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Priscilla Block Honored Taylor Swift and the Next Day She Heard Herself on the Radio

Priscilla Block Honored Taylor Swift and the Next Day She Heard Herself on the Radio

Last week the National Music Publishers’ Association honored Taylor Swift with the Songwriter Icon Award. As a part of the presentation, Priscilla Block appeared in a video segment where she shared what Taylor and her music has meant to her career, and then sang a medley of some of Taylor’s hits. The very next day after…MORE

Garth Brooks to Receive NMPA’s Songwriter Icon Award

Garth Brooks to Receive NMPA’s Songwriter Icon Award

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) will honor Garth Brooks with its Songwriter Icon Award at the organization’s first-ever virtual meeting in June. The NMPA established the Songwriter Icon Award in 2006 to recognize outstanding songwriters for personal achievement and who personify the vision of NMPA and the goals of its members. Past recipients include…MORE

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Legendary actor Gene Hackman has died.  He was 95.  Police confirmed late last night that they found the bodies of Gene, his wife Betsy, and their dog in their Santa Fe, New Mexico home yesterday.  No foul play is suspected and no cause of death has been announced.  Gene Hackman has died. He was 95.…

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In November, Blake Shelton and “Yellowstone” creator, Taylor Sheridan, introduced a new singing competition show called “The Road” that’ll air on CBS sometime in the fall.  “‘The Road’ offers viewers a backstage pass into the gritty and unforgiving life of a touring artist . . . Viewers will see what happens when some of the…