and friends including Emmylou Harris, Toby Keith, Hank Williams Jr., Dierks Bentley, Margo Price, Lady Antebellum, and Chris …
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In 1976, NFL quarterback Terry Bradshaw and the Pittsburgh Steelers earned their second consecutive Super Bowl trophy. Yet while his football career would eventually ensure him a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Bradshaw was also moonlighting in another profession, that of country singer. Just two weeks after …
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Kelsey Waldon, the singer-songwriter from Monkey’s Eyebrow, Kentucky, first caught the ear of John Prine with her sharp songwriting and lilting voice. On Tuesday night at the Grand Ole Opry, the seminal songwriter announced that Waldon would be recording her next album for Prine’s Oh Boy Records. The addition of …
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The genre-defying legacy of Ray Charles will be celebrated next month on one of the stages where the late entertainer felt most at home. During a special Monday night presentation of the Grand Ole Opry on October 8th, artists will gather for “An Opry Salute to Ray Charles.” Hosted by …
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As a 5-year-old preschooler in Checotah, Oklahoma, Carrie Underwood had a favorite cassette. Actually, her older sister had it, but one of the ballads on the cassette made enough of an impression that Carrie would record the song years later, and also sing it live with the man whom she …
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The Grand Ole Opry has opened a new location in New York City’s Times Square. Dubbing the complex Opry City Stage, it stands at 1604 Broadway in the heart of New York’s tourist mecca and marks the Opry’s first venture outside Nashville – the historic radio program’s home and base …
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