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At the Bluebird: Peter Cooper, Karen Leipziger, Phil Lee, Dave Duncan

By Mary Sack Tonight I witnessed yet another, one-of-a-kind Nashville Moment. It wasn’t a Grammy moment. Could’ve been, in an alternate universe. Three days after The Grammy Awards were broadcast live from Los Angeles, I saw a bona fide 2012 Grammy Nominee (for “Best Children’s Album”) Peter Cooper, bona fide rapscallion Phil Lee, new-to-me Dave Duncan and the surprisingly soulful…

Bluebird Cafe: Amy Grant,Vince Gill,Don Schlitz,Richard Marx

[cincopa AIEAi062EkEs] By Ken Paulson Like Carole King’s appearance at the Bluebird Cafe earlier this month, tonight’s in-the-round featuring Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Richard Marx and Don Schlitz at the same Nashville venue was truly something special. Among the highlights at this benefit for Alive Hospice: – A guest turn by Jenny Gill, singing the touching “I Couldn’t Have Been More Wrong,” a…

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Carole King at Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe

By Ken Paulson – Carole King performed some of her biggest hits in the relatively small confines of the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville Monday night, a memorable evening even in a city known for them. King’s “Troubador” tour with James Taylor was an enormous success, but the remininiscing was largely scripted, with the same photos and anecdotes appearing night after…

Tin Pan South Festival dates in Nashville announced

Tin Pan South, the annual songwriters’ festival, wil be held in Nashville March 27-31, according to the Nashville Songwriters Association International. Festival passes will go on sale on March 7 at the festival’s site. 2011 highlights of this always entertaining festival included Tom T. Hall’s appearance at the Bluebird Cafe, an all-Texas night at the Hard Rock Cafe and the…

Dobie Gray: An appreciation

Obituaries reporting the death of Dobie Gray this week focused on his big hit “Drift Away” and his ’60s breakthrough “The In Crowd.” The casual observer might be left with the impression that Gray was a one-hit wonder in two successive decades. The truth is that Dobie Gray was something of a pioneer, an African-American coming to Nashville and working…