Tanya Tucker once said that country music is treated like a “second hand rose” at the Grammy awards. The Grammy awards, which are dubbed as music’s biggest night, are supposed to honor achievement in music based on artistic or technical merit, but that was not the case in many categories in this year’s ceremony. Two …
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On Friday, December 23, 2011, country music icon Kenny Rogers performed at the NYCB Theatre situated in Westbury, Long Island. This marks the thirtieth year Rogers puts on a Christmas show, and it is his twenty-fifth year performing at this New York venue. Kenny Rogers commenced his set with “Love or Something Like It.” He …
Broken Records Magazine’s Markos Papadatos chatted with country singer Ricky Lynn Gregg on November16, 2011 about his musical endeavors. Regarding his new album “Lock and Reloaded,” country singer Ricky Lynn Gregg remarks, “I was approached a year ago to do a single for Doc Holliday who is a Grammy award-winning producer. I did the single, …
Broken Records Magazine’s Markos Papadatos chatted with veteran country songstress Janie Fricke about her newest CD Country Side of Bluegrass. In 1982 and 1983, Janie Fricke was crowned “Female Vocalist of the Year” by the Country Music Association (CMA); furthermore, she garnered the Academy of Country Music’s “Top Female Vocalist” honor in 1983. Throughout her illustrious career …
Broken Records Magazine’s Markos Papadatos was afforded the exclusive privilege to interview Republic Nashville recording artist and country music sensation Martina McBride. A four-time Country Music Association (CMA) Female Vocalist of the Year winner, McBride chatted with us at the “pink carpet,” prior to the “Martina McBride: Light Up The Sky” private concert which took place …
Country music sensation Martina McBride’s latest single “Teenage Daughters” is expected to be released to country radio next week. This single marks her debut as a Republic Nashville recording artist, and is the lead-off single from her latest album which is slated for release in Fall of 2011. A loving mother of three daughters, McBride …