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  Country music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Country music, also known as country and western music or country-western, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States.
Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family are widely considered to be the founders of country music, and their songs were first captured at an historic recording session in Bristol, Tennessee on August 1, 1927, where Ralph Peer was the talent scout and sound recordist.
Even today the variety of country music is not usually well reflected in commercial radio airplay and the popular perception of country music is fraught with stereotypes of hillbillies and maudlin ballads.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Country_music   (3751 words)

  
 Liberation Themes in Country Music
Country music must be understood in light of the historical and cultural context in which it occurred.
Country music is more this-worldly and speaks in terms of survival and even victory in the midst of hard times and failure in life, often with the help of booze and a lover.
Country music reflects the fact that country and working people in the South were fiercely individualistic and yet lived in deep union with family, clan, community, and nation.
www.frontiernet.net /~kenc/Countrymusiclib.htm   (8435 words)

  
 Country music
Country music is a popular musical form developed in the Southern states of the USA, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals and the blues.
Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family are considered the founders of country music and their songs were first captured at an historic recording session in Bristol, Tennessee on August 1 1927 where Ralph Peer was the talent scout and sound recordist.
Even today the variety of country music is not usually well-reflected in radio airplay and the popular perception of country music is still influenced by the maudlin ballads and whining steel guitars that many people still associate with the genre.
usapedia.com /c/country-music.html   (1294 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
February 20 - In most of the world, at 20:02 (8:02 PM) the local time, date (written as day/month), time, and year are all 2002, making each of them alone, any 2 together, and the combination of all 3, all palindromes.
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Máxima of the Netherlands (born Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti on May 17, 1971 in Buenos Aires, Argentina), Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe of Amsberg, styled HRH the Princess of Orange is the wife of Prince Willem-Alexander...
Music radio is a radio format where music is the primary source of broadcast content on both commercial and non-commercial stations.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/2002   (7455 words)

  
 2003 in country music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: 2002 in country music, 2003 in music, other events of 2003, 2004 in country music, 2000s in music and the List of years in Country Music
March 10 – During a concert in London, England, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines said that the band was "ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas" (referring to Maines' hometown of Lubbock and President Bush hailing from the same state).
Those who took offense to Maines' comments based their feelings on a number of grounds, including that the country was then on the verge of declaring war on Iraq (which happened less than two weeks later) and that Maines made the comments on foreign soil.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2003_in_country_music   (721 words)

  
 TIME Magazine: Country Music Archive Collection
Country has achieved its new luster without abandoning its heritage: a heritage so stubbornly rooted in storytelling and simple melody that it has never quite left behind the farm in Poor Valley, Va., where a moody lumberman named A.P. Carter and his clan picked up guitars seven decades ago and invented the Carter Scratch.
Country is the nation's most popular music format, with the largest number of radio stations and fans all over.
Hank, ne Hiram, Williams made what is widely considered to be the loveliest country music recorded in the '40s and early '50s, and had an unmatched ability to glory in sin on one song, repent on the next and carry off both with conviction and hangdog cool.
time.com /time/archive/collections/0,21428,c_country_music,00.shtml?...   (764 words)

  
 Country Music
It is his respect for both the country music and his connection to the icons of the genre that has made him one of today's most wanted country artists.
Many of his hit has been composed by him only and his way with a hook was part of the reason he never really hit a commercial dry spell, even in the new millennium.
Alan’s conviction that the country music brings out the pain, the regrets, the broken hearts bring us back to this very simple yet profound tradition.
www.angelfire.com /punk/countrymusicfanz/Alan_Jackson.html   (393 words)

  
 2002 - The official web site for the band.
Although Pamela was originally from the country music heartland of Kentucky, “by the time I was 18, I was playing keyboards in a rock band.” Pamela and Randy were high school sweethearts, enjoying the same pop music, and enriching their musical experiences.
Yallop’s philosophy that “music is a friend that can wrap its arm around us, allowing us to gain an expanded sense of who we truly are,” has led the imprint to produce appealing music and to contribute proceeds to the EarthSea Institute, Cousteau Society, and National Parks and wild lands in America.
2002 hopes to convey the spiritual message of the music as a reflection of how they feel, and hope they can make a difference or change in the listener’s life.
www.2002music.com /interview.htm   (1756 words)

  
 Alabama Music Fan Club
The band went on to win the Academy of Country Music's Artist of the Decade title for the 1980's and became the first group to ever be named the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year.
Their acceptance in the country music forever changed the way the country bands were accepted in the country format.
Because of Alabama’s impact on the country music more and more new listeners were being attracted to country.
www.geocities.com /country_musicfanz/Alabama.htm   (446 words)

  
 Can women save country music? - Salon
By now everyone who cares even casually about true country music knows the story of how Nashville was taken over by evil robots -- it happened sometime in the '60s, '70s, '80s or '90s, depending on who's telling the story -- and of how country radio subsequently went to hell in a multimillion-dollar handbasket.
Even if an artist's presence on country radio represents a certain kind of success or acceptance, there's no doubt that "real" country is always happening in the margins, in clubs and coffeehouses, and on smaller labels or self-produced records.
For one thing, there's the enormous bluegrass revival sparked by the popularity of the soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (Country radio continues to ignore that phenomenon, despite the fact that the "O Brother" soundtrack sold some 6 million copies.) Then there are the tremendous artistic strides being made by women in country.
www.salon.com /ent/music/feature/2002/09/14/country_women/index.html   (933 words)

  
 Country sales grow as other music declines - Saturday, 01/04/03   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Country music bucked the trend of declining album sales last year, posting a 12.3% gain, while sales in all music categories went down 8.7%.
The success of country music is ironic, Wells said, given that the culture is becoming more urbanized and a minority of people live in the rural America that gave rise to the genre.
But a new generation of music fans has grown up exposed to both country and pop, and is more comfortable listening to artists who incorporate both elements in their music, he said.
www.tennessean.com /local/archives/03/01/27302761.shtml?Element_ID=27302761   (770 words)

  
 2002 in country music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: 2001 in country music, 2002 in music, other events of 2002, 2003 in country music, 2000s in music and the List of years in Country Music
Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2002_in_country_music   (440 words)

  
 Does Political Correctness Belong in Country Music?
Even more disturbing, the fundamental foundation of country music-- "the truth"-- has given way to that phenomenon called "political correctness." At one time, there was no subject that country music was afraid to tackle.
No, country music was never a shrinking violet when it came to songs about the darker side of life, nor did it back down from controversial issues.
There are plenty of country artists on the fringes, the Indies that are playing the good, the bad and the ugly sides of country music, and they’re not worried about being politically correct or offending anyone.
www.takecountryback.com /editorial3.htm   (1090 words)

  
 Reporter-News Online: Texas News -- Country music exhibit features Texans
But then as the space opens up, there are rhinestone suits and musical instruments of every sort, from Flaco Jimenez's red accordion to the show's most awesome relic, a Hawaiian lap steel guitar that Bob Dunn used to introduce steel guitar to country music in the '30s when he played with Milton Brown.
Since Texas, arguably the state with the richest musical tradition, doesn't have an official music museum, "Country Music From the Lone Star State," which opened Sept. 28, is as in-depth a Texas music exhibit as has ever been staged.
About 20 percent of the pieces came from the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville and the rest from 50 different lenders, from the artists themselves and private collectors to smaller museums like the one devoted to Frizzell in Corsicana.
www.texnews.com /1998/2002/texas/texas_Country_m1017.html   (788 words)

  
 ANNE MURRAY AND ART SNIDER NAMED TO CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME
The Canadian Country Music Association is honoured to announce the induction of recording artist Anne Murray and industry builder Art Snider into the Hall of Fame during Country Music Week in Calgary this September.
The Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame is located on the grounds of the Calgary Stampede.
The Canadian Country Music Awards will be held at Pengrowth Saddledome Monday September 9th and tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.ca or at local Ticketmaster outlets.
thatscountry.com /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/1/380   (978 words)

  
 Hillbilly-Music.com - Country Music Annual 2002
Even traditional "mountain" music is seeing some success, thanks in large part to the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers movie, O Brother where art Thou?.
In the new Country Music Annual 2002, John Garst traces the roots of the most popular track of the movie (lip-synched by George Clooney), "Man of Constant Sorrow." But is the album at the forefront of a new movement in the national music scene, or a passing fad?
Also included is an analysis of early marketing strategies for country music and a look at the formation of the Country Music Assocation as teh "chamber of commerce" for country music as hillbilly music was commercialized.
www.hillbilly-music.com /library/books/index.php?id=2528   (600 words)

  
 2002 Country Music Week
The Fifth Annual NACMAI Country Music Week was held March 11 thru March 17, 2002, in Pigeon Forge, TN., at the Louise Mandrell Theater.
We were proud to have Country Singing Legend and NACMAI Hall of Famer Billy Walker, and his wife and partner, Bettie Walker, with us as Co-Hosts for the Fifth Annual NACMAI Hall of Fame on March 17, 2002, at the Louise Mandrell Theater in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
It was with great pride that the NACMAI honors this wonderful advocate of Country Music with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
www.geocities.com /~nacmai/show02.html   (738 words)

  
 COUNTRY MUSIC - Capital News
Victorians Carter & Carter and Travis Sinclair were the big winners at the 2002 Australian Independent Country Music Awards of Australia announced during a gala concert before a capacity crowd at the Mildura Arts Centre Theatre on Saturday 5 October.
In the pantheon of living country songwriters, there is a pretty strong case for Hank Cochran being considered the greatest.
It's a headline with grim ramifications for our rural communities, but a bunch of leading Australian country music artists have replied with a 100pc effort, and are determined to sing up a storm.
www.capitalnews.com.au /detail.asp?edition_id=34   (845 words)

  
 Introduction
Mind you, I didn't really get involved until the '60s by which time country and western had enjoyed its first bloom and was battling the obscurity forced on to it when rock and roll conquered the world of music.
For the first 20 years it was as an employee of Radio 2TM in Tamworth, then with Max Ellis Marketing and from 1992 to 2002 with the Country Music Association of Australia.
In 2000, I was responsible for creating the "Walk A Country Mile" Interpretive Centre in Tamworth which tells the story of Australian Country Music, and this made me aware of how much information about the early days still exists.
www.historyofcountrymusic.com.au /intro.html   (488 words)

  
 Billy Bridge Katherine Country Music Muster Katherine Northern Territory Australia Country music
He spent the first year traveling to major festivals picking up many country music awards along the way including the Victorian Champion of Champions Male, The Frank Harding Memorial Award for Excellence and a Grand Final berth in the Music Country talent Search.
On top of this release he graduated from the CMAA Australian College of Country Music in January 2002 and together with 21 peers performed on the opening night of the 2002 Tamworth Country Music Festival.
To cap off an outstanding year he was named Male Rising Star at the Independent Country Music Awards of Australia and then selected as a TOP 5 Finalist in the Country Music Awards of Australia in the Best New Talent Category.
www.kcmm.com.au /profiles/billy_bridge.htm   (384 words)

  
 2002 Roughstock Country Music Awards
The RCC Chart is the largest fan-voted country music chart, with over 120,000 votes tabulated each week.
Country's leading men reasserted themselves in the Artist of the Year race.
The chart year began with the January 5, 2002 RCC chart and concluded with the one dated Dec. 21, 2002.
www.roughstock.com /roughstock/2002rcc.html   (1943 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Patriotism, Brooks & Dunn rule country awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
McEntire was host of the 37th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which was broadcast on CBS from the Universal Amphitheatre.
The three-hour show was music-heavy with scores of performances, including a tribute to Waylon Jennings, who died in February, and the presentation of the Pioneer award to Ronnie Milsap.
A highlight of the show was a performance by hip-hop artist Kid Rock and country star Hank Williams Jr., who parodied their rebel images with a song called In Country Music, You Just Can't Say the F-word.
www.usatoday.com /life/music/2002/2002-05-23-country-awards.htm   (532 words)

  
 Music, Genres, Country,
This !tzalist ring is open to all country music-related websites, including country music singers and songwriters, new country, old country and western, country music fan sites, and more.
This is a group of sites dedicated to uniting country music fans and organizing a support base for established acts and up-and-coming singers or groups.
Country is a great way of life and country music is the best there is.
dir.webring.com /rw?d=Music/Genres/Country   (735 words)

  
 COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
More than 1,000 music industry professionals from throughout the world joined country music's top stars for the 40th annual ASCAP Country Music Awards at Nashville's Opryland Hotel on November 4, proving once more that ASCAP songs are at the heart of the success of country music.
Among the evening's highlights was the presentation by Marilyn Bergman of The ASCAP Golden Note Award to Alan Jackson, one of country music's great artist-writers.
The ASCAP Partners In Music Award annually recognizes ASCAP licensees who are exceptional in promoting and expanding the reach of country music.
www.ascap.com /playback/2003/march/countryawards.html   (396 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music: Music: Ray Charles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Between playing hillbilly piano when he was a kid and landing several duets on the country charts in the '80s, Charles released this 1962 classic, taking 12 country standards and proving that great songs can remain great, no matter what the setting.
He was told that a fl man shouldn't do country music, but Ray said that it was in his heart to do it.
if music doesn't express the human spirit it's just so much deedly-deedly and ol'ray knows what this music says beyond the words - and expresses it with his natural gifts for phrasing, soulfulness, etc. production is kinda gushy 60's but with vocals like this you hardly notice.
www.amazon.ca /Modern-Sounds-Country-Western-Music/dp/B0000032B4   (1088 words)

  
 Country Music Week 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Performing rights organization BMI presented its annual Country Awards November 5, honoring the songwriters and publishers of the past year’s 50 most performed country songs.
Some of BMI's top affiliates were honored at the 36th Annual CMA Awards, including Brooks & Dunn, who took home their 10th Vocal Duo of the Year trophy, and Martina McBride, who reclaimed the Female Vocalist title she won in 1999.
Country Music Hall of Fame Class of 2001
www.bmi.com /awards/2002/country_week.asp   (108 words)

  
 Country Tonite Theatre - Pigeon Forge, Tennessee - Best Entertainment in TN
In its tenth year in Pigeon Forge Tenn., Country Tonite continues to provide the best in quality entertainment with singing, dancing, comedy, gospel, patriotic, and more filling this two-hour show.
If you are want to hear classic country music, then visit this country theatre for a music experience you won't forget.
Country Tonite Theatre is located in Pigeon Forge, TN.
www.countrytonitepf.com   (272 words)

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