Nashville, TN – Country Music Hall of Famer, Grand Ole Opry member, and Kennedy Center Honoree George Glenn Jones died Friday, April 26, 2013 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He was hospitalized April 18 with fever and irregular blood pressure. Born September 12, 1931, Jones is regarded among the most important and influential singers in American popular music history. ...

Wilmington, NC Feb. 2, 2013 - Fans from around the world have been longing for another season of the animated, comedy series, Doraleous and Associates. North Carolina based Hank and Jed Movie Pictures has launched their Kickstarter campaign to do just that. In less than 24 hours, they have already raised over $16,500 which is 21% of their goal. With 59 days left to reach their final goal of $75,000, they ne ...

Mario Andretti is a true legend. In his fifty-some years of racing, he has taken on nearly every genre of the racing world - from sports cars, stock cars, midgets, sprints, to his beloved Formula One Indy cars. He has seen the checkered flag well over a hundred times. He was named Driver of the Year numerous times, Driver of the Quarter Century in 1992, and was named Driver of the Century in January, 2000, ...

Citizen, Husband, Father, American - Actor Gary Sinise Finally, after weeks of practice and preparation, the golden hour has arrived for both cast members and playhouse enthusiasts. The stage is lit by one lone ceiling lamp, dangling from a frayed, seemingly infinite wire falling from the darkness above them, and moving ever so slightly back and forth. Its soft radiance casts a circular, warm glow towards t ...

Years ago, in the town of Worksop, a division of Nottinghamshire, England, a little boy waited for his turn in line.  Children had packed the grand old theatre for the Saturday matinee and talent show, something he looked forward to every week.  This time, he was going to do it.  When the high-flying antics of Rocket Man and Ghost Riders were over, intermission would signal the start of the local talent sho ...

There’s a distant rumble growing more prominent every day. Can you feel it?  It’s the warning of a rising storm and it centers on a country music trio causing a roaring thunder.  The McClymonts, this year’s CMA recipient of the "lobal Country Music Award," have literally crisscrossed earth in perpetual fashion, seeking out paramours of truth-ridden harmony and steel.   Writing nearly all their own music, th ...

If you're into the music scene, you better watch your rear-view mirror.  If he hasn't blazed by you yet, Matt Cermanski is about to.  He's young, gifted and a music superstar yet-to-be-discovered. An original performer, Matt sways to the beat of a different tune, that made by his own talent. In fact, he wrote all the songs on his new album, “Long Road Home,” with the exception of one, “Take Your Breath Away ...

    A Nor’easter had laid claim to an early autumn night. The winds cool and brisk came howling around the corner of the house. The nighttime sky remained cloudy and moonless. What once was a promising taste of Indian summer, now brought a chill to the bones of all who ventured out on this early October's eve. Lightening flashed, encasing the room in an illuminated electric glow while an echoing t ...

Rodney AtkinsTennessee-born Rodney Atkins grew up loving music.  He loved listening to it, singing it, and eventually, even writing it. When he was a young man of nearly six, he asked his parents, “How do I get to be Charlie Daniels?  How do I get to be that?”  By the time he was a teenager, Atkins knew he would somehow be involved in the business of creating music. As he saw it, he had only one thing stand ...

  Before you read anything else, watch the following video, Josh Gracin's “Can't Say Goodbye,”  this year's winner of Sear's “Heroes At Home” song contest.  The song was written in tribute to the loss of  the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, SFC Ofren Arrechaga, who along with five other members of Fort Campbell Army Base, were killed this past March 29th in Kunar Providence in Afghanistan.  His wi ...