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Singer-songwriter Hal Ketchum is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and has retired from performing. An announcement to that effect was posted by his wife, Andrea, on Facebook Sunday (April 14).
“He has been battling this for some time now,” the announcement said, “but because of his love for his fans he continued performing as long as it was possible … Hal is otherwise healthy and happy, enjoying time with his family and friends.”
Last night some of the best in Irish Country Music descended on the big smoke to officially kick off the run up to th Farmers Bash 2019. The foyer of Belfast’s huge SSE arena normally packed for pop events was filled by the strumming of guitars and gentle tones of Johnny Brady and Derek Ryan.
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Charles Esten, former Nashville star and Country singer has announced a Belfast show for the Autumn time as part of his UK tour. He’ll take to the stage at Belfast’s Ulster Hall on October 21st. Tickets go on sale this Friday from the Ulster Hall box office, Ticketmaster outlets and online via ulsterhall.co.uk and ticketmaster.ie.
GRAMMY-nominated Nashville-based duo Thompson Square have today shared the video for latest single ‘Masterpiece’, their debut UK single and the title track of their third album (co-produced with award-winning producer Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift), Dann Huff (Keith Urban) and Ilya Toshinskiy), released last year to an overwhelming response from fans and critics.
She has wanted this since she was 12 years old.
Deacon, Scarlett, Gunnar, Juliette and Rayna are heading to the Big Stage.
Fresh off the heels of C2C global media giant Bauer Media who locally own Downtown Country, Downtown Radio and Cool FM have this morning announced that they will be launching a brand new country station on the national Digital Radio platform next month.
The latest instalment from CMNI! This is a Country to Country special where we look at this year’s lineup for Dublin. We talk over each night and play music from each artist as well as a few classic C2C favourites.
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