March 2025 – Diane Diekman

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 19 March 2025

March 19, 2025/by admin

NEWS The Grand Ole Opry is presenting Opry 100: A Live Celebration tonight. The three-hour special airs on NBC TV from 7-10 and will be hosted by Blake Shelton. Country Now reports the stages of the Opry House and the Ryman Auditorium will both be used. The show will honor legendary Opry moments by featuring […]

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 5 March 2025

March 5, 2025/by admin

NEWS I was listening to Bill Anderson singing on the Opry last Saturday night when he announced that his fiddle player, Gail Johnson, had collapsed onstage. He said she had been taken backstage and was being attended by paramedics. He later provided an update in his fan club newsletter. She was taken to Vanderbilt University […]