Chet Atkins – Country Universe

Worth Watching: Ken Burns, Country Music – Episode 4: I Can’t Stop Loving You (1953-1963)

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Several major figures emerge during this period, as country navigates its place in the music scene after the birth of rock and roll.

Worth Watching: Ken Burns, Country Music – Episode Three: The Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945-1953)

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Episode Three covers a lot of ground, but as the title indicates, the heart and soul of this episode is Hank Williams.

100 Greatest Women, #24: Dottie West

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This year’s Hall of Fame inductee impacted country music as a singer, songwriter, and mentor to younger artists.

100 Greatest Women, #67: Suzy Bogguss

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Her pure as crystal voice has proved adept at country, folk, jazz, and swing throughout her long career.

Sunday Selections: January 15, 2017

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Here’s 140 characters (Tweet @ someone who cares).

The Twenty Best Albums of 1994

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The twenty best albums of 1994.

100 Greatest Men: #11. Waylon Jennings

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Waylon Jennings was the very embodiment of the country music outlaw movement in the seventies, demonstrating that legendary music can be made if artists are liberated to create it

100 Greatest Men: #23. Charley Pride

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List Over the course of just fourteen years, Charley Pride accumulated 29 #1 country hits, proof positive that his switch from professional baseball to music was the right one. Pride

100 Greatest Men: #43. Roger Miller

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List

He became widely hailed for his lightning-fast wit and charming novelty songs, but Roger Miller’s talents ran far deeper than just the moments of comedic brilliance that made him a legend.

100 Greatest Men: #56. Bobby Bare

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100 Greatest Men: The Complete List

With a career that has spanned seven decades, Bobby Bare’s body of work has made him one of the genre’s most influential and critically acclaimed recording artists.