Country

Kenny Chesney renames album ‘Cosmic Hallelujah’

Kenny Chesney’s creative roll over the last few months defies conventional business wisdom, but it seems to be igniting a whole other spark in the songwriter-superstar from East Tennessee. After writing, recording and releasing “Noise” in a matter of 11…

Bluegrass pioneer Ralph Stanley passes at 89

Ralph Stanley, a patriarch of Appalachian music who with his brother Carter helped expand and popularize the genre that became known as bluegrass, died Thursday (June 23rd) from difficulties with skin cancer. He was 89. Stanley was born and raised…