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Robert Plant, Levon Helm Among Americana Honorees

Scan the list of winners at Thursday's Americana Music Association Honors & Awards show, and you might think you've stumbled into a rock 'n' roll time warp. Among the night's top honorees at one of Nashville's hippest, most genre-bending awards shows after all, were former Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant and the Band drummer Levon Helm. ...

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The Pretenders 'Break' Into Country

The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde recently unveiled new music from her band's first album in six years, and it may surprise longtime fans of the group's punk-fueled rock sound to learn that 'Break up the Concrete' finds Hynde in the country territory. As it happens, the shift shocks no one more that Hynde herself. "I've avoided country music all my ...

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James Taylor Goes Under 'Covers' for New Album

Singer-songwriter James Taylor, who has routinely supplemented his self-penned chart hits with takes on classic tunes such as 'Handy Man,' 'Up on the Roof' and 'Mockingbird,' is set to release an entire collection of remakes, spanning three decades of pop, soul and country music. The appropriately titled 'Covers,' is due Sept. 30 on Starbucks' Hear ...

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Never Mind Obama and McCain: Vote Willie Nelson for President?

Can't get behind McCain or Obama? How about a Redheaded Stranger? There's a write-in movement under way, complete with campaign song, extolling the virtues of electing country music icon Willie Nelson as the next President of the United States. The song, available on Blushtone Records, is performed by former Pirates of the Mississippi lead ...

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