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We count down the best songs about fools in honor of April 1.

Since I wrote a column recently about country music song titles, I received several phone calls. I decided to list a few more in the large category of country songs.

The King lives on in the hearts and minds of fans worldwide. Also in Germany, where he was stationed as a GI, Elvis left a legacy. Here are some highlights and unusual facts from his storied musical career.

Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” is far from being just about Elvis, when it comes...

With the Major League Baseball season starting last week, this episode pays tribute to that pasttime with a profile on James Horners score to the 1989 sports fantasy Field of Dreams. We also recognize Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022) with songs from his 1971 film The Last Picture Show. Podcast subscribers: yep, citr.ca was offline for a month so youll see all the recent episodes starting popping up in your feed and on your devices as we play catch up. Mira Calix: Fundamental Things (Absent Origin, ...

Unrequited Desire: 10 Underrated Bob Dylan Albums Sure, you can celebrate Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday with one of his classic albums, but why not try one of these other sides of Robert Allen Zimmerman instead? Born on 24 May 1941, Bob Dylan has released more than three dozen studio albums over the last 60 years or so; naturally, that includes plenty of stunning records, a few duds, and some that are, shall we say, “fair”. That’s far from surprising—after all, nobody bats a thousand—es...

  The 30th annual Hank Snow Tribute will have to wait for another year. The event is being cancelled for the second year in a row due to COVID-19.   The annual Hank Snow Tribute takes place every third week in August at Liverpool’s Queens Place Emera Centre. (QPEC) The four-day event attracts thousands of visitors to Liverpool and serves as the largest fundraiser for the Hank Snow Home Town Museum.   “It certainly wasn’t an easy decision, and there were a number of factors ...