Yearly Archives: 2026

Ella Langley evidently wasn’t available to sing “Don’t Mind If I Do” with Riley Green… so the country star went and got comedian Kevin James as a replacement. You never know who is gonna pop up on stage in Nashville. The beloved actor known for starring in comedy classic such as I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Grown Ups, and Paul Blart: Mall Cop has been staying busy recently. And no, when I say busy, I don’t mean that he’s been […]

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The duo we needed. This past Friday, Cody Johnson released his new album Banks of the Trinity, which features a duet with his friend, the one and only Luke Combs. Of course, CoJo and Luke have been friends for a while now, and Cody was on tour with Combs in Australia when Luke missed the birth of his second son, Beau, and he saw just how difficult that was for Luke, as it would be for any parent to miss such […]

The post “Trying To Get Him Down To Texas & Do Some Hunting” — Cody Johnson Says He Has A Very Real Friendship With Luke Combs first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

A moose calf was caught on camera running for its life from a hungry grizzly bear in hot pursuit near Denali National Park. Nature can be a brutal place, and as you’ll see in this video below, the hunt for a meal knows no bounds. A tour guide who goes by “Denali Dan” captured a young moose frantically doing its best to get away from an apex predator on its tail. The calf ran up and around the Denali Boardwalk, and […]

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This is why I hate being around people. Noah Kahan, the indie folk superstar best known for songs like “Stick Season” and “The Great Divide,” has issued a plea to his fans after an incident during his show in Philadelphia earlier this week: Please don’t poop on the floor during his shows. I mean, common sense, right? Well remember folks, we have warnings on shampoo bottles for a reason, and it’s because there’s always going to be somebody who does […]

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Kacey Musgraves makes a strong case for being country music’s most important modern songwriter. Continue reading…

Pete Ham, who died by suicide in 1975 at age 27, achieved considerable success during his lifetime as the lead singer and a principal composer for England’s Badfinger. The extent of the Welsh power pop musician’s talent has become even more evident in recent years, however, thanks largely to a series of albums from Miami’s […]

The post Music Reviews: A Tribute to Badfinger’s Pete Ham, plus Graham Parker, the Tasty Kings, and the Claudettes appeared first on Americana Highways.

Don’t ruin a summer outdoor party by blasting the latest Luke Bryan single. Are you serious? Show off your knowledge of actual country music, and help spread the word about worthy artists by indulging in this playlist instead.

The post New Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Playlist (#181) first appeared on Saving Country Music.

No love for Taylor? Alan Jackson capped off a legendary career last night in Nashville with his star-studded Last Call: One More For the Road – The Finale concert at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. The concert immediately became one of hottest tickets of the year, and Nashville had been buzzing all week for one of the biggest concerts we’ve seen in a long time. The stadium was packed, the streets were packed, a big video board was placed on Broadway […]

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Jackson ended his touring career with a spectacular, bittersweet and star-studded concert event in Nashville. Continue reading…

Swamp Dogg’s Swamp Dogg Contemplates The Afterlife belongs in the long line of soul records where age sharpens the writing instead of softening it. The album looks at mortality, memory, belief, and unfinished business with the plain speech that has always made Swamp Dogg hard to categorize. A useful earlier reference is Solomon Burke’s 2002 album Don’t Give Up on Me, a late-career soul record that gave an older singer room to use experience as the central instrument.