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As much as Dolly Parton delights in savoring down-home dishes from her holiday table, the ambassador for human goodness likely never tasted one bite offered at the 2023 Thanksgiving feasts in Dallas. Instead, Dolly focused on fitting just so into her perfect wardrobe selection for the halftime performance for the Dallas Cowboys v. Washington Commanders
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By any measure, Keith Urban already possesses virtually every honor granted in the country music realm. As Country Music Alley chronicled in 2020, the New Zealand-born Australian-American propelled his dreams of becoming both the CMA and ACM  Entertainer of the Year into reality through this unquenchable spirit and sparkling talent in song and on anything
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Without question, both as an artist and in her body of work, Dolly Parton transcends every musical category. Consistently, the country music marvel credits her sense of timing for her career success. For whatever reason, the Guinness World Record-honored performer as the most successful woman in music felt that she failed to “earn” induction into
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Unflinchingly, country music original, Ashley McBryde, writes with all the grit and glorious abandon that makes life palpable. From the piercing ridicule of her breakout song, Girl Goin’ Nowhere to be unwavering personal and artistic resolve of Never Will, she takes listeners on a purely authentic journey of emotion. This morning, Ashley McBryde looked bright-eyed
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It’s hardly surprising that country music’s Renaissance man, Tim McGraw, approaches music and his many acting roles with confidence.  From The Blind Side to his searing portrayal of the abusive father in Friday Night Lights, the versatile McGraw draws on his own storehouse of personal experience and keen character awareness and study to create magic
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In these times, even the concept of a silver anniversary seems like a foreign entity in the entertainment world, much less in country music, where heartbreak songs far outnumber the blissful choruses proclaiming “three chords and the truth.” Harlan Howard had the prescription for a solid Country song, but Faith Hill and Tim McGraw surely
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No matter the countless times Dolly Parton recounts her true-life stories of her hardscrabble upbringing with her parents and 11 siblings in Sevier County, Tennessee, fans never tire of learning more.  Along the same lines, the story of her courtship with her devoted husband, Carl Dean, remains a constant source of inspiration and curiosity.  Carl
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