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  17 hours ago

  ’Heartaches’: The Patsy Cline Hit That Country Missed

  udiscovermusic.com - Paul Sexton

  ‘Heartaches’ was one of only two 45s to make the British chart before the country queen passed away in 1963. It’s a statistical travesty that Patsy …

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  9 hours ago

  The Nineteenth-Century Banjo

  JSTOR Daily - Betsy Golden Kellem

  Derived from an instrument brought to America by enslaved Africans, the banjo experienced a surge of popularity during the New Woman movement of the …

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  1 day ago

  Late Starter: Willie Nelson Makes His Grand Ole Opry Debut

  udiscovermusic.com - Paul Sexton

  On November 28, 1964, Willie made a new career breakthrough with the accolade of a debut performance at the Grand Ole Opry. Willie Nelson was already …

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  2 days ago

  Marty Stuart Reflects On Taking Johnny Cash’s Last Ever Photo: “He Looked Like An Old President”

  whiskeyriff.com - Aaron Ryan

  Marty Stuart has to be one of the most underappreciated guys in country music.And not just for his musical talent – because that’s a given.If you …

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  2 days ago

  Jean Knight, 'Mr. Big Stuff' Singer, Dead at 80

  Rolling Stone - Althea Legaspi

  Jean Knight, whose 1971 smash hit “Mr. Big Stuff” spent five weeks at Number One on the R&B charts and hit Number Two on the Pop charts, has died at …

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  3 days ago

  Catherine Christer Hennix, Swedish Experimental Musician, Dies at 75

  Pitchfork - Hattie Lindert

  Catherine Christer Hennix, a Swedish polymath and pioneer of drone music, has died. She was 75 years old. The experimental music nonprofit Blank Forms, a frequent distributor of Hennix’s music, announced her death on Friday (November 17). The New York Times reports Hennix’s cause of death as …