The Dixie Center for the Arts is featuring music this holiday season. The events start on Wednesday, December 10 with one of ...

On what would have been his 100th birthday, a certifiable, guitar-picking country icon is being celebrated by both the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and the Nashville Ballet. Yes, Chet Atkins ...

Vince Gill was at the top of his game in the mid-90s. By 1996, he had won 11 CMA Awards including three consecutive Male Vocalist of the Year awards and an Entertainer of the Year award. At the same ...

Chet Atkins, a seminal figure in country music as an innovative guitarist and producer who was instrumental in shaping “the Nashville sound,” died Saturday in that city. He was 77. Atkins, who battled ...

Twenty-two years ago today (June 30, 2001) was a sad day for country music: It was on that date that guitarist, singer, producer and music industry executive Chet Atkins passed away. He was 77 years ...

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MAYNARDVILLE — When Chet Atkins touched the guitar strings, the world stopped. "Where there was talk of the best guitarists, he was never mentioned," country singer and friend Eddy Arnold said. "That ...

Don Cusic. Photo Credit: Martin B. Cherry. Don Cusic. Photo Credit: Martin B. Cherry. Music historian Don Cusic chatted about his new book “Chet Atkins: Mr. Guitar (Music of the American South).” Chet ...

2001 - Country legend Chet Atkins, one of the most influential and widely recorded instrumentalists ever, dies of cancer at his home in Nashville. He is 77. By Billboard Staff 2001 – Country legend ...

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Ballet have debuted a video performance to honor and celebrate the 100th anniversary of late Country Music Hall of Fame member Chet Atkins' birth. The two ...