The Carter Family

(NASHVILLE SKYLINE is a column by CMT/ CMT.com Editorial Director Chet Flippo.) Read More

The International Country Music Conference was held May 24- 26 at Belmont University. Read More

Legendary folk artist Doc Watson died Tuesday in Winston-Salem at the age of 89, reports the New York Times. Read More

Mr. Watson, who had been blind since he was a year old, died in a hospital after recently undergoing abdominal surgery, The Associated Press quoted a hospital spokesman as saying. Read More

In 1962, Doc Watson and some of his musician neighbors set out from their home in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the journey of a lifetime, to perform at the Ash Grove folk club in Los Angeles. Read More

Doc Watson, the blind virtuoso guitarist, folk music icon and the winner of seven Grammys, died Tuesday in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was 89 and had colon surgery last week and had also recently suffered a fall. Read More

Get comfortable, folks, because we're feeling analytical this week. #1: Helen Reddy, "Delta Dawn"– #1 U.S. Hot 100 and Easy Listening; knocked Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" out of the top Hot 100 spot for one week. Read More