The following is an article from history.com “The Grand Ole Opry, one of the longest-lived and most popular showcases for western music, begins broadcasting live from Nashville, Tennessee on 1925. The ...

CANTERBURY — Dudley Laufman has rubbed elbows with folk-music royalty like Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger and been honored for calling contra and barn dances by the state of New Hampshire and the National ...

It's easy to argue that many musical institutions resemble the Grand Ole Opry; however, very few come close to matching the century-old radio program's enduring significance in country music. Since ...

HOPEWELL — The Old Dominion Barn Dance, the best country music this side of the Grand Ole Opry, kicked off its 2024 season at the Beacon Theatre with Ricky Skaggs, 14-time Grammy Award winning King of ...

Two relatively young men were sitting in a radio studio a few days ago talking about a radio show that started 100 years ago and one of them was saying, “This part of the city’s history should be ...

Looking for something to do today? Agenda’s got you covered: Portuguese singer Ana Moura brings what Peter Margasak calls “sorrowful intensity and lean instrumentation” to City Winery. The UnGala is ...

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Peace Week activities are under way in Rochester, leading up to the annual Peace Walk and Rally at Soldiers Field. The theme for the week is "Cherish the Future, Remember the Past." The Statue of ...

Assessing the National Barn Dance / Chad Berry --The rise of rural rhythm / Paul L. Tyler -- Music of the postwar era / Wayne W. Daniel -- Chicago as forgotten country music mecca / Lisa Krissoff ...

“Chicago is a country music town,” insists sculptor Rob Lentz in his artist’s statement at the Chicago Cultural Center exhibit “The Rise & Fall of the National Barn Dance.” You wouldn’t think this was ...

ABC Barn Dance is an early country and Western music show on American television, a spin-off of the popular radio program National Barn Dance. It also included some folk music. The show aired on ...

Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Musical Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera, 1866-2009, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Donald J.