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'Bob & Tom' coming to WHFB
South Bend Tribune Staff Writer"The Bob & Tom Show," a long-running and highly rated syndicated morning radio program, will replace the Morning Drive on Real Country 99.9 WHFB-FM on Monday. Created in 1983 by hosts Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold, the lively, humorous talk show...Tags: Radio, Music, Concerts, Entertainment, Leukemia
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New artist nominees announced for country music awards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Academy of Country Music has revealed the nominees for their two newcomer categories. Eric Church, Easton Corbin and Randy Houser are competing for top new solo vocalist. Nominees for new vocal duo or group include...Tags: Elections, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Politics
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'X Factor's' Tate Stevens: 'I didn't come here to take second'
Who will walk away the victor on “The X Factor” finale Thursday night? With the competition down to teen prodigy Carly Rose Sonenclar, underdog girl group Fifth Harmony (whose formation happened during the auditions) and country crooner Tate...
Tags: Sony Corp., L.A. Reid, Music, Bon Jovi (music group), Entertainment
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Country singer who cleaned up at awards show coming to Allentown Fair
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGA country music singer who cleaned up at the recent Country Music Awards, was just announced as the first headliner for the 2013 Allentown Fair. Luke Bryan, who won nine awards on the Dec. 10 broadcast – including artist, album...... -
'American Idol' winner, blue-collar comedian to play Sands Bethlehem Event Center
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGAn “American Idol” winner will play at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center on Valentine’s Day, it was just announced. And a “blue collar” comedian will play there April 12, according to his website. Scotty McCreery, who has... -
'American Idol' winner set to play area venue
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGAn “American Idol” winner will play at an area venue this spring, it was announced this morning. Scotty McCreery, who has become a fast-rising country music star since winning the 10th season of “Idol” in the 10th season of “... -
Patti Page, 'Tennessee Waltz' singer, dies at 85
Patti Page, the Oklahoma-born pop singer whose gossamer-gentle voice was heard on 1950s hits such as “The Tennessee Waltz” and “(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?,” died New Year’s Day in Encinitas, Calif., where she&...
Tags: Roger Waters, Carnegie Hall, Patti Page, Entertainment, Obituaries
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Wanda Jackson interview: 'Just rear back and sing this song the way you feel it'
Wanda Jackson, the pioneering rockabilly singer who headlines New Year’s Eve at Double Door, says working with Jack White and Justin Townes Earle on her two latest albums was not her idea. “I sometimes wonder myself,” Jackson says with...
Tags: Elvis Presley, Justin Townes Earle, Music, Wanda Jackson, Poetry
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'Shrek' comes to Ship: Traveling production is first major role for actress playing Princess Fiona
amyc@herald-mail.comWhitney Winfield was just 8 years old when she first decided she wanted to be in theater. After attending a local performance of "The Sound of Music," she said she got up on stage and said to her mother, 'Mom, find me a play to be in.'" The Naples, Fla....Tags: Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Shrek (fictional character), Theater, Music
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A Bulldog at the BCS?
Talk about perfect timing. First, Luke Bryan is possibly the hottest performer in country music right now, having won nine American Country Awards in December, including artist of the year (as voted by the fans) and launching his first tour as a...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Georgia Southern University , Sun Bowl, Entertainment, Football
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Lydia Loveless cancels Hampton Taphouse show due to illness
A case of the winter flu apparently has derailed a show scheduled for Friday night by Americana music rising star Lydia Loveless. She was scheduled to play the Hampton Taphouse in what would have been her Hampton Roads debut. "Praying I can hang...
Tags: Washington, DC, Substance Abuse, Rentals, Flu, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)
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The spirit moves her: Milla Hniang's journey to a dream
What people go through to live their lives — war and terror, disease and pain, poverty and hunger, long journeys across continents and oceans, loss and heartbreak — always leaves me awed and humbled. You hear a story, like the one I’m...
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