Daily Archives: December 7, 2025

Benjamin Tod is back at it with another jab at the Nashville music machine… And I’m 100% here for it. Tod has been very vocal over the years about his displeasure with the current state of Nashville and how the mainstream scene doesn’t have enough respect for the country music craft. As one of the more prolific artists in the genre of late, he has the lengthy catalog of real country music to back up his talk, too. Having spent […]

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A tragically beautiful ballad. If you’re a female country music lover and Laci Kaye Booth isn’t in your listening rotation… You need to change that immediately. Laci Kaye Booth, hailing from Livingston, Texas, has been making a name for herself in Nashville for years. She had success with her song “Shuffle” from her 2021 self-titled record. It was her 2024 record, The Loneliest Girl In The World, that really showed off her impressive writing chops and incredibly unique voice. In 2025, Booth […]

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Justin Baren of The Redwalls has passed away at 40 years old, although the cause of death isn’t currently known

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‘If anyone yells anything disrespectful to anyone during this song again, it will no longer be on the setlist,’ Ballerini says. Continue reading…

Sydney Sweeney uploaded a topless photograph to Instagram as she shared some behind-the-scenes images from the premier of “The Housemaid”

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Michael Annett, a former NASCAR driver and Xfinity Series winner has died at the age of 39, with tributes pouring in from around the industry

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‘Let’s all stand with him and rally,’ Malo’s wife urged fans. Continue reading…

Steve Martin & Martin Short feat. Jeff Babko and the Steep Canyon Rangers at the Palace Theatre in Albany, NY on December 4, 2025 To keep an audience engaged, invested, and entertained for two-hours is a near impossible feat, yet that is just what Steve Martin and Martin Short did on Thursday night’s sold out […]

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How on earth did the Beatles progress from songs like “I Want to Hold Your Hand” to “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane” in only a little more than three years? The sparks that ignite artistic growth can be enigmatic, but the Fab Four’s Anthology album series, released in the mid-1990s, did help to flesh […]

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Ronnie D’Addario – Written By Ronnie D’Addario This 13-song set, written by New York City-born Ronnie D’Addario, features multi-instrumentalists The Lemon Twigs – Brian & Michael D’Addario, who also produced the Written By Ronnie D’Addario (Dropped Dec. 5/Omnivore Recordings/40:48). The songs include guest singers such as Todd Rundgren, Sean Ono Lennon & 3 others. For […]

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