Monthly Archives: November 2025

They don’t make ’em like Dale anymore. He may have been “The Intimidator” both on and off the track, but underneath that rough exterior Dale Earnhardt had a heart for others. The recent Earnhardt documentary on Prime Video gave us a much deeper look at the NASCAR legend, including not only his rise to becoming one of the greatest NASCAR drivers of all time, but also his at-times complicated relationships with his children Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kelley Earnhardt Miller and Kerry Earnhardt. […]

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The 59th Annual CMA Awards take place this Wednesday, but that hasn’t stopped Morgan Wallen from receiving an award already.

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Ragweed fans can’t stop winning. Cross Canadian Ragweed has remained a cornerstone band of the Red Dirt music movement. Forming in Stillwater, Oklahoma, in the mid-1990s, the band featured members such as Cody Canada, Grady Cross, Randy Ragsdale, and Jeremy Plato. Simply put, Ragweed caught fire early upon the release of their 1998 debut album, Carney. Throughout their career, the Oklahoman band released seven studio albums and three live albums, but sadly disbanded in 2010. Red Dirt fans were beyond […]

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One of the few times he’s tried to play the radio game. As an avid Eric Church fan, I’ve always had this theory that he doesn’t really like his song “Love Your Love the Most.” To be clear, he’s never said as much (at least not that I’ve seen), but it’s just always the impression that I’ve gotten from Church as he talks about that time in his career. The song was released in February 2009 as the first single […]

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While filming the pilot for ‘9-1-1 Nashville’, the actor said he had to instinctively strip on set “in silence.”

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This year’s Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion drew us even deeper into the rich history of recorded music in the Tri-Cities area of Tennessee-Virginia. It’s coming up on a century since Ralph Peer’s 1927 Bristol Sessions introduced Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter

2025 has been a year of great reflection. As storms rage outside, seeking refuge – in our favorite movies and TV shows, in great books, and in favorite records – becomes increasingly important. With their new album, Dog Ear, The Bros. Landreth extend a comforting embrace with calming musical waves

Steve Howell & Fats Kaplin – Know You From Old This trio interprets early American music with generous dips into genres like rural blues, ballads, gospel, folk, & early jazz traditions. With a dash of spontaneity, they polish dust off vintage melodies & present them as newly minted coins. It’s a rediscovery that leads to […]

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Chris Rusin Songs From A Secret Room Chris Rusin just quietly dropped a new album of folk songs Songs From A Secret Room, produced by Andrew Berlin (Gregory Alan Isakov) and full of scintillating songs with hushed rustic arrangements and dazzlingly, tight raw vocal harmonies. A number of life’s gravest happenstances almost stood in the […]

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