Ben Folds leaving Nashville's RCA Studio A
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - The musician who led an effort to preserve Nashville's RCA Studio A from demolition is leaving after 14 years as the studio's producer in residence.
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Online auditions offered to join Muscle Shoals music scene
MUSCLE SHOALS, Alabama - In the past, aspiring singers and songwriters were auditioned in person in the course of a day at FAME Recording Studios during a call for new talent.
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Producer Dave Cobb goes from outsiders to influencers
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Producer Dave Cobb sits on a couch in the cavernous RCA Studio A, a 50-year-old studio on Music Row that was due to be razed to the ground less than two years ago to make room...
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Grammys featured nearly as many tributes as new music
Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and Alabama Shakes were the biggest winners at a Grammy Awards ceremony that, due to the recent deaths of some seminal stars, felt as much a tribute to music's past as its...
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Lake Street Dive moving up, with assist from Kevin Bacon
NEW YORK - Members of the band Lake Street Dive have never met Kevin Bacon - they have complete separation. But they credit the actor with boosting their career.
View ArticleAlabama helping revive Georgia's Capricorn studio
MUSCLE SHOALS, Alabama - Hank Williams Jr., in a song he recorded in Muscle Shoals that launched him into outlaw country stardom in the 1970s, used the phrase "gettin' it together between Macon and...
View ArticleConcerts in Tennessee to live-stream in Chicago
Three concerts will be live-streamed from Tennessee into high-traffic areas in Chicago later this month in what promoters are calling "the first long-distance concert of its kind."
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Review: Mary Chapin Carpenter shines on wistful new set
Mary Chapin Carpenter, "The Things That We Are Made Of" (Lambent Light Records/Thirty Tigers)
View ArticleJason Isbell leads Americana Music nominations
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Americana darling Jason Isbell leads the nominations for the Americana Music Association's Honors and Awards with three nods for album of the year, artist of the year and song of...
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Dylan Fest honors a still living legend
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - In a year when the musical world is still mourning icons Prince, David Bowie and Merle Haggard, musicians of all genres and generations have been celebrating a still active...
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