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'X Factor's' Tate Stevens: 'I didn't come here to take second'
Who will walk away the victor on “The X Factor” finale Thursday night? With the competition down to teen prodigy Carly Rose Sonenclar, underdog girl group Fifth Harmony (whose formation happened during the auditions) and country crooner Tate...
Tags: Bon Jovi (music group), Entertainment, Music, L.A. Reid, Sony Corp.
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Country singer who cleaned up at awards show coming to Allentown Fair
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGA country music singer who cleaned up at the recent Country Music Awards, was just announced as the first headliner for the 2013 Allentown Fair. Luke Bryan, who won nine awards on the Dec. 10 broadcast – including artist, album...... -
'American Idol' winner, blue-collar comedian to play Sands Bethlehem Event Center
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGAn “American Idol” winner will play at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center on Valentine’s Day, it was just announced. And a “blue collar” comedian will play there April 12, according to his website. Scotty McCreery, who has... -
The spirit moves her: Milla Hniang's journey to a dream
What people go through to live their lives — war and terror, disease and pain, poverty and hunger, long journeys across continents and oceans, loss and heartbreak — always leaves me awed and humbled. You hear a story, like the one I’m...
Tags: Nursing, Dixie Chicks (music group), Polio, Yangon (Burma), Diseases and Illnesses
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Patti Page, 'Tennessee Waltz' singer, dies at 85
Patti Page, the Oklahoma-born pop singer whose gossamer-gentle voice was heard on 1950s hits such as “The Tennessee Waltz” and “(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?,” died New Year’s Day in Encinitas, Calif., where she&...
Tags: Respiratory Disease, Vince Gill, Entertainment, Music, Bobby Womack
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Wanda Jackson interview: 'Just rear back and sing this song the way you feel it'
Wanda Jackson, the pioneering rockabilly singer who headlines New Year’s Eve at Double Door, says working with Jack White and Justin Townes Earle on her two latest albums was not her idea. “I sometimes wonder myself,” Jackson says with...
Tags: Bob Dylan, Wanda Jackson, Justin Townes Earle, Elvis Presley, Entertainment
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A Bulldog at the BCS?
Talk about perfect timing. First, Luke Bryan is possibly the hottest performer in country music right now, having won nine American Country Awards in December, including artist of the year (as voted by the fans) and launching his first tour as a...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, Entertainment, Music, Georgia Bulldogs, Orange Bowl
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'The X Factor' recap: Tate Stevens wins Season 2
Country-crooning family man Tate Stevens has won Season 2 of "The X Factor," beating out preternaturally talented teen Carly Rose Sonenclar, who came in second, and show-manufactured girl group Fifth Harmony, which came in third. That news was...Tags: Pitbull (music artist), Crime, Law and Justice, Entertainment, Music, Khloe Kardashian
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'Shrek' comes to Ship: Traveling production is first major role for actress playing Princess Fiona
amyc@herald-mail.comWhitney Winfield was just 8 years old when she first decided she wanted to be in theater. After attending a local performance of "The Sound of Music," she said she got up on stage and said to her mother, 'Mom, find me a play to be in.'" The Naples, Fla....Tags: Dixie Chicks (music group), Broadway Theater, McDonald's, Theater, Music Theater
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Taylor Swift talks CMA Awards, “Red,” “Ronan” and “Never Ever Getting Back Together”
Channel Guide MagazineBy Jay Bobbin If it’s not officially the Season of Swift, it certainly is close. With her fourth album, Red, just out — and including “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” the first tune she’s placed at No. 1 on... -
Hard rocker shows he's one of country music's best at Mt. Airy resort casino show
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGThere was a time when over-the-hill artists from other genres would move into country music, then considered a lesser genre, to extend their careers. These days, country music is among the best-selling genres. But it’s become so pop-ingrained and... -
Pop and disco hit-maker, country supergroup, 12 other shows announced for State Theatre
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGA 1970s soft-pop singer who turned to disco, a collection of country music musicians led by a Hall of Famer country and a dozen other new shows have just been announced by Easton’s State Theatre for 2013. Olivia Newton-John, who......
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