By reducing the National Endowment for the Arts’s focus on avant-garde work, he eased conservative anger and won increased funding.
Category: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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Kacey Musgraves’s Nashville
The country singer and songwriter, up for five Grammy Awards this year, including best country album, recommends spots in her adopted home.
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Joe Bonsall, Tenor Voice of the Oak Ridge Boys, Dies at 76
His vocals on songs like “Elvira” were a key to the evolution of the group, originally a Southern gospel quartet, into perennial country hitmakers.
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Buzz Cason, Songwriter Best Known for ‘Everlasting Love,’ Dies at 84
As a performer, he was a leading figure in the early days of Nashville rock ’n’ roll. He later found success as a writer, producer and publisher.
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Toby Keith Will Be Inducted Into the Country Hall of Fame This Year
The organization behind the honors avoids electing artists in the year of their death, but the singer died in February just after this year’s vote closed.
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Jeff Cook, a Founder of the Country Band Alabama, Dies at 73
The New York Times – Music:His group had 32 No. 1 country singles, and his guitar and fiddle playing helped extend its reach to a generation raised on rock ’n’ roll.
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Goodbye Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Hello, Luxury Bus?
The New York Times – Travel:Start-up travel companies are hoping more Americans will embrace the concept of sleeper and luxury coaches. Just don’t call them buses.