Krauss, Kristofferson, Bentley gig the White House
"Country Music: In Performance at the White House" will be a PBS music special recorded in the East Room of the White House. President and Mrs. Obama will host the event.
The evening also will include performances by Lauren Alaina, Lyle Lovett, Darius Rucker and James Taylor.
The hour-long television special, part of the Emmy Award-nominated PBS "In Performance at the White House" series, will premiere Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. Eastern on PBS stations nationwide. The program will also be broadcast at a later date via the American Forces Network to American service men and women and civilians at U.S. Department of Defense locations around the world.
Earlier in the day, First Lady Michelle Obama is hosting an educational workshop at the White House on November 21 at 2 p.m. "The History of Country Music: From Barn Dances to Pop Charts" is for middle and high school students, moderated by Robert Santelli, executive director of The Grammy Museum. Santelli will be joined by some of the artists from the evening concert, who will share their personal experiences of Country music and answer students' questions. , Dierks Bentley and The Band Perry have a high-powered gig on Monday - they're going to play the White House.
"Country Music: In Performance at the White House" will be a PBS music special recorded in the East Room of the White House. President and Mrs. Obama will host the event.
The evening also will include performances by Lauren Alaina, Lyle Lovett, Darius Rucker and James Taylor.
The hour-long television special, part of the Emmy Award-nominated PBS "In Performance at the White House" series, will premiere Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. Eastern on PBS stations nationwide. The program will also be broadcast at a later date via the American Forces Network to American service men and women and civilians at U.S. Department of Defense locations around the world.
Earlier in the day, First Lady Michelle Obama is hosting an educational workshop at the White House on November 21 at 2 p.m. "The History of Country Music: From Barn Dances to Pop Charts" is for middle and high school students, moderated by Robert Santelli, executive director of The Grammy Museum. Santelli will be joined by some of the artists from the evening concert, who will share their personal experiences of Country music and answer students' questions.
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CD reviews for Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley opens his first self-produced album with a song about personally stability, "Same Ol' Me." Although its lyric explains how while life circumstances may change, Bentley basically remains the same person. The same thing, though, can also be said about the country star's music. He's been recording for 20 years now. Yet Bentley has come this far with his integrity still intact. He's back with a strong, 14-song set that, like a good beverage, feels good ...
Dierks Bentley seems intent on expanding his musical boundaries, but he may have overreached too much in eschewing where he came from.
That most evident by the dominating textured beats. Producer Ross Copperman and Bentley seem hell bent on injecting odd meters and sounds, sharp detours from past efforts. Unfortunately, the atmospheric beats muddy up the vocal delivery on "Freedom," a song that stretches far too long at almost four minutes. Bentley also channels U2 with its ...
Change was in store for Dierks Bentley when it came to recording his seventh album, "Riser." On the personal front, he lost his father and added to his family, clearly affecting the subject matter of his latest. On the musical front, he traded long-time producer Brett Beavers, producer of every disc except "Up on the Ridge," for Ross Copperman, who has enjoyed more success as a writer, including several previous tracks for Bentley.
Bentley embraces current trends in country ...
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