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.

Veteran Music Row Leader Terry Choate Passes

September 15, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Known as a consummate “song man,” Terry D. Choate died yesterday (Sept. 14) in North Carolina. During […]

September 15, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

No one dominated the 21st annual Americana Honors & Awards, which was fitting for a ceremony that […]

September 13, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

BMI kicked off Americana Music Week on Monday evening (Sept. 12) by presenting its Troubadour Award […]

September 12, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Dr. Paul T. Kwami, the director of The Fisk Jubilee Singers died Saturday (Sept. 10) at age 70. Kwami […]

September 8, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Today’s playlist is what country music would sound like in an ideal universe. That is to say, male-female […]

September 1, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

As fall approaches, the labels start scrambling to release new country sounds. Established hit makers […]

August 25, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Seasons change, but some things in country music are constant. The days are getting shorter, the […]

August 25, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

A memorial service has been scheduled on Saturday (Aug. 27) for longtime country-music entrepreneur […]

August 23, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Jerry Ivan Allison, the last survivor of the seminal rock ’n’ roll band, The Crickets, has died at […]

August 22, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Award winning country songwriter Charles Quillen died last Friday in east Tennessee at age 84. His […]