Yearly Archives: 2026

Finally getting some well-deserved recognition. The Academy of Country Music announced the nominees for the 61st Annual ACM Awards today, and Emily Ann Roberts was one of several artists who scored their first ever nomination. The up-and-coming country star is up for New Female Artist of the Year, alongside Avery Anna, Mackenzie Carpenter, Dasha and Caroline Jones. And it’s a well-deserved recognition for Roberts, whose incredible voice and traditional country sound have positioned her for her breakout moment over the […]

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They thought this version of “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” was lost forever! Continue reading…

It’s a plot hole that’s been bugging fans for years. Continue reading…

Movie theaters don’t allow you to use your phone during the show, but that doesn’t stop people from doing it anyway. However, The Masters strictly enforces their no-phone policy.  Mark Calcavecchia found out how rigorously it imposes this simple rule on Tuesday, March 7. As reported by the New York Post, the 1989 British Open champ […]

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It’s always important to take the ACM Awards with a grain of salt. But there are some interesting things to glean from the nominations for the 2026 ACMs that were revealed on Thursday (4-9).

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We would have NEVER guessed it from listening to the lyrics, but it makes total sense. Continue reading…

Jorma Kaukonen and John Hurlbut brought their Last Bus Tour 2026 to Tulsa’s Church Studio on Tuesday night for a magical performance in the heart of Leon Russell’s Sanctuary of Sound. Having kicked off this month-long, twelve city tour in Austin on April 2nd, the long-time collaborators performed two sets as part of The Church […]

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This is one of the best one-day lineups you’ll see in country and roots music all year, and in one of the greatest places to experience music. It’s called “Still Rammin’ Fest,” and it’s all set to transpire at Gruene Hall.

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Fantastic Cat is a sort-of New York City super-group composed of four would be singer-songwriter stars: Anthony D’Amato, Brian Dunn, Don DiLego and Mike Montali (of Hollis Brown). They regularly wear cat masks in photos and readily acknowledge their commercial limitations; the joke is in part that their

Photo: Jacob Blinkentaff For Dale Watson, music started at home, not on a stage. It came from the next room, early in the morning, when his father picked up a guitar. “I would wake up to my dad playing,” Watson says. That introduction opened the door to a lifetime of listening. Records spun by George […]