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“The whole deal with my music has been the emotional quality,” Whitley said in 1988. “Songs I do have to strike an emotional chord the first time I sing them. It’s not so uncommon for me to get so wrapped up in a song that I cry several times when I sing them. That’s the difference between my music and some of the other folks.” Thirty-plus years after Whitleys sudden death at age 33 from alcohol poisoning, a lifetime of passion and pain still comes through stereo speakers loud and c...

Remember How Keith Whitley Died? Keith Whitleys career was tragically cut short, but it gave him just enough time to make his mark on country music. From his first singles release in 1984 to his untimely death in 1989, Whitley scored 19 hit singles. Whitleys alcoholism was known through much of the country music community, and after he married Lorrie Morgan, she tried to help the singer overcome his addiction. The news of Whitleys death on May 9, 1989, shook the country world, especially when ...

Published 8 Apr, 2021 Heres a slightly magical idea for a story game: every time you blink in real life, your webcam notices and the game skips you forward to the next scene. Thats how it goes in Before Your Eyes, a new vignette em up released today. Having played a bit of it myself, Id describe it as Edith Finch meets 30 Flights Of Living with blinking if I were required to briefly introduce the concept in a blog post, which I was so I did. Have a look in the trailer belo...

Paul Simon joins trend to monetize old song catalogs 03/31/2021 22:29 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paul Simon has sold his entire song catalog to Sony Music Publishing, joining a string of older musicians cashing in on their lifes work. Sony Music Publishing said on Wednesday the deal includes classic songs ranging from "Bridge Over Troubled Water," to "Still Crazy After All These Years" that Simon wrote and recorded over his six-decade career. The value of the deal was not disclosed. Simon, 79...

* BRUNO RAVEL: C.C. DeVille once said, “You come out with your rock songs, and then you put out your ballad, and then you buy a house.” He was right. BEN LIEMER (editor, Circus magazine): Everybody had to have their big power-pop power ballad, right? And you gotta drop your two heavy tracks first so you don’t lose credibility. Understand? Then the power ballad comes six months down the marketing cycle because that’s what’s going to sustain the sales and break a band even bigger, get ...

Contestant Avery Roberson will have to choose between coaches Blake Shelton, Nick Jonas, John Legend and Kelly Clarkson after all four coaches turn their chairs for him during the third night of

GoodbyeWorld Games follow-up to Close Your is headed to PC in just a few weeks.

Kenzie Wheeler's country style managed to achieve a four-chair turn ... Which team did he end up on?

Plus, dont miss the coaches signature shenanigans between performances in this roundup.

Blake Shelton got almost double-blocked on the season's first country star!