On this day (December 9) in 1979, all-star fiddle player Tommy Jackson died at the age of 53. He was one of the first session fiddlers in Nashville. As a result, he was a member of the city’s first “A ...

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The high school football season around the country has wrapped up and with that comes honors for coaches and players from the ...

Country music queen Dolly Parton shares her favorite Nashville spots, including the Grand Ole Opry, Tootsie's Orchid Lounge ...

The stats aren’t looking good for van Rooyen. The comments section is usually a strong indication of how Orlando Pirates fans ...

Yamashita finished second in the LPGA's Rolex Player of the Year points race and became the third player from Japan to win ...

Celebrate the legacy of John Hartford—the prolific songwriter and river poet whose music helped ignite the newgrass movement—on his birthday.

Deano Van Rooyen has become a bit-part operator and is another candidate to leave.

League's new era of austerity has forced the competition to become something of a show window. So, who'll follow in the ...

Making sense of the madness. Despite country radio clearly losing the decades-long stranglehold it has had on consumers for the better part of the past five or so years, there’s no denying that it’s ...

Over a century of the Grand Ole Opry, its members helped it ascend to legendary status. Here's what to know about the performers who shaped the Opry.

Renowned steel guitarist player Walter Haynes died on Jan. 1, 2009, in Tyler, Texas, at age 80. He frequently played with Patsy Cline.