The Tablet January 8, 2021
BAY RIDGE Who would have imagined that a sharecropper’s son with dreams of becoming a professional baseball player would ultimately become one of country music’s greatest entertainers?
Country Charley Pride, as he was affectionately called when starting out, would go on to earn 29 No. 1 hits on the country chart, 12 gold albums, be named the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year in 1971, become only the second African-American artist invited to join the Grand Ole Opry, and be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.
Pride’s incredible talent allowed him to break the color barrier in country music and become not only the most successful African-American performers in country music but one of the most successful performers in country music history.
Turnpike Troubadours, and that’s the hard truth.
New Years Eve marked 19 months since May 31, 2019 when Turnpike came out on Instagram and announced their indefinite hiatus. Less than a year later all hell broke loose across the world, and I think it’s safe to say everyone wishes there could have been new Turnpike music to get us through 2020.
Despite all of the negatives that have come with 2020, one big positive is that Evan Felker has found sobriety and rekindled his relationship with his wife Staci Nelson. Selfishly, I hope this eventually leads to more Turnpike music at some point. But most of all we need to be happy that Felker is happy and doing well, and be grateful for all that he and Turnpike have given us.
Oscars Documentary Race Tops 200 Entries to Shatter Old Record (Exclusive)
A huge group of 93 films was added to the list of contenders just before ChristmasSteve Pond | December 22, 2020 @ 3:13 PM Last Updated: December 22, 2020 @ 3:17 PM
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The Academy has added 93 more films to the members-only screening room devoted to entries in the Best Documentary Feature category, bringing the total number of eligible contenders to a record-shattering 215.
The previous record for entries was 170 in 2017. And this year’s crop of nonfiction films is expected to pass that number by an even bigger margin at least 50 once a final, smaller group of films is added to the screening room in January.