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"Carter Family: The Marriage That Made Country Music"

A marriage that helped shape country music.

This Thursday, March 12, WSM Radio presents a special feature marking the 100th anniversary of the marriage of Maybelle Carter and Ezra Carter, a partnership that helped build the foundation of country music…

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Carlene on Song of the Mountains TV show!

Carlene Carter, the country-rock singer from the famous Carter Family, has strong ties to Marion, Virginia, specifically performing at The Lincoln Theatre for the Song of the Mountains TV show, a series showcasing Appalachian music, with an upcoming show listed…

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Carlene Reveals That Her Autobiography Has Been Completed!

Carlene Carter appeared on Jessie Scott’s Words & Music program heard on Nashville’s roots radio outlet WMOT late last week. She used the occasion to promo two back-to-back concert appearances that were completed over this past weekend in Dayton, OH…

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Carlene Announces Autobiography!

For more than four decades Carlene Carter has deftly dealt with the duality of being both an independent artist and the latter-day embodiment of Carter Family legacy. Those aspects of her life and much more are covered in Cartwheels In

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Carlene Helps Celebrate Her Hometown Library Mural!

On Saturday, Carlene helped celebrate a beautiful new mural by artist Kim Radford at the Nashville Public Library Madison Branch. She read the foreward that she wrote to a new book coming out this fall on Madison where she grew…

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Carlene Comments on the Passing of Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson and Carlene Carter sing “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” together in 2020 at Cinnamon Hill, Jamaica, former home of June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash.  Photo credit: Jayce Kartye.

“Kris Kristofferson meant more to me and my family…

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Grandma's Birthday!

Remembering Maybelle Carter, born on this date 115 years ago (May 10, 1909).
Oh I'll always remember the day that she died (October 23, 1978)
My daddy called me and he started to cry
I rode on an airplane with…

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Carlene welcomes Beyonce to Carter Girl Club!

I’ve caught wind of some negativity over the release of Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter,” her new country album.

As a Carter Girl myself and coming from a long line of Carter Girls, I’m moved to ask why anyone would treat aRead more

New Documentary on June Carter Cash coming to Paramount+

Carlene's mom June Carter Cash is the subject of a new feature-length documentary entitled “JUNE,” which will premiere on Paramount+ on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 in the U.S. and Canada, and on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 in the U.K., Australia…

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Carlene Carter and Guests Bid Farewell to Exit/In

Photo caption, left to right: Wade Sapp, Elizabeth Cook, Chris Casello, Carlene Carter, Chuck Mead, Ashley Monroe, Eamon McLoughlin, Tracy Nelson, Al Hill. Not seen: Patrick Bubert on drums and David Spicher on bass. 

Back in 1971, a new club…

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