Robert K Oermann, Author at MusicRow.com

Robert K. Oermann is a longtime contributor to MusicRow. He is a respected music critic, author and historian.

LifeNotes: Music Journalist Bill Littleton Dies

January 21, 2015/by Robert K Oermann

Veteran country-music journalist Bill Littleton passed away last weekend in his home state of […]

January 19, 2015/by Robert K Oermann

Award-winning bluegrass songwriter and former top country-music journalist Dixie Hall has […]

January 15, 2015/by Robert K Oermann

The winter skies may be unendingly gray, but this week’s country music sounds bright. Superstar […]

January 12, 2015/by Robert K Oermann

Rick Martin, one of the great personalities of the Nashville nightclub scene, passed away on […]

January 7, 2015/by Robert K Oermann

This past one was terrible for women in country music, so I am pleased to report that in the […]

January 5, 2015/by Robert K Oermann

One of the greatest session musicians in Nashville recording history has passed away […]

January 3, 2015/by Robert K Oermann

The public is invited to celebrate the life of the late, legendary Jimmy Dickens at both his […]

January 2, 2015/by Robert K Oermann

Veteran Nashville songwriter and producer Ed Penney died peacefully at home on Dec. 29 at age 89. […]

December 23, 2014/by Robert K Oermann

As the year draws to a close, we pause to remember the folks we lost in 2014. The senior citizen […]

December 18, 2014/by Robert K Oermann

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Larry Henley has died at age 77 […]