This week we remember Marty Robbins, who would have celebrated his 94th birthday tomorrow. RANDY TRAVIS RESEARCH TRIP My big news is that I signed a contract with the University of Illinois Press to write my third biography. The subject is Randy Travis. To begin the research, I headed east with my sister, Lorraine “Kayo” […]
By Rita Dragonette The Fourteenth of September is the debut novel of public relations executive Rita Dragonette, who recalls her personal experiences of fifty years ago in telling the story. She draws an excellent picture of the turmoil on college campuses as antiwar sentiment increased in 1969. The book opens with protagonist Judy Talton, a […]
NEWS The 53rd CMA Awards show will be held November 13. For the first time since the Musician of the Year category was added in 1988, there is a female nominee. Fiddle player Jenee Fleenor, a member of Blake Shelton’s band, was nominated along with guitarist Mac McAnally (who has won 10 of the last […]