The Country Music Hall of Famer wrote fearlessly about sex and love, cheating husbands, divorce and birth control and sometimes got in trouble with radio programmers for material from which even rock performers once shied away.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
Bookish Bono: U2 singer to promote memoir with 14-city tour
Bono’s next tour will be without U2 or a new album to support
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Nation & World, News
Kim Kardashian fined $1 million by SEC over crypto promotion
Kardashian is the latest celebrity to get ensnared in regulations that require full disclosure by people getting paid to promote financial products.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
COVID-19 booster shot rollout accelerates in Maine
Supplies are sufficient, and demand is brisk, experts say.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
It’s flu vaccine time and seniors need revved-up shots
After flu hit historically low levels during the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be poised for a comeback.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, Review
Theater review: Women at a remote B&B in ’70s face problems that persist today
Mad Horse Theatre shows how societal issues at hand in ‘When We Were Young and Unafraid’ are still relevant.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Live Music Lineup: Choose from blues, folk and hot jazz
See shows this weekend from Shemekia Copeland, Mary Gauthier and Hot Club of Cowtown.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: Lincoln Theater screens films from Pre-Code Hollywood
The Damariscotta theater’s Classic Film Club is showing one scandalous-for-its-time movie every month through March.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Face the Music: King Princess wants you to come be yourself at her show at the State
Two of the tracks on her new album, ‘Hold On Baby,’ were co-written by Maine native Amy Allen.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Hannaford recalls Taste of Inspiration Brie products
The manufacturer says the cheese products may be contaminated with Listeria bacteria.