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.

Country Guitar Great Leon Rhodes Passes

December 11, 2017/by Robert K Oermann

Influential, versatile and well-travelled country-music sideman Leon Rhodes has died at age 85. Best […]

December 7, 2017/by Robert K Oermann

Veterans, shooting stars and newcomers are the ingredients in this week’s country-music recipe. […]

November 30, 2017/by Robert K Oermann

Country music, I mean real country music, returns with a vengeance this week. With top-shelf […]

November 19, 2017/by Robert K Oermann

The entertainment world is mourning the passing of Mel Tillis today. Following a lengthy struggle to […]

November 16, 2017/by Robert K Oermann

I thought country music offered America a pretty good representation of what it’s all about […]

November 9, 2017/by Robert K Oermann

The ABC-TV network telecast of the 51st Annual CMA Awards conveyed a theme of love, unity […]

November 7, 2017/by Robert K Oermann

Nashville soul singer Robert Knight has passed away at age 72. In 1967, he recorded the […]

November 3, 2017/by Robert K Oermann

Billy Mize, a key figure on the California country scene of the 1950s and 1960s, has died at age […]

November 2, 2017/by Robert K Oermann

Country music charges into the fall season, still pretty much sticking to the […]

October 19, 2017/by Robert K Oermann

A couple of comebacks and a whole lot of debuts characterize this edition […]