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
The story of William Alexander doesn’t start way out West. It starts way Down Under. But the wide open spaces, the horse, tack, fence, and cattle, the hard-working days and the lonesome nights are no different no matter the hemisphere.
The post Album Review – William Alexander’s “Along The Boundary Line” first appeared on Saving Country Music.
Learning new details about the sudden and shocking death of Kyle Busch. The 41-year-old two time NASCAR Cup Series champion passed away on Thursday, May 21, just hours after it was announced that he had been hospitalized for a “severe illness” and would miss this weekend’s upcoming Coca-Cola 600. Just 10 days before his death, during a race at Watkins Glen, Busch had told his team to have a doctor meet him after the race to give him a shot: […]
The post Kyle Busch Reportedly Collapsed While In The Racing Simulator The Day Before He Passed Away first appeared on Whiskey Riff.
Reviving a fan-favorite series. It’s still early but 2026 has been off to a great start for Zach Bryan. Shortly after announcing that he’s beginning his sobriety journey late in 2025, he would get married to Samantha Sebastian on New Year’s Eve. Just two weeks later, he’d drop his long-awaited sixth studio album, With Heaven On Top, along with a full-length acoustic version of the record. Delivering another stellar effort, With Heaven On Top would debut #1 on the all-genre […]
The post Zach Bryan Revives “Belting Bronco” Series With New Episode Featuring The Bends first appeared on Whiskey Riff.
People find the quirkiest things to ponder about anyone in the public eye. They zero in on clothing, physical characteristics, speech patterns, you name it. The latest focus of mass attention and curiosity is Vice Admiral Robert Harward, USN (Ret.). He was recently interviewed on TV about the current tensions between the United States and […]
The post Internet Melts Down Wondering If Military Expert on TV Is Wearing a Mask appeared first on Wide Open Country.
A college graduation powered by AI went badly wrong as students booed the automated reader. It forgot half of their names.
The post “That’s a Lesson Learned for Us”: College Graduation Descends into Chaos After AI Reader Skips Half of Class appeared first on Wide Open Country.
We all know that Morgan Wallen likes to have fun on tour. But, when other country artists get involved, things get extra wild – and funny!
The post The Hilarious Prank One Country Artist Pulled on Morgan Wallen appeared first on Wide Open Country.
David Berkowitz may not be a name that sounds familiar to you. However, millions of people remember him as the stealthy Son of Sam serial killer. He terrified New York in the late 1970s while he was on the loose. Per the New York Post, “Berkowitz has spent the last 48 years behind bars, where […]
The post Serial Killer Says He Believes He Will Go to Heaven appeared first on Wide Open Country.
While in Austin, TX earlier this year for the DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas, Kyle Busch and his wife Samantha stopped by Austin’s famed honky-tonk Sagebrush.
The post Kyle Busch Didn’t Leave This World Without Learning to Two-Step (RIP) first appeared on Saving Country Music.