May’s blues offerings feature a trio of powerful blues women. Belgium’s Ghalia Volt may look like a rockabilly queen, but her output is more Mississippi hill country blasted with chunks of bombastic rock. Irish powerhouse Grainne Duffy bemoans heartbreaking situations in a soulful rasp that cuts
Joshua Ray Walker has slowed down enough to feel what he’s feeling.
The mid-tempo, pensive “Chasing Sunsets” is spacious and melancholy like a War on Drugs tune. It opens with this Texan disillusioned in Hollywood, setting a rattled, twilit vibe for the rest of the tune.
Sam Barber is a contemporary folk artist who has so much more similar in style, sound and approach to the music of Zach Bryan, Noah Kahan, Joshua Slone, and other massive artists that have been dominating charts.
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Cody Johnson has CoJo Nation fired up with this new teaser. It’s been one heck of a 2026 for the “Dirt Cheap Singer” thus far. He won the Entertainer of the Year award at the ACMs earlier in May, and just a month prior, he let fans that have been patiently waiting for two years know that he’s got a new album on the way. Johnson officially announced his 10th studio album, Banks of the Trinity, will drop on Friday, […]
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It’s not the worst thing that went wrong while filming that movie, actually. Of course, Dolly Parton starred in The Best Little W****house in Texas in 1982 alongside movie star Burt Reynolds, and the film was co-written, produced and directed by Colin Higgins and was his final film as director. The movie was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and Dolly was nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Dolly […]
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She’s just a girl… Riley Green attended the American Music Awards this past weekend, in addition to performing, and he spoke with E! News on the red carpet ahead of the show, and he was asked about his upcoming role as a judge on The Voice. Riley will join for Season 30 of the reality singing competition show, where he will be joined by fellow judges Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine and Queen Latifah, and the show is set to air sometime this fall. He […]
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Charles Cioffi has sadly passed away at the age of 90. The actor, best known for his roles in Shaft and The X-Files
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Singer Amy Grant experienced a significant head injury in 2022. Per Fox News Digital, she fell off her bike and sustained a traumatic brain injury, Her recovery was lengthy and arduous. Grant endured problems such as “short-term memory problems, a slowed response time, balance issues, fatigue and difficulty remembering lyrics,” per the outlet. As a […]
The post “Lean Into the Things That You’ve Loved”: How a Doctor’s Wise Words Changed Amy Grant’s Life and Career appeared first on Wide Open Country.
Cohost Joy Behar shared the news on the May 26 episode of “The View”‘s companion podcast, “Behind the Table.”
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