Artist Willie Nelson
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Willie Nelson
As mainstream country continues its slide into bland, bombastic pop clichés, Willie Nelson stands out even more as a bright diamond in the rough. Possessor of one of the most distinctive voices in popular music, Nelson continues to record and perform tirelessly, and with the passing of Johnny Cash, he stands as an ambassador of the American songwriting tradition that he helped innovate. Not one to rest on his laurels, the Red Headed Stranger stretched out into reggae on 2005’s Countryman, to mixed success. Moment Of Forever, from 2008, finds Nelson steering back into genuine country territory under the production guidance of Kenny Chesney and Buddy Cannon.
Updated 08/28/2009

Austin:
Racists need not apply (homophobic emo fans welcome)
Washington D.C.:
Dave Matthews doesn't deserve all the hate
Chicago:
Dave Matthews doesn't deserve all the hate
Twin Cities:
6 supergroups as pants-wetting as Monsters Of Folk
Chicago:
6 supergroups as pants-wetting as Monsters Of Folk
Austin:
Deep Eddy Cabaret
Denver/Boulder:
Lions Lair
Milwaukee:
Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson at Summerfest
Chicago:
Bob Dylan to play three-night Aragon stint in late October
Milwaukee:
Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson at Summerfest
Milwaukee:
Broken Lizard at Pabst Theater
New York:
Puppet Folk Revival
Madison:
Retribution Gospel Choir at Orpheum Stage Door and Phosphorescent at Rathskeller
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