Monthly Archives: November 2025

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Kris Kristofferson had been named a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. He’d also been an officer in the US Army. But he wanted to be a songwriter, so he had to start somewhere.

The post 60 Years Ago: Kris Kristofferson Gets His Start in Music … As a Janitor first appeared on Saving Country Music.

While recording this song off of her album, Moroney was in tears. Read the story here, and see how she’s doing following its success.

The post “He Was Love Bombing Me”: Megan Moroney Cried Over a Breakup While Recording “Am I Okay?” appeared first on Wide Open Country.

High praise from the Red-Headed Stranger himself. Willie Nelson has certainly set the bar high when it comes to being a true trailblazer for country music, and being a living country music legend that’s showing no signs of slowing down at the age of 92. If you were to ask anyone else in the country music world, they’d probably tell you that Nelson is one of the most critical components to the success of the genre. If you were to […]

The post Willie Nelson Once Said This Non-Country Artist Did More For Country Music Than Anyone Else first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

You picked Brandi Carlile – Returning to Myself as your favorite new release for the week of October 24, 2025. Poll Results New Releases Readers’ Tops Fall 2025 Brennen Leigh – Don’t You Ever Give Up On Love (14 Votes) Rhett Miller – A Lifetime of Riding by Night (11) Gurf Morlix – Bristlecone (10) Brandi […]

HARDY and him wife just hit a major milestone, take a trip down memory lane with us back to their wedding day.

The post HARDY and His Wife Caleigh Ryan Celebrate 3 Years of Marriage appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Celebrating some major hardware. The past year has been nothing short of a whirlwind for Koe Wetzel. Beyond releasing his most commercially successful album to date in 2024 with 9 Lives and scoring his first-career #1 hit on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with “High Road” featuring Jessie Murph, the “Good Die Young” singer would also welcome his first child, Woods Madison Wetzel, with longtime girlfriend, Bailey Fisher, back on May 23. Couple becoming a father with experiencing more success than ever […]

The post Koe Wetzel Celebrates 15 Career Gold & Platinum Certifications: “Y’all Some Crazy MF’ers” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

This right here is a 1-in-100,000 elk. It’s not everyday that you get to see an animal out in the wild with a genetic mutation. This photographer out in Cody, Wyoming just so happened to be in the right place at the right time and spotted an incredibly rare piebald elk. The odds of seeing a piebald animal are very low, and there’s a lot that plays into that. Piebald is a genetic condition that causes some portions of the […]

The post Photographer Captures Picture Of Rare, “1-In-100,000” Piebald Elk In Wyoming first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Doesn’t get better than this. It’s safe to say that it’s been a pretty busy month for Ole 60. Since bursting onto the scene with the viral, now certified gold track, “Smoke & a Light,” in 2023, the Kentucky band has been making waves in the alt. country scene for the better part of two years. And after what felt like years of anticipation, they finally released their debut album, Smokestack Town, just a few weeks ago on October 3rd. […]

The post Ole 60 & Kashus Culpepper Team Up For Phenomenal Cover Of Coldplay’s “Yellow” In Lexington first appeared on Whiskey Riff.