Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 29 July 2015

NEWS Patsy Stoneman of the famous Stoneman family died peacefully in her sleep at age 90 on July 23. When The Stoneman Family performed in the 1960s, Patsy played the autoharp and sang. Bluegrass Today reports that Patsy, until recently, continued to perform with sisters Donna and Roni as The Stoneman Sisters. Wayne Carson, age […]

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 15 July 2015

FEATURED ARTIST – TEEA GOANS Teea Goans has a mission. She wants to give a gift to people who love traditional country music and are searching for it. She wants to bring an awareness to the new generation of country music fans who are not familiar with the classics. I wanted to make my newsletter […]

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 1 July 2015

FEATURED ARTIST – JODY NIX I met Jody Nix and his Texas Cowboys in July 2008, when they came to Washington, D.C., to represent the state of Texas at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. I’d been listening to them for a while by then, on XM Radio. When I called Jody last week at his home […]