Yearly Archives: 2026

We’re proud to reveal the Top 10 Songs of the 2025 Wide Open Country Song Contest. These selections represent some of the strongest work submitted this year, highlighting remarkable songwriting, originality, and artistic vision. We want to thank every songwriter who entered the contest. The depth of talent made narrowing the field an incredibly difficult—and […]

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It was certainly a choice. On New Year’s Eve, news broke that Zach Bryan had married his girlfriend Samantha after rumors have been going for a little while now about their marital status. Until yesterday, though, all we knew for sure was that Leonard and Bryan were dating, and had been since just after the his very public and messy breakup with Barstool Sports personality Brianna Chickenfry. Bryan and Leonard’s relationship went public around August of 2025, and Zach actually […]

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Jelly Roll has lost an astonishing 275 pounds over the last two years and has truly transformed into a new man in front of the public’s eyes. At his highest, the country singer (whose real name is Jason DeFord) weighed around 550 pounds, but he knew he had to make a change. Jelly Roll recently admitted that it got to the point that he was “disgusted” with himself and struggling to do daily tasks: “A little bit over a year […]

The post “Feel Like A Teenager Again” – Jelly Roll Gets Candid About Low Testosterone & New Bedroom Performance After 275-Pound Weight Loss first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

If your New Years resolution was to ditch the empty calories of pop country, and start a routine of healthy music chock full of twang, truth, and top quality songwriting, this is a great place to start.

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Music Reviews: An Anthology of Beatles Covers, Ward Hayden Interprets Springsteen, and a Record about Records Another Box of Beatles Covers Particularly during the years when the Fab Four dominated the charts, countless artists from a wide variety of genres couldn’t resist jumping on the band’s wagon. The new With a Little Help from My […]

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Did your favorite Patty Loveless hit make the cut? Continue reading…

Hardy, Jason Aldean, Chase Rice + more stars certainly seem to think an FGL reunion could be in the works. Continue reading…

Fake news…this time. I’m sure you’ve heard the news by now that overnight, the United States conducted a military operation Venezuela to capture dictator Nicolas Maduro, bringing him to New York to face charges of narco-terrorism, cocaine importation, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices. The United States, along with most other democratic countries, hasn’t recognize Maduro as the legitimate president of Venezuela since 2019, following a rigged 2018 election in […]

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A big year ahead for the Texas rocker. The last two years have been a whirlwind for Koe Wetzel. He’s still riding high from his last LP, 9 Lives, in 2024, which led to his first-career #1 hit on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with “High Road” featuring Jessie Murph. In terms of his personal life, Koe also welcomed his first child, Woods Madison Wetzel, with longtime girlfriend Bailey Fisher on May 23, 2025, marking a year full of changes for him. And […]

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Yeah, this would drive me crazy. Dollywood, the theme park owned by Dolly Parton in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, is gearing up for the 2026 season by testing out some changes they’ll be making for visitors to the park. And one change in particular doesn’t seem to be popular… The park is rolling out new “Scan Pour Go” drink machines that will require guests to scan a QR code on their cup before filling up. The machines then give guests a […]

The post Dollywood Visitors Are NOT Happy About The Theme Park’s New QR Code Drink System: “No Way My Dolly Approved This” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.