Merle Haggard Makes Surprise Appearances in Nashville; Toby Keith to Celebrate 10 Years of USO Tours; Peggy Seeger Honors Titanic Anniversary with New Song
- Want to volunteer at the CMA Music Festival this summer?
- Peggy Seeger has a new song, “Swim to the Star,” to mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking.
- Merle Haggard has been making surprise appearances at various events in Nashville. (Barry Mazor will have more on that in his next Roots Watch column on Monday.)
- A non-surprise appearance was Hag’s Ryman show last night.
- Toby Keith will soon celebrate ten years of USO tours.
- Farce the Music and Shooter Jennings teamed up for a funny interview.
- Bobby Bare came in at #56 on Country Universe’s 100 Greatest Men countdown.
- Doug Dillard was released from the hospital earlier this week and was admitted to a rehab facility to continue his recovery from illness.
- Chris Mateer of Uprooted Music Revue interviews Steep Canyon Ranger Woody Platt.
- Taylor Swift teamed up with B.o.B. to record “Both of Us” for the rapper’s upcoming album.
- NoiseTrade is offering a free download of a covers EP from Americana band Cuff the Duke.
- Rascal Flatts’ Changed topped the country album charts this week, selling nearly 130,000 copies.
- Jewly Hight of the Nashville Scene checks in with Bela Fleck, who’s embarking on a tour with the original Flecktones as well as Phil Madeira, who spearheaded the upcoming spiritual compilation Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us.
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Bela Fleck // Bobby Bare // Cuff the Duke // Doug Dillard // Merle Haggard // Peggy Seeger // Rascal Flatts // Shooter Jennings // Steep Canyon Rangers // Taylor Swift // Toby Keith // Woody Platt
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- Bruce: Good to read a Chestnut update. I liked Conan's comments about Swift's song. Kudo's for Toby's plans for Oklahoma. The ...
- Andrew: Ronnie Dunn has been saying on his Facebook page that he and Toby Keith are working on putting together a ...
- Daniel Mullins: Some other must-haves include Tony Rice's jazzy "Sweetheart Like You" (one of his performances on Me & My Guitar) http://www.amazon.com/Sweetheart-Like-You/dp/B005T4R5R8/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1369406119&s=dmusic&sr=1-19 Jerry Lee Lewis' ...
- Jack Williams: Buddy Miller - With God On Our Side
- Kelly D.: Love the Mount Moriah stuff and its time more people know about David Ramirez...
- Daniel Mullins: Haha. I see it in the playlist now.
- Daniel Mullins: How about The Seldom Scene's "Boots of Spanish Leather"? That one is mighty hard to beat. One of my favorite ...
- Juli Thanki: D'oh, in my undercaffeinated state, I forgot another one of my favorites, from Darrell Scott's Modern Hymns: http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Believe-Acts-Like-Never/dp/B001DAFOBG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369401978&sr=8-1&keywords=darrell+scott+i+don%27t+believe+you
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