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New Year Means New Music from Rascal Flatts

Paul Drake — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:59:33 +0000

As a New Year begins, Rascal Flatts’ Gary, Joe Don and Jay will look back on 2011 as a year of big accomplishments. They began the year with their own network special (there are very few acts that can say they’ve had their own television network special). Then they had a video with Justin Bieber, [...]

Rascal Flatts to Join Grand Ole Opry

Jeff Giles — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:59:29 +0000

It’s been a pretty amazing decade for Rascal Flatts — they released seven platinum-selling albums and graced the charts’ top spots a number of times — but their latest honor might be the most meaningful of all: an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry.

Vince Gill Celebrates 20 Years in the Grand Ole Opry

Jeff Giles — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:56:00 +0000

His youthful tenor never seems to age, so it’s hard to believe Vince Gill has been making music for decades. In fact, he released the first of his 12 solo albums, ‘Turn Me Loose,’ way back in 1984.

Since then, Gill has charted more than 40 singles, sold more than 22 million records and won 20 Grammys. At this point, he’s running out of milestones — but there was still one left for him to celebrate on Saturday, when he marked 20 years as a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

The Oak Ridge Boys Are the Grand Ole Opry's Newest Inductees

Jeff Giles — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:51:08 +0000

Since they started making music together way back in 1947, the Oak Ridge Boys have topped the country charts more than 15 times, won four CMAs and a Grammy, and sold millions of records — but one honor has eluded them.

Until last week, that is, when the Oak Ridge Boys — or “the Oaks,” as former President George Bush referred to them in a tribute filmed specially for the occasion — were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.