Jewel grew up on a five-acre potato farm – without plumbing or heat – near Homer, Alaska, where the singer learned to yodel from her father. The 50-year-old Grammy nominee told AARP for their ...
Since the theatre first opened its doors in 1996, The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre has become known for bringing both classic musicals, as well as area and regional premieres to the stage. Some of ...
It was a decade ago this month when I reviewed “The Beverly Hillbillies, The Musical” for the 2014 world premiere staged at Theatre at the Center at The Center for Visual and Performing Arts in ...
Springfield, Mo., “queen city of the Ozarks” (pop. 96,350) has convinced millions, through radio and TV, that it is the home of country music. While other radio stations were scratching out pop music ...
With its sobering lyrics and a droning country-blues riff, "Holy Ghost Power" by The Hillbilly Thomists is a song with zero chance at Christian radio success. The jilted protagonist has been "living ...
Out of nowhere on the morning after Memorial Day, Kendrick Lamar and his cousin/protégé Baby Keem released their new song “The Hillbillies” exclusively as a music video on YouTube. As each of their ...
South Florida isn’t exactly known as a hotbed of country music. One local musician is sure he can change that. After all, with a nickname like the “Hialeah Hillbilly,” how can he lose? Ricky Valido, ...
A photo of Dwight Yoakam posing with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, backstage at the country star’s Nov. 15 show at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, N.C., is prompting ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Some of its most successful productions have also been musical adaptations ...
Container title: World-famous Hill-Billies are coming! "This band gave hillbilly music its name"--Container. Notes on container by Joe Wilson and ([4] p.) inserted in container. Table of contents The ...
Perhaps the success of the first Porchfest this past summer in Cleveland’s Larchmere neighborhood has inspired others to replicate the engaging, low-key, casual music event. The village of Peninsula ...
When The Beverly Hillbillies made its TV debut in 1962, it was dismissed by critics as little more than a hillbilly cartoon, but the viewers knew better. With its fish-out-of-water premise, lovable ...