Merle Haggard News

In a new interview series on AXS TV, which premieres on Monday, Aaron Sorkin discusses 'The West Wing' and 'The Newsroom'

Clint Black is country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with hisKillin' Time album, which produced four straight number one singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. In addition to his number one singles, he's amassed more than 30 singles on the Billboard charts.

Labor Day is fast approaching and Tennessee has visitors covered for the long weekend. It's the perfect opportunity to attend the nation's largest Labor Day fireworks display; celebrate the greatness of the annual Southern Heritage Classic; and take in culture like a local at Nashville's Shakespeare in the Park. Here are just a few ideas and for more information and events, visit http://www.tnvacation.com/calendar.

Multi-Platinum and seven-time GRAMMY winning icon Randy Travis is set to release his 21st studio album October 1st on Warner Bros. Records titled Influence Vol. 1: The Man I Am.

An Atlanta native, Charlie Greene is a guitarist and pianist in addition to a singer/songwriter and his writing and musical influences are as diverse as his songs; from Harry Nilsson, Merle Haggard, Ornette Coleman and Burl Ives to Chopin's Nocturnes and Charles Bukowski, his style is a unique blend that defies categorization yet commands attention with a disarming show of lyrical firepower. To hear it for yourself, listen to Charlie's latest track 'Lost & Found' below!

Single tickets for the 2013-14 season at the Center for the Performing Arts - home of the Palladium, the Tarkington Theater and Studio Theater - are available for purchase on Monday, August 12. 'The 2013-14 Season presented by St.Vincent Health' will include performances by Willie Nelson, Lang Lang, Midori, Buddy Guy, Patti Lupone, Merle Haggard, and Kenny Rogers.

Tickets start at $53, reserved seating, fees apply. Kentucky Center Members call the Member hotline at 502-562-0144. Standard tickets available at www.kentuckycenter.org/presents, by phone (502-584-7777, 800-775-7777), and in-person at The Kentucky Center box office and drive-thru.Please call (502) 562-0111 (V) for information about the range of accessibility options we offer to enhance your performance experience.

Jetset Getset is getting set for Goettafest. The Indiana-based, teenage country band has been tapped to open for 19 Recordings/BNA Records artist Casey James at the 13th annual Glier's Goettafest in Newport, Kentucky tonight, August 1. The concert will mark James' second appearance in the Greater Cincinnati area.

Two-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist and pianist Diane Schuur inspires rave reviews across the globe as the new first lady of jazz. Schuur will perform at The Cabaret at the Columbia Club on September 14, 2013 at 7:00pm.

Singer/Songwriter Jamey Johnson takes to the stage at Indian Ranch in Webster, MA today, July 21 at 2 PM. Last fall Johnson released his duet tribute album to songwriter Hank Cochran titled Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran. When word got out that acclaimed Nashville artist Jamey Johnson was recording a tribute album to beloved songwriter Hank Cochran, musical superstars clamored to participate. From the ranks of the Country Music Hall of Fame came George Strait, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Ray Price and Vince Gill, not to mention Cochran's oldest and truest friend, Willie Nelson. Veteran stars Leon Russell, Elvis Costello, Bobby Bare and Asleep at the Wheel perform on the album alongside contemporary artists such as Alison Krauss, Lee Ann Womack and Ronnie Dunn.

Originating from a long line of musicians, singer/songwriter Charlie Greene was born the son of a touring singer/songwriter and recording artist, the grandson of a big band leader from the 40's and 50's, and the great-grandson of a front-porch, Georgia banjo player.

Jetset Getset is getting set for Goettafest. The Indiana-based, teenage country band has been tapped to open for 19 Recordings/BNA Records artist Casey James at the 13th annual Glier's Goettafest in Newport, Kentucky on Thursday, August 1. The concert will mark James' second appearance in the Greater Cincinnati area.

Joni Harms returns to Ireland to record her first live concert CD. After her visit here in January and performing with the The Sheerin Family, Joni has decided to record her long overdue live CD of all her greatest hits. Joni says. “I have been planning for years to record a live album and now is the right time, I have found a band that are just a pleasure to work with and finer musicians you will not find anywhere”.

1976 was a big year for the National Traditional Country Music Association,' says Bob Everhart, current president of the organization. 'That was the year of its founding, and it has been running continuously ever since. It conducts the upper Midwest's most successful festival of early American country, bluegrass, folk, mountain, hillbilly, and western music. There's lots of labels and genres to describe 'country' music, but we are pretty much in the time-frame before it became what it is today. Thirty-eight years is a long time to keep any kind of event going, and to see Mickey Gilley one of the best known country music piano players ever, to become one with America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame, is indeed a recognition of the importance of the roots of country music. Mickey Gilley's most prestigious year was that same year the NTCMA was founded, 1976, when the Academy of Country Music awarded him with Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Song of the Year, Top Male Vocalist of the Year, and Music City News proclaimed him the Most Promising Male Artist of the Year. 1976, bicentennial year celebration of the birth of America. Amazing isn't it, that in 2013, 38 years later, this same man, Mickey Gilley, will be inducted into this kind of Hall of Fame, that emanates from rural America.'

Clint Black is country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with hisKillin' Time album, which produced four straight number one singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. In addition to his number one singles, he's amassed more than 30 singles on the Billboard charts.

he Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the voice of the global business travel industry, today announced four-time Grammy nominee, Jewel, will take the stage at the GBTA Convention 2013 being held August 4-7, 2013 in San Diego, CA. Jewel will speak and perform during the Monday, August 5 th General Session luncheon. Her appearance is made possible by Sabre Travel Network, GetThere & Travelocity Business.

Joni Harms returns to Ireland to record her first live concert CD. After her visit here in January and performing with the The Sheerin Family, Joni has decided to record her long overdue live CD of all her greatest hits. Joni says. “I have been planning for years to record a live album and now is the right time, I have found a band that are just a pleasure to work with and finer musicians you will not find anywhere”.

Texas country legend Dale Watson plays a concert, celebrating the release of his highly anticipated new album El Rancho Azul. His second album for the Grammy-winning label Red House Records, it is his first official recording with His Lonestars, his regular touring band. Known as consummate entertainers, the band delivers first-rate performances, capturing the energy and musicianship fans know they'll hear at every live show. Unlike the understated, stripped-down sound of Dale's previous release The Sun Sessions, his new album is full-on honky tonk with a driving rhythm section, tight electric guitar solos and the lonesome twang of pedal steel.

Today, May 14, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) releases 16 new single-disc collections in its acclaimed ICON series from some of music's most legendary artists.

Singer/Songwriter Jamey Johnson takes to the stage at Indian Ranch in Webster, MA on Sunday, July 21 at 2 PM. Last fall Johnson released his duet tribute album to songwriter Hank Cochran titled Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran. When word got out that acclaimed Nashville artist Jamey Johnson was recording a tribute album to beloved songwriter Hank Cochran, musical superstars clamored to participate. From the ranks of the Country Music Hall of Fame came George Strait, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Ray Price and Vince Gill, not to mention Cochran's oldest and truest friend, Willie Nelson. Veteran stars Leon Russell, Elvis Costello, Bobby Bare and Asleep at the Wheel perform on the album alongside contemporary artists such as Alison Krauss, Lee Ann Womack and Ronnie Dunn.