Monthly Archives: November 2017

Here’s The Opry Broadcast Schedule for 2017-2018

Posted on November 17, 2017 by

The Metropolitan Opera broadcast season begins December 2nd.  This year there are seven Saturdays starting earlier than 1:00 PM.  In all cases we subtract about 15 minutes from the Met starting time for David Elliott‘s Prelude to the Met.  Fans … Continue reading →

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Lee Ann Womack—Beautiful Singing, Strange Production

Posted on November 16, 2017 by

(Hits and Misses 7) Lee Ann Womack (ATO Records, 2017) Back in 2014, Suzy Bogguss released an album of Merle Haggard songs, called Lucky. It was for the most part delightful, as Suzy’s crystalline voice always is, but to my … Continue reading →

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Don Williams, 1939–2017

Posted on November 3, 2017 by

I have been remiss in not acknowledging the life and work of Don Williams, who died in September. Don had literally dozens of hits on the country charts in the 1970s and early ’80s, many of which crossed over onto … Continue reading →

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