Daily Archives: February 24, 2026

Four outstanding country music artists were inducted into the Texas Songwriters Hall of Fame on Saturday, February 21. They are Miranda Lambert, Don Cook, Keith Gattis (posthumously), and George Strait. According to Music Row, it was a gala, highly festive occasion, with Ronnie Dunn doing the emceeing. There were performances by a slew of famous […]

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The daughter of comedian Martin Short, Katherine Short, has reportedly taken her own life at the age of 42, according to TMZ. A rep communicated this brief message about the tragedy to the outlet. “It is with profound grief that we confirm the passing of Katherine Hartley Short. The Short family is devastated by this loss, and asks […]

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Gonna be getting another medal soon. During his State of the Union address tonight, President Donald Trump announced that he would be awarding Team USA goalie Connor Hellebuyck with the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Hellebuyck cemented his status as a legend in American sports history on Sunday when he played an absolutely incredible game against Team Canada to help the Americans bring home the gold medal for the first time in nearly 50 years. Hellebuyck, […]

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Luke Combs is a bit tired of the politicization of everything at all times. And if you paid any attention to the conversation surrounding the US Men’s Hockey Team right now, it’s not hard to agree with him, The country music hitmaker has been around long enough to see how politics have even creeped into music. For Combs, he does his best to stay out of it all. But on rare occasions, he’s either chosen to insert himself into the […]

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It’s enough to make a bald eagle cry. The US men’s hockey team is at the White House today celebrating their win over Team Canada on Sunday to bring home the gold medal for the first time in nearly 50 years. And it looks like they’re having a heck of a time. Things got started when President Donald Trump sent a government plane to pick them up in Miami: 🔥🚨 BREAKING: President Trump sent a Government plane to pick up […]

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Brooks & Dunn’s iconic song “Neon Moon” is likely the greatest honky tonk bar stool heartbreak track of all time. And on this date in 1992, the duo released it as the third single from their debut album Brand New Man. A solo write by Ronnie Dunn, it eventually became the duo’s third consecutive #1 single on the country charts. It’s hard to overstate just how important the song has been within the country genre, specifically during the glorious period that was ’90s […]

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Safe to say that Sturgill Simpson wasn’t a fan of Garth Brooks’ Chris Gaines era. It’s honestly a wonder that anyone was. The country music superstar made his out-of-left-field career turn while he was one of the most popular artists on the planet. Then he kind of went away for a while before returning to his regular, Garth Brooks ways. His alter ego experiment is one that will live on in infamy for years to come. In case you have […]

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He went out like a rock star, as he should. Music icon Ozzy Osbourne became sadly passed away at 76-years old on July 22nd, 2025, and the rock legend and heavy metal pioneer, also known as the Prince of Darkness, reunited with the original members of Black Sabbath just two weeks before his death for the first time in two decades for his final show in Birmingham, England. He had tons of special guests from the rock world also perform, […]

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