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.

Former CMA Leader Janice Wendell Dies

January 25, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Nashville entertainment executive Janice Wendell, a 15-year member of the Country Music Association […]

January 24, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Beegie Adair, a keystone of the Nashville jazz community, passed away on Sunday (Jan. 23) at age 84 […]

January 20, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

DISClaimer has the best of the new mixed with the best of the vets today. Our new female contenders […]

January 18, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Seven-decade Music Row veteran Jerry Crutchfield died on Jan. 11 at age 87. Crutchfield had a multi […]

January 16, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Dallas Frazier has passed away at age 82. Regarded as one […]

January 15, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Country Music Hall of Fame member Ralph Emery died on Saturday, Jan. 15 at age 88. He was country […]

January 13, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

Fully half of today’s tunes in DISClaimer feature vocals by country females. Surely, this is some kind […]

January 6, 2022/by Robert K Oermann

We start the New Year off right here at DISClaimer. Vying for our first 2022 Disc of the Day winner […]

December 29, 2021/by Robert K Oermann

Grammy Award winning Bluegrass Hall of Fame member J.D. Crowe died Friday (Dec. 24) in Lexington […]

December 23, 2021/by Robert K Oermann

“Go rest high on that mountain” we sing in Vince Gill’s enduring funeral anthem, and that’s the sentiment […]