Monthly Archives: May 2026

Crucifictorious is BACK. The cast of Friday Night Lights was back in the Lone Star State yesterday to celebrate 20 years since the show launched (how has it been that long?) Actors Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Jessie Plemons, Adrianne Palicki, Scott Porter, Gaius Charles, and more were on hand in Austin to reflect back on everyone’s favorite high school football team from Dillon, Texas. Not a real town by the way… The discussion was a part of the ATX TV Festival, which […]

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Guess they’re gonna need a new piano for tonight. Last night, Morgan Wallen played night one of his two-show stand in Denver, Colorado at Empower Field at Mile High with Brooks & Dunn, Gavin Adcock, Vincent Mason. He walked out with Broncos legend John Elway to kick things off: The Duke joined @morganwallen for Night 1 of his Still The Problem tour at @EmpowerField! 🤠🐐 pic.twitter.com/hz70Q549vR — Denver Broncos (@Broncos) May 30, 2026 But when he got to the part […]

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Ever wondered what it would be like to accidentally help write a monster hit song for a a country music superstar? Channing Wilson knows the exact feeling. The Georgia native recently sat down with us on the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast and talked about why he shifted from a songwriter to an artist, how “Bro Country” was a dark time in Nashville, the influences that have helped to shape his music over the years, and not being a fan of […]

The post Channing Wilson Details How He Accidentally Helped Write One Of Luke Combs’ Biggest Hits first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Not exactly a Fourth of July anthem. Martina McBride has caused quite a stir the past few days, after first being announced as a headliner for the Great American State Fair taking place this summer to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, before backing out just a day later following online outrage. The fair is part of the celebrations being planned by Freedom 250, which is a non-partisan organization responsible for putting together all the festivities to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. The […]

The post A Reminder That Martina McBride’s “Independence Day” Isn’t Actually About The Fourth Of July first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

The Hook is quickly morphing from an interesting concept into a bonafide music community, with each show doubling the audience size over the previous one, and doubling the amount of performers signing up to play.

The post See Episode 3 of New Songwriting Showcase ‘The Hook’ first appeared on Saving Country Music.

You picked The Deslondes – Don’t Let It Die: Vol. 1 as your favorite new release for the week of May 22, 2026.

EDITOR’S NOTE: No Depression’s new “Top 5” series features a quick playlist in which roots musicians share what they’re listening to at the moment. It gives artists the chance to highlight their contemporaries, as well as classic songs getting them through

Get your tissues ready. It’s hard to even put into words how much of a toll the 4th of July floods had on Texas last year in the Texas Hill Country region. The Guadalupe River rose dramatically due to torrential rainfall, leading to widespread flooding, and a significant number of the fatalities occurred in Kerr County. The devastation was truly unimaginable, with over 139 victims losing their lives and well over $20 billion in damages occurring around the region. While […]

The post Josh Abbott Releases Touching Tribute To Camp Mystic Flood Victims, “27 Little Butterflies” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Clarifying the “controversial” comment. It seems as if anything that The Red Clay Strays touch lately has turned to gold. After being one of the buzziest bands in the alt. country scene over the past few years, thanks to the success of Moment of Truth and Made by These Moments, the Alabama band broke out in a big way this last November. If you’ve been paying attention to them, you know they were bound to become a mainstay after winning […]

The post “Never Meant To Be A Jab”: The Red Clay Strays’ Andrew Bishop Clarifies Recent “Radio Is Dead” Comment first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

It seems unfathomable… In many ways, Eric Church is a bit of an enigma in country music. Oftentimes, he strays away from what many would consider to be classic hallmarks of the genre, including but not limited to rare uses of fiddle in many of his songs and the outright refusal to use steel guitar on many of his songs post Sinners Like Me. Despite this constant urge to push the limits and reinvent his sound, Church has remained not […]

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