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Taylor Swift poses in the press room after receiving the Dick Clark award for excellence at the 42nd annual American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

In wake of Spotify pullout, music industry debates streaming

By Kristin M. Hall - Associated Press

A bunch of Halloween pumpkins sits in front of the entrance to Discovery Park of America on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014 in Union City, Tenn. The museum, which opened last November in rural West Tennessee, has attracted more than 270,000 visitors in its first year. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz).

Rural Tennessee museum a success in first year

By Adrian Sainz - Associated Press

Nashville legend Johnny Cash, who died in 2003, remains relevant even today in discussing the best and most popular country artists. (associated press)

Johnny Cash Museum to expand, add third floor

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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, Bob Dylan performs in Los Angeles. One of the most popular songs of all time, Dylan's &quot;Like a Rolling Stone,&quot; could bring between $1 million and $2 million at auction. A working draft of the finished song in Dylan's own hand is being offered by Sotheby's on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Nashville’s folk rock era is topic of new exhibit

By KRISTIN M. HALL - Associated Press

People protest in front of the Whole Women's Health clinic Saturday, Oct/ 4, 2014 in McAllen, Texas. Abortion-rights lawyers are predicting "a showdown" at the U.S. Supreme Court after federal appellate judges allowed full implementation of a law that has closed more than 80 percent of Texas' abortion clinics. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Joel Martinez) MAGS OUT; TV OUT

Abortion rights proponents give big to campaign

By TRAVIS LOLLER - Associated Press

Monuments at Winstead Hill, which was General Hood's command post during the Battle of Franklin. (Photo courtesy of Judson Phillips)

Revisit the Civil War’s Battle of Franklin

By Judson Phillips

Lori McKenna

Country Times: Lori McKenna and Mark Erelli enchant live audience

By Nancy Dunham - Special to The Washington Times

In this Sept. 21, 2014 photo, a large sign spans State Street dividing Virginia and Tennessee in downtown Bristol, Va. The sounds of some of the earliest country music recordings are filling a new museum. But the Birthplace of Country Music Museum is not located in Nashville. Instead, it’s in Bristol, a small town on the Tennessee-Virginia line. The museum aims to tell the story of the Bristol Sessions, a series of historic recording sessions that took place here in 1927 and helped spread what was then known as “hillbilly music” to the rest of the country. (AP Photo/Jeff Martin).

New museum marks the “Birthplace of Country Music”

By JEFF MARTIN - Associated Press

FILE - This Dec. 3, 2006 file photo shows Tennessee Titans kicker Rob Bironas (2) running off the field after kicking a 60-yard field goal to beat the Indianapolis Colts 20-17 in an NFL football game in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Rob Bironas dead at 36; former Titans kicker killed in car accident

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Gene Levine speaks to a crowd as he takes part in a protest on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn., to draw attention to concerns over Wall Street practices and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Appeals panel weighing Occupy Nashville suit

By BRETT BARROUQUERE - Associated Press

Mary Chapin Carpenter (Photo by Russ Harrington)

Country Times: Mary Chapin Carpenter comes home with ‘Songs from the Movie’

By Nancy Dunham - Special to The Washington Times

Laura Ingraham (Courtesy of the National Association of Broadcasters)

PHILLIPS: The queen of the tea party

By Judson Phillips

**FILE** Angel Chavez, 3, watches a fireworks show from the shoulders of his father, Jose Chavez, in Bartlett, Tenn., on July 3, 2014. (Associated Press/The Commercial Appeal)

FAA investigating fireworks drone flights

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Jim Lauderdale's new album, "I'm a Song," was released July 1, which continues his mastery of the traditional country and honky-tonk sound. (John Davisson/Invision/Associate Press)

COUNTRY TIMES: Nashville’s Jim Lauderdale rides again

By Nancy Dunham — Special to The Washington Times

Lane Lambert likely to join Caps’ coaching staff

By Chuck Gormley - CSNwashington.com