Heritage Museum of Orange County Adds Celebrity Bands to Annual Music and Arts Festival

June 2 Event to Feature Country, Americana and Conjunto Music Along With Beer Garden, Chuck Wagon BBQ, Blacksmith Demonstrations and Tours of the 11-Acre Museum Site

Like an old-fashioned country hoedown, the Heritage Museum of Orange County’s second annual Music and Arts Festival Saturday, June 2, promises to trigger plenty of handclapping and foot-stomping as some of America’s most prominent bluegrass, folk and Americana bands take to the stage during the day-long event.

The newest talent to sign up are California country rock and bluegrass legends Chris Hillman (www.chrishillman.com) and Continue reading

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Deborah Allen Is Just Warming Up

By Robert K. Oermann

© 2012 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc.

Singer/songwriter Deborah Allen is receiving fresh honors for yesterday’s songs while re-launching her career using today’s recording technology.

In 2011, BMI certified her 1983 pop/crossover smash “Baby I Lied” (written by Allen, Rory Bourke and Rafe Van Hoy) as having been broadcast more than 2 million times. In addition, the performance rights organization certified four other Allen songs as having achieved 1 million broadcast performances: John Conlee’s Continue reading

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The ‘Must Haves’ for Every Modern Man

Matt Moore and Double R. Ranch Co. Tip Off the Modern Gentleman

The man’s man — a country man. That’s how most people typically refer to Matt Moore. After all, his book “Have Her Over for Dinner; a gentleman’s guide to classic, simple meals” taught men all across the country how to wow a lovely lady with a home cooked meal. However, Moore definitely knows a thing or two outside of the kitchen. A Nashville based country music singer/songwriter, and also the creator/owner of the popular gentlemen’s cologne line, Moonshine, Moore is the quintessential Modern Man. The proud history and lineage of Double R. Ranch Co. embodies the independent, bold, and manly spirit of the man’s man — Moore, along with Double R. Ranch Co., is proud to offer up ten must-haves Continue reading

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