Tuesday was a night to remember in more ways than one in Nashville. For starters, the Grand Ole Opry returned to its home following the floods that wrought havoc on Nashville back in may. The Opry building suffered from the foods as well. The show always went on, of course with the Opry [...]

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The May floods devastated Nashville with loss of life, homes and, of course, the waters affected the music scene The Grand Ole Opry was forced to vacate its home due to the floodwaters coming into the venue itself. Lower Broadway also was flooded. But the music life continued in Music City [...]

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Whoever devises plans for Taylor Swift - who knows? Maybe even Swift herself - deserves a lot of credit. She sure seems to do things a bit differently. Her latest idea is to perform at the UN of all places in New York on release day for "Speak Now," Oct. 25. Swift already has gone to [...]

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The timing is not great to say the least for James Otto. The big hulking soulful country singer has a brand new CD coming out this Tuesday. So, where does Otto find himself only days before "Shake What God Gave Ya" out? Why, in the hospital, of course. Seems that Otto has some [...]

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The good news is that after many decades as sisters, Shelby Lynne (below left) and Allison Moorer (below right), are going to be doing something new together for the first time - they're going to tour. The bad news - sorry fans, but it's only for four shows one at Hardly Strictly [...]

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I'll admit it. I'm not Taylor Swift's biggest fan (TS fans - read on!). I've questioned her singing abilities a number of times quite openly on this web site, although I did think her singing on "Fearless" was way way better than previous efforts. Her new single, [...]

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