Posts Tagged ‘Illustrious Career’

08 Aug. 2012

Shinedown Score Sixteenth #1 Chart-topper with “Unity”


SHINEDOWN SCORE SIXTEENTH #1 WITH “UNITY”; MULTIPLATINUM ROCK BAND TOPS THE ROCK RADIO CHARTS WITH THEIR LATEST SINGLE; NON-STOP LIVE SCHEDULE INCLUDES HEADLINE TOUR AND ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK UPROAR FESTIVAL Atlantic recording group Shinedown continues to make rock radio history as their latest single, “Unity,” ascends to the #1 at Active Rock radio outlets nationwide.  …

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03 Mar. 2012

“The Forces’ Sweetheart”: Dame Vera Lynn


“There is nothing like a dame!” No other quotation could hold truer than when applied to the incomparable Dame Vera Lynn. Broken Records Magazine had the distinct honor to interview Dame Vera on January 22, 2012. With an illustrious career spanning over seven decades, she is affectionately known as “The Forces’ Sweetheart.” “I think it’s wonderful they …

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02 Feb. 2012

Country Categories of 2012 Grammy Awards: Based on Merit or Popularity?


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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12 Dec. 2011

Ronnie Milsap CD Review: “Country Again”


Ronnie Milsap’s Country Again was released on July 26, 2011, via his label, the Bigger Picture Music Group. The album opens with the slow-moving ballad “A Better Word for Love.” It is followed by the spitfire title track “Country Again.” “You’re the Reason I’m Living” and “Even Fools Get Lucky” are vocally reminiscent to quintessential George …

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11 Nov. 2011

Country Queen Janie Fricke Talks “Country Side of Bluegrass”


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 …

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