Yearly Archives: 2026

Stephen Colbert’s late night show came to an end on Thursday, May 21. After 11 years of sharp-edged political banter, satirical jokes, and laughs galore, Colbert, 62, said goodbye for good to his zany nighttime platform. He kept the mood light with surprise cameo appearances from celebs like Bryan Cranston and Paul Rudd. Also getting […]

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A camera caught two families in a brawl over a place to sit at a kindergarten graduation ceremony at a Catholic school in Toledo, Ohio.

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Johnny PayCheck ended up in the pokey after an altercation. Who showed up with $50,000 to bail him out of the Hillsboro Jail on May 22nd, 1986? George Jones and Merle Haggard.

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You picked Ryan Bingham & The Texas Gentlemen – They Call Us The Lucky Ones as your favorite new release for the week of May 15, 2026.

“What a legend. Prayers to his family.” Continue reading…

Kyle passed away on May 21, 2026. Continue reading…

We are proud to present this installment of our No Depression Session series in partnership with NYC honky-tonk Lucinda’s and Hiatus Tequila. When Lucinda Williams teamed up with industry lifers Laura McCarthy and Kelley Swindall to create a Southern country bar in NYC&

Lucinda Williams at The Concert Hall at Groton Music Center in Massachusetts on May 21 The Queen of alt-country Lucinda Williams walked gingerly onto the stage at The Concert Hall at Groton Hill Music Center with the kind of hard-earned authority that can’t be faked. There was no dramatic entrance, no unnecessary buildup — just […]

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DÉJÀ VU: Celebrating the music of Crosby Stills Nash & Young at Cohoes Music Hall on Sat. May 16, 2026 To pay proper tribute to Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, first and foremost you need to have the vocal talent and three-part harmonies down pat, which these extraordinary Capital Region musicians had in spades. This […]

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This week was a good one for the blues. A five-CD, 118-track box set of Ma Rainey‘s work, titled Mother of the Blues, The Complete Paramount Recordings, 1923-1928, will be released on July 24 via Black Swan Records / George H Buck Jazz Foundation. This will the most comprehensive