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'Rose Garden' Singer Lynn Anderson Dead at 67

Reba: 'She did so much for the females in country music'

(Newser) - Country singer Lynn Anderson, best known for "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden," has died in Nashville at age 67 of cardiac arrest. Before that early '70s smash, Anderson rose to national prominence as a regular on the Lawrence Welk Show in the late 1960s, reports...

Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton Divorcing

Country stars had been dogged by rumors for years

(Newser) - After years of tabloid gossip, country music's top couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert announced their divorce after four years of marriage. "This is not the future we envisioned," their representatives said in a statement to the AP. "And it is with heavy hearts that we...

Singer Shares Story of 6-Day-Old Daughter's Death

Rumer Rain died of nonketotic hyperglycinemia June 9

(Newser) - Country singer Randy Rogers says the birth of his daughter Rumer Rain was an incredible moment. "We thought we had a healthy baby. We shared the news with friends and even posted a picture on social media," he tells People . Never did he imagine that their newborn would...

Country Singer Loses Gunfight With Bounty Hunter

Randy Howard was an outlaw until the end

(Newser) - A demise straight out of a country song for "All-American Redneck" singer Randy Howard: The 65-year-old was killed in a gunfight with a bounty hunter at his Tennessee home this week, reports the Chattanooga Times Free Press . A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesman tells the AP that the agency...

Country Singer's 6-Day-Old Daughter Dies

Randy Rogers' girl was 'absolutely beautiful in every way'

(Newser) - Country singer Randy Rogers announced sad news to his fans today: His newborn daughter, Rumer Rain, died last night just six days after her birth, reports the New York Post . Rogers fronts the Randy Rogers Band, whose Kiss Me In The Dark is one of its big hits . “Rumer...

Country Songs Keep on Truckin', Soundin' the Same

Video mashup offers more proof that country's going down the homogeneous tubes

(Newser) - At the end of 2013, music writer Grady Smith asked—naw, that fit-to-be-tied cowboy done begged—country music aficionados to "stop settling for this derivative junk" and made a video mashup to prove his point that, when it comes to country, "much of what's on the radio...

3 Things You Need to Know About the CMAs

Obama got dissed, Underwood baby's gender got revealed, and Lambert won big

(Newser) - Missed the CMA Awards last night? Three highlights to discuss on your lunch break:
  • The president got dissed ... again: Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley were back as co-hosts, and, just like last year, they made sure to get in an Obama joke, TMZ reports. "I'll be the first
...

Iconic Country Singer Ray Price Dead at 87

His styles ranged from honky-tonk to the lush Nashville sound

(Newser) - A link to the golden days of Hank Williams and 78rpm records is gone: Legendary country singer Ray Price died today at home in Texas at age 87, Billboard reports. He had battled pancreatic cancer since last year. "I am at peace. I love Jesus," he said in...

Now Britney's Little Sister Is a Singer, Too

But Jamie Lynn Spears is into country, apparently

(Newser) - If Britney Spears is just not enough Spears for you, good news: Little sister Jamie Lynn is getting into the singing business now, too. The younger Spears released her debut single yesterday, E! reports. But you won't get her music mixed up with her older sister's: "How...

'Honky-Tonk Hero' Dead in Bar Shooting

Wayne Mills killed after argument about smoking

(Newser) - Wayne Mills called himself an "outlaw," a country singer who loved performing in honky-tonks. But he was shot in the head and killed in a Nashville honky-tonk around 5am Saturday, WZTV reports. Mills, who had been playing in country bars for decades with his Wayne Mills Band, was...

Taylor Swift, George Strait Among Big Winners at CMAs

Strait wins top honor for third time

(Newser) - The Country Music Association Awards paid tribute to the past, present, and future, giving George Strait his third entertainer of the year trophy last night while also awarding a quartet of 20-somethings who are helping to stretch the ever-fluid boundaries of the genre. Strait won the CMA's top honor...

How a Fallen Soldier's Dad's Story Became a Country Hit

'I Drive Your Truck' reached No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart

(Newser) - After Paul Monti lost his 30-year-old son Jared in Afghanistan in 2006, he did what he says he's since learned a number of parents of fallen soldiers do: He began driving his son's truck. As Monti explained in a radio interview several years later, "What can I...

Country&#39;s George Jones Dead at 81
 Country's 
 George Jones 
 Dead at 81 
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Apr 26, 2013 10:26 AM CDT

Country's George Jones Dead at 81

He had No. 1 hits in five separate decades

(Newser) - George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic "He Stopped Loving Her Today," has died. He was 81. Jones died today at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville after being hospitalized with fever...

Mindy McCready Killed Self in Spot 'Soul Mate' Died

Country world mourns star after apparent suicide

(Newser) - Mindy McCready died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot on the same porch where her boyfriend died, and sources tell TMZ she shot the family dog before taking her own life. The troubled country singer, who was found dead at her Arkansas home yesterday, recently told an interviewer that the dog...

Folk Music Legend Doc Watson Dead at 89

Master flatpicker changed folk music forever

(Newser) - No history of American folk and country music would be complete without a mention of blind guitar wizard Doc Watson, who has died at the age of 89. His rapid-fire flatpicking style influenced generations of musicians, and helped elevate the guitar to lead instrument status in the country music of...

Taylor Swift Grabs Top ACM Award —Again

Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Lady Antebellum also win big

(Newser) - Blockbuster singer Taylor Swift hit all the right notes again to win the Academy of Country Music Awards' entertainer of the year nod for the second time running . "To my fellow nominees, I respect you so much and I love you," said the 22-year-old star, who was the...

Earl Scruggs Dead at 88
 Earl Scruggs Dead at 88 
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Mar 29, 2012 5:00 AM CDT

Earl Scruggs Dead at 88

Master banjoist pioneered 3-finger picking

(Newser) - Earl Scruggs, the master banjoist whose three-finger power picking propelled the instrument from mere prop directly to center stage and the heart and sound of bluegrass, died yesterday of natural causes, reports the New York Times . He was 88. Scruggs came to prominence in the 1940s with guitarist and longtime...

Country Singer Rodney Atkins in Nasty Divorce

He's been charged with domestic assault

(Newser) - Rodney Atkins has filed for divorce, and his attorney denied today that the country singer assaulted his wife last month. Atkins was arrested Nov. 21 and charged with domestic assault. His wife, Tammy Jo Atkins, told police that after a night of heavy drinking he assaulted her and tried to...

Mindy McCready: I'm Pregnant ... With Twins

Family drama gets a little more dramatic

(Newser) - And the plot thickens... Mindy McCready today explained that she won't be able to comply with a judge's orders that she bring her 5-year-old son back to Florida by 5pm tomorrow. Because she's in Nashville. And pregnant. With twins. Speaking to the AP , McCready says she is...

Mindy McCready Snatches Her Son From Her Mom

Troubled country singer's mother has custody of her 5-year-old

(Newser) - Contrary to earlier reports, Mindy McCready and 5-year-old son Zander haven't disappeared, explains her rep: The country singer simply took her child from the care of her own mother, who has custody of the boy, over fears for his safety. "Since at least January, 2011, Ms. McCready has...

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