Daily entertainment news covering Merle Haggard en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/06/celebrity_birthdays_april_100 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 116096@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Full House" actress Candace Cameron Bure (1976), "Scrubs" star Zach Braff (1975), actress Ari Meyers (1969), "Slither" actor Michael Rooker (1955)

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/09/merle_haggard_sues_environmental_group_ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:25:34 EST Entertainment News 107568@http://www.starpulse.com/news NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country star Merle Haggard has sued an environmental awareness group, claiming it illegally used his name and likeness to raise money.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/12/taylor_swift_hank_williams_big_winners_a Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:24:29 EST Entertainment News 103326@http://www.starpulse.com/news NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Taylor Swift's "Teardrops On My Guitar" won country song of the year, and Hank Williams Jr. was honored as a music icon during the 56th Annual BMI Country Awards.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/10/merle_haggard_returns_home_after_surgery Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:43:42 EST Entertainment News 103131@http://www.starpulse.com/news Country star Merle Haggard is making a good recovery following an operation to remove part of his lung.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/05/merle_haggard_undergoes_cancer_surgery_ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:51:28 EST Entertainment News 102755@http://www.starpulse.com/news Country star Merle Haggard is recovering following an operation to remove a tumor from his lung.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/18/bmi_names_hank_williams_jr_a_music_icon Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:20:22 EST Entertainment News 98452@http://www.starpulse.com/news NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Hank Williams Jr. will be honored as an icon at this year's BMI awards. The honor puts Williams in elite company. Past honorees include

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/09/music_review_emmylou_harris_draws_from_p Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:15:11 EST Entertainment News 89536@http://www.starpulse.com/news Emmylou Harris has often enjoyed observing the present through a filter that takes in the past. She sharpens that focus on ''All I Intended to Be,'' her first solo album in five years.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/02/emmylou_harris_new_album_all_i_intended__10 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:00:07 EST Entertainment News 88986@http://www.starpulse.com/news Nonesuch Records will release Emmylou Harris' new album All I Intended to Be on June 10. This is Harris' third release on Nonesuch and her first solo effort since 2003's Stumble Into Grace.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/10/jewel_to_mentor_aamp_judge_the_search_fo Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:58:22 EST Entertainment News 83889@http://www.starpulse.com/news Multi-Platinum singer-songwriter and three time Grammy nominee Jewel has signed on to find the next "Nashville Star" when the series premieres on NBC on Monday, June 9 (9:30-11 p.m. ET). Jewel joins previously announced judge/mentor John Rich -- the producer of her latest album, "Perfectly Clear" and one half of the country duo Big & Rich.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/06/celebrity_birthdays_april_65 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 80777@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Full House" actress Candace Cameron Bure (1976), "Scrubs" star Zach Braff (1975), actress Ari Meyers (1969), "Slither" actor Michael Rooker (1955),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/27/styx_star_goes_green_for_winter_tour Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:02:06 EST Entertainment News 69053@http://www.starpulse.com/news Styx rocker Tommy Shaw is going green for his upcoming Shaw/Blades North American tour - it will be powered by biodiesel. The environmentally aware star will hit the road with eco-friendly solutions provider BidForGreen, who have helped provide fuel transport on Willie Nelson, Pat Matheny and Merle Haggard's tours.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/07/host_of_stars_honor_willie_nelson_with_b Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:34:54 EST Entertainment News 66872@http://www.starpulse.com/news NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Willie Nelson received BMI's icon award Tuesday during the organization's 55th annual Country Awards, and several of his friends showed up to help him celebrate.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/01/white_haggard_aamp_jones_pay_respects_to Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:10:00 EST Entertainment News 66084@http://www.starpulse.com/news Musicians Jack White, Merle Haggard and George Jones have paid to tribute to county music icon Porter Wagoner, who died on Sunday. Wagoner passed away at a hospice facility in Nashville, Tennessee after a battle with lung cancer. He was 80.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/12/hard_core_country_veteran_merle_haggard_ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:18:52 EST Entertainment News 63606@http://www.starpulse.com/news NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Appalachian music might seem a strange fit for a guy so closely linked to the hard electric twang of country's Bakersfield Sound, but don't tell that to Merle Haggard.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/19/emmylou_harris_rarities_take_flight_on_s Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:00:00 EST Entertainment News 60623@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES -- 12-time Grammy Award-winner Emmylou Harris retraces the back roads of her remarkable musical journey that spans more than three decades with a highly personalized, far-reaching boxed set spotlighting her favorite tracks and difficult-to-find or previously unreleased gems.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/14/lonestar_returns_to_country_music_scene_ Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:00:00 EST Entertainment News 59910@http://www.starpulse.com/news LEBANON, TENN. (September 12, 2007) After years of touring and releasing platinum selling records, Lonestar has built a strong and loyal following of music fans across the country. The band is about to hit the road again,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/31/music_review_teddy_thompson_makes_his_co Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:28:15 EST Entertainment News 53781@http://www.starpulse.com/news Teddy Thompson, ''Up Front and Low Down'' (Verve Forecast) That the son of English folk-rock royalty would create an album mostly of country music covers will surprise only those who haven't heard Teddy Thompson's previous work.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/12/sparkle_aamp_twang_exhibit_traces_marty_ Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:54:37 EST Entertainment News 51293@http://www.starpulse.com/news NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Depending on how you look at it, Marty Stuart is either a genius for saving all those cowboy boots, rhinestone suits and flashy string ties, or he's a pack rat with a taste for garish clothes.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/12/bmi_to_honor_willie_nelson_as_music_icon Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:56:43 EST Entertainment News 51181@http://www.starpulse.com/news NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Willie Nelson can add another award to his long list of accolades. Broadcast Music Inc. announced Thursday that it will bestow upon Nelson its icon designation during its 55th annual Country Awards Nov. 6 in Nashville.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/21/father_of_the_solid_body_electric_guitar Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:00:00 EST Entertainment News 48226@http://www.starpulse.com/news Now 92-years young, the legendary Les Paul, father of the solid-body electric guitar, inventor of overdubbing and multi-track recording, king of the '50s pop charts and rock 'n' roll pioneer, tells his own rags-to-riches story in a performance-filled documentary by filmmakers John Paulson and James Arntz.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/06/celebrity_birthdays_april_36 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 35501@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Full House" actress Candace Cameron Bure (1976), "Scrubs" star Zach Braff (1975), actress Ari Meyers (1969), "Slither" actor Michael Rooker (1955), "Taxi" actress Marilu Henner (1952), "Cheers" actor John Ratzenberger (1947), producer/director Barry Levinson (1942), master of the pan flute Zamfir (1941), "The Empire Strikes Back" actor Billy Dee Williams (1937), country legend Merle Haggard (1937), German composer Andre Previn (1929), and legendary outlaw Butch Cassidy (1866; d. 1909).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/22/notable_quotables_67 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:00:00 EST Entertainment News 35041@http://www.starpulse.com/news "Jennifer auditioned for my movie Grindhouse, and it didn't work out. But I love her." Quentin Tarantino turned down the chance to work with Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/01/merle_haggard_writes_song_for_presidenti Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:24:48 EST Entertainment News 32410@http://www.starpulse.com/news Grizzled country star Merle Haggard has given presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton a boost by recording a new song for her. The revered singer/songwriter wrote Hillary after becoming impressed with President Bill Clinton's wife and her political ambitions, but he never thought to record the song.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/20/merle_haggard_willie_nelson_aamp_ray_pri Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:00:43 EST Entertainment News 26641@http://www.starpulse.com/news They just don't make 'em like they used to. That is, until now. Country Music Hall of Famers Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson and Ray Price have joined together to record the appropriately titled "Last Of The Breed." The trio's first album together will be released by Lost Highway on March 20.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/10/grateful_dead_release_historic_1976_new__23 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:27:03 EST Entertainment News 25622@http://www.starpulse.com/news Habital listeners of the Grateful Dead's live recordings are known for their ability to identify the year of a performance by listening to just a few notes. But for even the most "dead"icated listener, the band's 1976 New Year's Eve concert presents a genuine challenge. Rarely does any Dead show display the essence of several distinct periods of their sound,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/06/toby_keith_is_big_winner_at_bmi_awards Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:11:18 EST Entertainment News 20627@http://www.starpulse.com/news Country star Toby Keith was the big winner at Saturday night's Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) Music Awards after taking home two top accolades. His hit "As Good As I Once Was" was named Country Song Of The Year, while he also shared Songwriter Of The Year with Vicky McGehee and Ed Hill.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/12/dierks_bentley_s_third_album_long_trip_a_17 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:00:00 EST Entertainment News 18537@http://www.starpulse.com/news "I think every album has been a snapshot of where I've been at that moment in time," says Dierks Bentley. "This album is a conscious effort to tie in the road and the studio. There's a vein throughout the whole album of the bigger thoughts and questions that you have when you spend too much time on the road, and you grow up a little bit and start thinking beyond songs about beer and little white tank tops. From the outset, this record was always going to be really different than the previous records."

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