Canada s $75,000 Cundill History Prize Announces Its 2021 Shortlist publishingperspectives.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from publishingperspectives.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Al Cotter, left, with Merle Haggard, whose many No. 1 country hits included “Mama Tried” and “Okie from Musogee.”
As radio host “Big Al” Weekley explores unusual hauls on his Friday show, he ll interview driver Al Cotter, who can name-drop one of country music’s biggest stars.
“Al has worked in entertainment for many years prior to driving the bus for Merle Haggard,” Weekley said. Now Cotter hauls caskets to mostly local receivers.
Weekley’s two-hour show, “
Overdrive’s Music to Truck By: Today’s tunes from the men and women behind the wheel,” streams from the home page of TheBluegrassJamboree.com at 10 a.m. Eastern each Friday. It highlights music by and about truckers, as well as new and classic country and bluegrass tunes. Weekly also airs news and music-related contributions from
The grand-nephew of bluegrass legend Lester Flatt is no stranger to trucking, having developed a hefty appreciation for working drivers while managing logistics for a manufacturer and a retailer in his early working life.
Cumberland Bones, the new record from Stephen Flatt overdriveonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from overdriveonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The four jurors joining Michael Ignatieff for the Cundill History Prize this year are based in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
In Montreal, October 4, 2020, the Jean Talon Market. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Marc Bruxelle
Shortlist Expected in September
Having announced that former Canadian Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff is the 2021 jury chair for the Montreal-based Cundill History Prize, we have news today (May 12) of the four historians who will join him on the panel for this year’s US$75,000 competition.
Since it began a re-introduction of itself with its 10th anniversary in 2017, the Cundill has become one of the most-watched programs of its kind, not least because its focus is inherently political in an age of politicization. Not for nothing was the best known of its jurors last year the political analyst, author, and