In the late ’50s, “Don Owens’s TV Jamboree” was a must-see every Saturday for country music fans across the Washington metro area. A promoter and DJ with a carnival-barker’s zeal, Owens was known to ...

WAKEFIELD, R.I. — One of her sold-out concerts actually registered a 2.3 magnitude on a seismograph and caused earthquake tremors, the result of a massive sound system and a stadium full of flailing ...

Cowboy hats and Nashville-style dresses proliferated Thursday night in Oakbrook Terrace. Not the first time I’ve noticed that fans of country music are more common in Chicago’s western suburbs than ...

She was a legendary country and pop music crooner of the 1950s and ’60s, known for her smooth-as-silk contralto voice and throaty vocals. Now the life of Patsy Cline is returning to the stage in Point ...

Walking into Always... Patsy Cline feels like tagging along with a friend to a concert where they know every word, every note and every backstage story — meanwhile, you're only vaguely familiar with ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 29, 2025. Click here for that audio. Singer Patsy Cline helped create the Nashville sound, a crossover between country and pop, in the 1950s and ...

“I just loved the way her voice hung on your bones like an apron.” This is Grammy-nominated recording artist Grace Potter talking about the legendary singer Patsy Cline, as she reflected on her ...

Country western music icon Patsy Cline was born just one year after the birth of my own mom Peggy. Patsy was born Sept. 8, 1932, and mom Peggy, Aug. 17, 1931. Tragically, Patsy died at age 30 in March ...