Charlie Parr’s ‘Rooming House’ is an emotionally impactful musical story in seven acts. Like a lot of Charlie Parr’s music, this album feels like a play where the stakes feel so real that you can’t help but walk away more empathetic for having experienced it.
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Three children and one teacher are dead following a horrific incident at an Oregon elementary school. According to a Thursday (October 15) report from ABC News, a 16-year-old gunman entered the Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday afternoon. He began to open fire. The shooter was also killed by a “community member” who saw the teen enter […]
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The Blood of Others’ is a gem of an album, as Cockburn shares many of his many musical influences by offering innovative takes on these songs even within their traditional structures. – Henry Carrigan for Folk Alley
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Sarah Julia’s ‘The Fear That This is Real’ showcases the duo’s atmospheric vocals and their ability to convey in exquisite fashion the jagged and poignant emotional ups and downs of life.
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A vintage Dolly Parton treasure. Fans know that Dolly came from a very musical family, growing up surrounded by musicians in her hometown in the mountains of east Tennessee, and her Uncle Bill Owens was her most important mentor. He sadly passed away in 2021, and she previously credited him with help making her a country music star. On August 25, 2026, she sadly passed away at 80-years-old in Nashville Tennessee. Dolly had been dealing with undisclosed health issues for the […]
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Simply brilliant. In May, Ryan Bingham released a new album, They Call Us The Lucky Ones, which was his first full-length, studio record in seven years. If you’ve heard Bingham’s name and maybe haven’t gotten into his music yet, he he played Walker on the hit series Yellowstone, but he was a staple in the Texas music world long before that. Along with his band, established Dallas/Fort Worth-area act with killer original music, The Texas Gentlemen, who are an eclectic […]
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Get ’em Big Velvet. Paul Cauthen was right in the middle of his concert in Grand Junction, Colorado when he had to go into crowd control mode thanks to a couple of unruly concert goers near the stage. I don’t know about you, but nothing irks me more than people who go to a concert and talk the whole time. These people took things a step further, and were apparently yelling at one another. It got so obnoxious that Cauthen […]
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Coming soon? Despite the success of F-1 Trillion back in 2024, the biggest conversation surrounding Post Malone’s venture into country music has been, “Just how long will he stay in the genre?” Of course, it was pretty clear from the start that the “Congratulations” singer was planning on staying for longer than some of his contemporaries such as Beyoncé, highlighted by the fact he’s headlined massive country festivals, opened his own bar, Postys, on Broadway in Nashville and has continually made […]
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This newborn elk calf was welcomed into the world with some wobbly first steps in Estes Park, Colorado. In case you didn’t know, Estes Park is considered to be the “Elk Capital of the World.” It’s estimated that over 280,000 elk live in Colorado, which is enough to give the state the honor of housing the largest concentrated population of elk in the world. That many elk in one spot brings tourists from all over the planet, particularly to the […]
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