June 2015 – Diane Diekman

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter – 17 June 2015

June 17, 2015/by admin

NEWS Jim Ed Brown (1934-2015) Jim Ed Brown died June 11 at the Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tennessee, of lung cancer. He was 81. He last performed on the Grand Ole Opry in April, while his cancer was in remission. It returned June 3, and he began a second round of chemotherapy. James Edward […]

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter – 3 June 2015

June 3, 2015/by admin

NEW RELEASE OF TWENTIETH CENTURY DRIFTER: THE LIFE OF MARTY ROBBINS The University of Illinois Press is issuing the paperback version of Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins in August. Any suggestions as to what I should do to publicize the release? FEATURED ARTIST – SAMMY KERSHAW I Won’t Back Down is the […]