Country Music Thrives in 2012 Jason Aldean released his fifth studio album in 2012. Night Train was recently certified platinum for shipments of one million copies and ranks at Number Nine on Billboard Magazines year-end Country Albums chart. Jason a

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INTRODUCTION TO ACT I Today on TUNING IN THE U.S.A., Richard Stewart and his friend Andreas Pappas are in Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville is the center of the country-music industry. Outside a famous country-music theater, they meet a musician. Jim C

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Part 1 Types of Western Music 欧美音乐类型 1. 什么是 RB?RB的全名是 Rhythm Blues,一般译作节奏怨曲。广义上, RB可 视为黑人的流行音乐,它源于黑人的Blues音乐,是现今西方流行乐和摇滚乐的基

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Big Music From the American Heartland By Nancy Steinbach, Lawan Davis and Dana Demange Broadcast: Friday, September 02, 2005 (MUSIC) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special

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Country Music Album Sales Up in 2011 In 2011, Country album sales increased more than four percent over the previous year and a number of Country artists enjoyed crossover success on the pop charts. In 2011, the Eli Young Band earned its first Number

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally, today, even if you don't know her name, you probably know Priscilla Renea's work from the lyrics she's written for stars like Pitbull and Rhianna and Fifth Harmony over the past decade. Now you can hear her words in her

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Todd: OK. Matt, we're back. We're gonna talk about music. What is your favorite kind of music? Matt: My favorite kind of music is alternative music. But generally I like all types of music, apart from country music. Todd: I'm the same way. I hate cou

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THIS IS AMERICA - Driving Cross-Country: One Family's Story By Broadcast: Monday, November 15, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith.

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - The Best of 2005 in Music, Books and Movies By Shelley Gollust and Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Friday, December 30, 2005 (THEME) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special Engli

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Country Music: Lee Ann Womack Is the Big Winner at CMA Awards By Lawan Davis, Katherine Gypson and Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Friday, November 25, 2005 (MUSIC) HOST: Welcome to AMERI

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By Mary Morningstar Washington 17 December 2007 More than a dozen Country holiday albums were released this season. Top sellers include new collections by Toby Keith, Taylor Swift and Diamond Rio. VOA's Mary Morningstar reports on a compilation that'

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - Early Country Music: Cowboys Told About Their Lives in Song By Harold Braverman Broadcast: Thursday, September 01, 2005 (MUSIC) Announcer: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program

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By Malcolm Brown Washington 12 July 2007 American country music - in its various forms - has grown into a multi-million dollar industry with fans around the world. As an art form, it has crossed over into the mainstream of U.S. culture. But, for all

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AS IT IS - The power of musicin Nigeria, Turkey and Pakistan Welcome to AS IT IS, from VOA Learning English. Im Christopher Cruise. Today, we report on the power of musicin Nigeria, Turkey and Pakistan. Ted Greenfield tells us about a band that is wo

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As It Is - Music from the West African country of Mali Welcome to As It Is. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. Today, we are talking about music from the West African country of Mali. Mali is famous for its music. But that tradition has been threatened recently. T

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Country Music Ladies Put Men in Their Place American country music lyrics often describe women as they might appear in mens dreams. This is especially true of songs by many male artists. But the songs by Maddie Marlow and Tae Dye are different. The t

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Jimmy Dean smiles while he gets ready for a taping of his show The Jimmy Dean Show in a New York studio, 2 April 1964 Country singer, actor and sausage entrepreneur Jimmy Dean died Sunday, June 13 at his home in Virginia. He was 81. Dean was one of C

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John sat on the porch playing his electric bass. He had a brother called James. James played guitar. He played it every day. He played the guitar well. Sometimes John and Jim made music together. John sang the melody. Jim sang harmony. They both play

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Country Newcomer Cassadee Pope Settles into Music Career Last year, Florida native Cassadee Pope became the first female winner of The Voice. The former rock singer has settled in to her new career in Country music. Wasting All These Tears is the deb

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James Fenimore Cooper, an early American writer, once said, The Americans are almost ignorant of the art of music. If that was once true, you would never know it today. Most Americans--even those without a musical bone in their bodies--have a favorit

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