NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – Banjo innovator and bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, died on Wednesday at a Nashville hospital at age 88.
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Banjo innovator, music pioneer Earl Scruggs dies at 88
Country superstar Garth Brooks, singer Connie Smith and keyboard player Hargus “Pig” Robbins are the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Brooks leads 2012 Country Music Hall of Fame class
AP – Taylor Swift has a date for the Academy of Country Music awards.
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Taylor Swift asks NJ teen to country music awards
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Reuters – Kenny Chesney grabbed the lead with nine award nominations on Thursday from the Academy of Country Music, which hands out its prizes on April 1 in Las Vegas.
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AP – No one has spoken to Keith Urban since his surgery last week to remove a polyp on his vocal cord.
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Paisley to hang with Urban after his vocal surgery
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AP – No one has spoken to Keith Urban since his surgery last week to remove a polyp on his vocal chord.
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Paisley to hang with Urban after vocal surgery
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AP – An attorney for Tim McGraw is arguing the country music star’s record label Curb Records is trying to put his career on hold and asked a judge to allow McGraw to record with another label.
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Tim McGraw asks judge to free him to record
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AP – Buoyed by country music and dancing, ABC had one of its strongest weeks in the television ratings in two years.
AP – Vince Gill, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban will team up to pay tribute to Glen Campbell at next month’s Country Music Association Awards.
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Reuters – Country music legend Loretta Lynn was resting at home on Monday after spending part of a “scary” weekend in the hospital suffering from pneumonia, the singer said.
