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Spotlight Artist: Vern Gosdin
The April Spotlight Artist is one of the truly great vocalists in the history of the genre, Vern Gosdin. There are very few male recording artists who deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as...
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Album Review: Musicians Against Childhood Cancer –‘Life Goes On’
Musicians Against Childhood Cancer is the umbrella name for an annual charity concert by some of the best current bluegrass musicians. In 2006 a compilation of tracks recorded at the concert over the...
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Spotlight Artist: Rhonda Vincent
Known as the New Queen of Bluegrass, Rhonda Lee Vincent was born in Missouri on July 13, 1962, and is the fifth generation of musicians in her family. She began performing at age five with her family’s...
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Classic Rewind: Rhonda Vincent and Gene Watson –‘It Ain’t Nothin’ New’
Rhonda recorded this one as a duet with Randy Travis when she was on Giant Records in the 90s. Here she is reviving it with her most recent duet partner, the great Gene Watson:Filed under: Classic...
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Classic Rewind: Rhonda Vincent and Gene Watson –‘Together Again’
Rhonda teams up with one of the finest country singers of all time to sing a classic country duet on the Opry in 2007:Filed under: Classic Rewind, Spotlight Artist
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Classic Rewind: Gene Watson –‘Til A Better Memory Comes Along’
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Occasional Hope’s Top Albums of 2012
It’s not been a bad year for country music – as long as you ignore the charts and mainstream country radio. My #1 album of the year was released on a major label but with no singles success, and most...
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Album Review: Georgette Jones –‘Till I Can Make It On My Own’
Georgette Jones’s third Heart of Texas album features her best vocals to date, but her least imaginative selection of material, as this album has been conceived as a tribute to mother Tammy Wynette....
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Album Review – Heather Myles –‘Live @ Newland, NL’
For her second live album Heather Myles traveled to Newland, Holland, which is home to one of the premiere honky tonk venues in Europe. The eighteen-track recording, on Me and My Records, was released...
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Classic Rewind: Gene Watson –‘Cowboys Don’t Get Lucky All The Time’
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Classic Rewind: Gene Watson –‘Love In The Hot Afternoon’
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Spotlight Artist: Gene Watson
Gene Watson, one of country music’s best and most underappreciated male vocalists, is our spotlight artist for the month of June. Gary Gene Watson was born in Palestine, Texas, on October 11, 1943 to...
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Classic Rewind: Gene Watson –‘Where Love Begins’
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Album Review: Gene Watson –‘Love in the Hot Afternoon’
Gene Watson’s major label debut appeared in 1975. Produced by Russ Reeder, it gave him his first taste of commercial success when two of its singles, the title track and “Where Love Begins” reached the...
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Classic Rewind: Gene Watson –‘You Could Know As Much About A Stranger’
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Album Review: Gene Watson –‘Because You Believed In Me’
Because You Believed In Me was Gene’s second major label album, following on the heels of his successful major label debut Love in the Hot Afternoon. While there weren’t any blockbuster hits on the...
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Classic Rewind: Gene Watson –‘Paper Rosie’
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