The Earls of Leicester, a bluegrass super-group featuring dobro legend Jerry Douglas and other fantastic players put on a show that absolutely packed a punch. They were followed by the renowned master of the banjo, Béla Fleck.
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August was another great month for country music. In just the past few weeks, there have been so many amazing album and single releases, and it’s impossible for us at Whiskey Riff to cover every single song that deserves to be heard upon its release. But in my opinion, that is a great problem to have, and it speaks to the strength of the country music scene today as opposed to a decade ago or so. So, in an effort […]
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Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, have returned to the United Kingdom. But does that mean they are working royals again?
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Nowadays, if someone likes Limp Bizkit, they just don’t admit it. But someone didn’t tell this country music star.
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If you love to eat very heartily, then Wendy’s may have something geared just for you. The epic T-Rex burger is making a comeback, if only at one location. The Edmond, Oklahoma, site of the popular casual dining spot is putting the massive, meaty meal on the menu for a limited time, per Dexerto. It […]
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Bernie Eccelstone was detained in Portugal on Monday after customs found him in possession of an undocumented shotgun. Eccelstone, 95, was detained at Tires Aerodrome in Cascais, shortly after the former Formula One chief’s private jet landed, according to Portuguese outlet Correio da Manha. His arrest was “carried out by officers from the Airport Division of the PSP (Portuguese […]
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Breaking his silence? Former NASCAR driver Brian Vickers, who won the Busch Series championship in 2003 before being forced into retirement from full time racing in 2015 due to health issues, has seemingly broken his silence after appearing several times in documents related to sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, which were released back in January by the Department of Justice. Vickers drove for several teams in the Cup Series, including Hendrick Motorsports, Team Red Bull and Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR). And […]
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During a radio appearance, he did not announce a formal campaign. However, he did discuss the issues he would want a candidate to address.
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Rosanne Cash, the daughter of legendary singer Johnny Cash, has postponed her next three shows due to an “unforeseen medical emergency,” her management wrote on social media Monday. Her team announced that the health scare will force her to miss her scheduled shows in Wyoming and Montana. The second-generation music star plans to reschedule the […]
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The total count of “Stella Lefty songs that sound like something else” has reached four, and we’re going to take a look at every instance where the “Boston” singer has borrowed from – or seemingly found inspiration in – popular tracks that already existed. As you likely already know, Stella Lefty is an indie-folk leaning country artist, who dropped her first single “Kiss Me” back in November 2024. She released a few songs throughout 2025, but her first viral hit […]
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