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"Alternative country" rising star Kacey Musgraves told British GQ what country stereotype she hated most, and it might alienate some artists: trucks. -
Dave Chappelle Shuts Down in Hartford at Oddball Festival After Crowd Boos and Heckles, Plays Kanye West's "New Slaves"
Dave Chappelle's first full-fledged tour in nearly a decade is off to a rough start. As a headliner for Funny or Die's Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival, he seemed to have shut down 10 minutes into the set on the fourth stop, Hartford, Conn. Fans were booing and heckling him, and he decided he wasn't going to take it. -
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George Strait Tour: Country Star Adds New Leg to Farewell Tour, Announces Contract to Record Five New Albums
There are artists that diminish with age and there are some that keep on churning out hits; the Bruce Springsteens and the Paul McCartney's of course, but don't forget to toss in country music icon George Strait among that list. On Thursday, Strait announced that he'd be around for at least five more albums of original material. -
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More and more U.S. orchestras are playing famous movie scores while the movie is shown above. But is this a positive or negative development in symphonic music? -
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Mark-Anthony Turnage and Richard Thomas' 'Anna Nicole' at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [PHOTOS]
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Beethoven’s 'Moonlight Sonata' No. 14, Op. 27...the Kobe Bryant, NBA 2013 Version
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