Daily Archives: March 1, 2026

Charlie Barath – Issaquena Getaway This showcase was recorded in Clarksdale, MS, the legendary blues town & produced by Charlie Barath (vocals/Hohner harmonica/percussion) & Gary Vincent. There are 14 fortified Delta blues spirits sewn into this album with wisdom, confidence & brawniness. What you’d expect from a craftsman who understands the genre. The music begins […]

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The progressive rock band Nektar consisted entirely of Britons, but it achieved its greatest commercial successes in Germany (where it formed) and America. The group’s fan base burgeoned after the late-1973 release of Remember the Future, its fourth LP and the first to be issued in the U.S. The album, whose title track filled both […]

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Tom Hanks’ son, Chet Hanks, is currently stranded in Colombia after traveling to the country on a non-US passport.

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Well now. Country music’s wrestling heel and town drunk has hauled off and recorded himself an entire record of classic country music covers, and in a classic country sound, and in alleged tribute to all the past greats.

The post So Gavin Adcock Recorded a Traditional Country Tribute Record? first appeared on Saving Country Music.

Three people have been killed and 14 more injured in a shooting that occured at a bar in Austin Texas on Sunday morning.

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Saturday Night Live got players from both the men’s and women’s Team USA hockey teams to make a cameo… then cracked a joke about the political tension. By now, I certainly hope that you are aware that Team USA brought home the gold in men’s and women’s hockey. For the first time ever, both programs won gold at the Winter Olympics in the same year. That should be the headline, and that alone should be a uniter. But instead, the […]

The post “We Thought We’d Invite The Guys Too”: SNL Uses Cameos From Team USA Hockey Teams To Take Jab At President Trump first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Surprise! Emmy Russell, an ‘American Idol’ alum and the granddaughter of Loretta Lynn, is pregnant with her second child. Continue reading…

Some bands age like cast iron: the scratches add flavor, and somehow the thing gets more useful the longer you keep it around. The Band of Heathens have always played like they were born in a room where somebody left the Wurlitzer on, the amps warm, and the door cracked for whoever has a harmony part.

On Friday night, a capacity crowd packed into Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas to see Eric Church on his Free the Machine tour. As Church has consistently reminded crowds on this tour, he wants it to be all about the music. And on Friday night, that’s what it was: Just 14,000 Friday night soldiers guarded against the world outside – totally focused on the music, with no idea that outside the walls of the arena, the United States and Israel […]

The post Watch Eric Church & Stephen Wilson Jr. Deliver Incredible Stripped-Back Duet Of “Pancho And Lefty” In Austin, Texas first appeared on Whiskey Riff.