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Garth Brooks rallies attendees with 'American Pie'Washington Times, DC - Jan 18, 2009… at the Lincoln Memorial, but the stealer of the show turned out not to be Barack Obama or Joseph R. Biden Jr., but retired country singer Garth Brooks. …Garth Brooks For Commerce Secretary! The Plank on TNR.comall 3 news articles

guardian.co.uk

Garth Brooks, Jennifer Nettles Performing at Inaugural CelebrationCMT.com, TN - Jan 13, 2009Garth Brooks and Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles will perform at a Sunday inaugural celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on Sunday (Jan. 18). …Inauguration News: Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, Sugarland Great American CountryBrooks, Nettles, Springsteen play pre-inaugural show Country Standard TimeGarth Brooks among performers [...]

Feel-good story of the week:

Editor’s Note: John Quazza, a 14-year-old freshman at West Milford High School, spent five days in Washington D.C. last week, including being present at the Inauguration of President Barack Obama. Here are his thoughts on being a witness to history.

The arrival of pizza meant it was a special occasion. And students in Diane Erdmann’s third grade class were buzzing with a nervous excitement Jan. 20.

For anyone who wants to perform in front of an audience but doesn’t have a band, karaoke is a dream come true. These wannabe artists have an opportunity to be on stage nearly every night of the week in Rapid City.

Terry Fator’s voice — all 100 or so versions of it — is filled with excitement. And with good reason. The puppet-toting “America’s Got Talent” champ is about to depart for a gig at his future base of operations in the state of Nevada. There, he’ll scope out for the first time a miraculous epiphany [...]

Feb. 1: Actor Stuart Whitman is 81. Actor-comedian Garrett Morris is 72. Singer Don Everly of The Everly Brothers is 72. Singer Ray Sawyer of Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show is 72. Actor Sherman Hemsley is 71. Jazz pianist Joe Sample is 70. Bluegrass singer Del McCoury is 70. Actor-writer-director Terry Jones (Monty Python) [...]

With the Super Bowl fast approaching, football fans have yet another star-powered halftime show to look forward to. While Bruce Springsteen is a well-respected performer, I can’t help but think about who I would absolutely love to see play the Super Bowl halftime show. Also, for the purposes of this column, I will ignore glaring [...]

“A Night of Burnin’ Love,” a tribute to songwriter Dennis Linde, will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 9 at the Musicians Hall of Fame. It will be hosted by his daughter, actress Lisa Linde, and her husband, actor James Marsden.