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Country Music Star Buck Owens Dies at 76 (AP)

March 25, 2006

Obit profiles country singer Buck Owens who has died at age 76. (AP Graphic)AP - Singer Buck Owens, the flashy rhinestone cowboy who shaped the sound of country music with hits like "Act Naturally" and brought the genre to TV on the long-running "Hee Haw," died Saturday. He was 76.


Country music icon Buck Owens dies (Reuters)

March 25, 2006

Country music legend Buck Owens poses with his award for best club at the 40th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, in this May 17, 2005 file photo. Owens, who sold more than 16 million albums and popularized country entertainment on television as host of 'Hee Haw,' died on March 25, 2006 at age 76. (Ethan Miller/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Honky-tonk star Buck Owens, who sold more than 16 million albums and popularized country entertainment on television as host of "Hee Haw," died on Saturday at age 76.


Country-music great Buck Owens dies (Reuters)

March 25, 2006

Country music legend Buck Owens poses with his award for best club at the 40th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, in this May 17, 2005 file photo. Owens, who sold more than 16 million albums and popularized country entertainment on television as host of 'Hee Haw,' died on March 25, 2006 at age 76. (Ethan Miller/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Country-music innovator Buck Owens, who sold more than 16 million albums and popularized country entertainment on television as host of "Hee Haw," died on Saturday at age 76.


Songs by Buck Owens (AP)

March 25, 2006

Buck Owens announces the 'Legends In Bronze' unveiling ceremony during a press conference held at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on May 17, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nev. Owens, the flashy 'rhinestone cowboy' who shaped the sound of country music and helped introduce the genre to mainstream America on the long-running TV show 'Hee Haw,' has died. He was 76. Owens died early Saturday, March 25, 2006 at his home, said a family spokesperson. The cause of death was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Tammie Arroyo)AP - Some of Buck Owens' hits.


'Hee Haw' Co-Host Buck Owens, 76, Dies (AP)

March 25, 2006

Buck Owens, seen in Los Angeles on June 5, 2003, the flashy 'rhinestone cowboy' who shaped the sound of country music and helped introduce the genre to mainstream America on the long-running TV show 'Hee Haw,' has died. He was 76. Owens died early Saturday, March 25, 2006 at his home, said a family spokesperson. The cause of death was not immediately known.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Singer Buck Owens, the flashy rhinestone cowboy who shaped the sound of country music with hits like "Act Naturally" and brought the genre to TV on the long-running "Hee Haw," died Saturday. He was 76.


Q&A-T Bone Burnett (Reuters)

March 25, 2006

Reuters - Given his recent successes as a top-flight producer, it is easy to overlook that 58-year-old T Bone Burnett had a vital yet under-the-covers recording career of his own -- as a member of the Alpha Band, which grew from the group that backed Bob Dylan in the Rolling Thunder Review, and as a solo singer/songwriter/guitarist with a penchant for tunes braced with wit, heartbreak, social commentary and Christian spirituality.

Paradigm disguises outdoor sound speakers as rocks (Reuters)

March 25, 2006

Reuters - Fire up the barbie and crank up the tunes. Paradigm's new Rock Monitor combines high-tech capability with a decidedly low-tech design -- its outdoor speaker system is camouflaged as a lowly rock.

Apple packages videos for next iPod push (Reuters)

March 25, 2006

A video iPod is shown in this undated Apple Computer Inc. photo. Apple is exploring new ways to market and sell music videos in bulk as interest in downloadable video grows, it was reported March 24, 2006. (Apple Computer Inc/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Apple Computer is exploring new ways to market and sell music videos in bulk as interest in downloadable video grows.


Orchestras go digital on Universal download series (Reuters)

March 25, 2006

Reuters - Already a leader in the digital marketing of classical music, Universal Classics is guiding orchestras into the download age with its new "DG Concerts" series, which rolls out March 28 on iTunes.