Daily Archives: March 3, 2026

How can I convince my bosses that we need this for the office? (We work from home, so the office is my living room). I grew up in the ’90s, so of course I spent a lot of time watching Jim Carrey in his Ace Ventura movies. The first in the series, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, was released in 1994 and features the comedy legend in the title role, a private detective seeking to track down a dolphin that was stolen from the […]

The post The Famous “Butt Birth” Rhino From ‘Ace Ventura’ Is Going Up For Auction & It’s Surprisingly Cheap first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

The Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton rivalry continues. Ever since the two country music singers busted out onto the scene around the same time, they’ve somewhat been at odds with each other. Over the years, that rivalry has become more friendly and comical, and this recent video from Blake Shelton is the latest entrant into the overarching Bryan-Shelton feud. It all has to do with Luke Bryan’s new song “Word On The Street.” There’s a line in the chorus of […]

The post “I’ve Never Even Been To Egypt”: Blake Shelton Trolls Luke Bryan With NSFW Reaction To His “Powerful” New Song first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

John Hammond has died at the age of 83.  News of the blues guitarist and singer’s death was confirmed on Sunday, March 1, in a Facebook post from fellow musician Paul Smith. PEOPLE reported that the cause of death was cardiac arrest. “Marla Hammond called me yesterday with the heartbreaking news that my dear friend John Hammond […]

The post Legendary Blues Musician Has Died at 83: RIP John Hammond appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Megan Moroney revealed the two artists she’d most like to collaborate with in the near future.

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It looks like the Robertson family is continuing to expand. The clan at the center of the beloved reality show Duck Dynasty just branched out by adding two twin girls to its family tree.  Sylvie and Francie were born on Feb. 24 to John Luke Robertson and his wife, Mary Kate, who now have five children. Willie and […]

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Koe Wetzel has revealed the story behind the arrest that led to the release of his popular song “February 28th, 2016”.

The post Koe Wetzel Reveals Story Behind Arrest that Led to Popular Song: “I Woke Up in Jail” appeared first on Wide Open Country.

The Brook & The Bluff “Werewolf” The Nashville-based band The Brook & The Bluff are back, and they clearly intend to be heard. Their new album Werewolf, releasing on March 6 on Dualtone Music Group, arrives on a label well known to Americana and indie rock listeners for quality music. Although rock has always been […]

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For the shortest month of the year, February was still chock-full of great new roots music. Spotlight artist Big Richard blessed No Depression with a brilliant essay on where the get the audacity to be one of the most ferocious and funny bluegrassers around and Nashville-via-New Zealand fiddler George Jackson

For its 33^rd edition, the Wintergrass Festival (February 19-22, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bellevue, Washington) pulled out all the stops to celebrate traditional roots music and its evolution. 

The fest’s self-proclaimed theme was “Rad Trad! Listen, Learn, Belong.” With performances by

Chicago Farmer singer-songwriter Cody Diekhoff talks about earning – and spending – reward points while on tour, the inspiration for the first song that he wrote, and why it’s important to support local artists and venues.