Country

Arranger, California, Cinema, Classical, CMA, Composer, Country, Film Scores, Grammy, Nashville, Television, United States June 3, 1999

Fit as a fiddle…in the classic sense

Mark O’Connor leaves Nashville to concentrate on his talent as a classical music composer     Nick Krewen For The Record June 3, 1999     Pssst. Wanna buy a house? It’s a nice one, located in a private Nashville cul-de-sac about 10 minutes from Music Row. An artist retreat, this 4100 sq. ft. cedar home contains three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a great room with a 26-foot ceiling, inset shelving,…

Beatles, Business, Country, Music Publishing, Nashville, United States April 21, 1999

Song Plugging A Hit In Nashville

Max Hutchinson one of 300 pros still in there pitching tunes to artists     By Nick Krewen Special To The Star Wednesday, April 21, 1999   NASHVILLE, Tenn. —  Max Hutchinson may not be Roger Clemens, but he knows how to pitch. As one of Nashville’s 300 song pluggers, the middlemen who lob songs to recording artists for prospective album and single cuts, the Vancouver-born Canadian is starter, reliever…

Business, CMA, Country, Country Pop, Country Rock, Grammy, JUNO, Music Industry (Trade), Nashville, Neotraditional, Radio, Record Labels, United States April 17, 1999

Country’s Singing the Blues

Nashville In A Tizzy Over Sluggish Album Sales And Radio Airplay By Nick Krewen Special To The Star Saturday, April 17, 1999   NASHVILLE:   Music Row is in turmoil. As the heart of the country music business, this eight-block community of record companies, radio stations, music publishers, recording studios and management offices, located in central Nashville, Tennessee, is on the verge of panic. After enjoying a decade of unprecedented…

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Canada, Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame, Canadian Music Hall Of Fame, Country, Folk, Gordon Lightfoot, Guitar, Hamilton, JUNO, Songwriter, Toronto, Voice November 8, 1998

Gordon Lightfoot from 1998

Nick Krewen The Hamilton Spectator   NEED TO KNOW: GORDON LIGHTFOOT at Hamilton Place, Sunday,  November 10 (1998) at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $32, $29 and $26 and available at the Hamilton Place and Copps Coliseum box offices, or by calling TicketMaster at 645-5000   When Gordon Lightfoot performs at Hamilton Place this Sunday, it will eerily coincide with one of the great disasters in Canadian history. November 10, 1975,…

Africa, Alt. Rock, Canada, Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame, Canadian Music Hall Of Fame, CMA, Country, Country Music Hall Of Fame, Dave Matthews, Events, Farm Aid, Festivals, Grammy, JUNO, Neil Young, Outlaw Country, Pop, Rock, Songwriter, Texas, Toronto, United States, Willie Nelson September 29, 1998

Willie Nelson Fears for Farm Aid Future

Exclusive!!! Nick Krewen September 29, 2008 Even though he’s raised over $14 million to help the plight of the American farmer with his annual Farm Aid concerts, country music legend Willie Nelson fears his efforts may be futile. “I think it’s a losing battle,” says Nelson, who headlines Farm Aid ’98 with co-founders Neil Young and John Mellencamp this Saturday (October 3) at the New World Music Theatre at Tinley…