If you had caught me straight out of college at age 22 in the halls of the Vermont State House where I was a lobbyist-in-training and asked me what I was gonna do with my life, I would have told you that I had just passed the HSK, otherwise known as the Chinese equivalency exam, and was planning to study law at Beijing University with the intention to improve U.S.-China relations through top-down policy changes and judicial system reforms. I had it all figured out.
Bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs was humbled and honored to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The banjo, for years in the background, stepped out of the shadows in the steady hands of Earl Scruggs.
Earl Scruggs, whose distinctive picking style and association with Lester Flatt cemented bluegrass music's place in popular culture, died Wednesday of natural causes at a Nashville hospital, his son Gary Scruggs said. He was 88.
The Steep Canyon Rangers are honored at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards in Nashville
It used to be that Steve Martin's music was a joke or at least part of the joke -- a prop in a comedy bit -- but no more.
Country star Dierks Bentley is promoting his new album "Up on the Ridge." CNN's Denise Quan has more.
The saddest-looking pair of black boots outside of a Goodwill bin sit in the corner of Dierks Bentley's dressing room at "The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson." Are they cowboy boots or motorcycle boots? No one really knows, because the style is completely obliterated by four neatly-wound rows of black duct tape.
When Bela Fleck told us he had been missing something in his life musically, he caught us off guard.
Banjo meets kora, as musical virtuosos Bela Fleck and Toumani Diabate share the stage. CNN's Isha Sesay reports.
We were scheduled to speak with Steve Martin just after his sound check for a concert in Los Angeles to benefit the city's public libraries. We pulled into the parking structure 45 minutes early when my cell phone rang. It was Martin's publicist.
Robert Plant has a "Whole Lotta Love" for his Grammy-winning collaboration with Alison Krauss. CNN's Denise Quan has more.
New duo Dailey & Vincent dominated the International Bluegrass Music Association awards Thursday, winning entertainer of the year
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CNN's Kiran Chetry speaks to singer Kenny Chesney about his successful night at the CMA Awards.
Carrie Underwood talks to CNN's Denise Quan about the lack of women up for the CMA Entertainer of the Year award.
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Jet Li says his first marriage was out of a sense of obligation, and he didn't develop a healthy loving relationship until he met actress Nina Li.
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Kenny Chesney says his music has helped him deal with the breakup of his brief marriage to "Bridget Jones" actress Renee Zellweger.
Taking place on back-to-back summer weekends, the Bonnaroo and Telluride music festivals have one huge common thread in addition to many overlapping artists, says bluegrass guitarist Peter Rowan: music-loving audiences.
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A low-key Courtney Love made a brief court appearance and was told to return October 27 for a preliminary hearing to determine if she stands trial for allegedly attacking a woman with a liquor bottle.
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--Feb. 3-9: AT&T Pebble beach national pro am When Bing Crosby wasn't crooning, he loved to play golf. He started this tournament back in 1937, and it's now an official PGA tour event, pairing amat...
"Martini Five-O," by the Blue Hawaiians, available on the CD Sway (Pascal)
Go ahead, put away that laptop. (Admit it: You were just playing solitaire, anyway, weren't you?) Here's some ear fodder to help keep you sane on those long hauls. --J.G.
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