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One hell of a first introduction. In many ways, Eric Church is a bit of an enigma in country music. Oftentimes, he strays away from what many would consider to be classic hallmarks of the genre, including but not limited to rare uses of fiddle in many of his songs and the outright refusal to use steel guitar on many of his songs post Sinners Like Me. Despite this, Church has remained not only one of the best artists in […]

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Thanks to the quick action of this brave woman, a goat lived to see another day after being attacked by an apex predator. Wild cats are very opportunistic hunters, and are always on the prowl searching for a meal. They’ll go after things as small as squirrels and as large as a deer or elk, and on this day, this particular mountain lion had its sights set on a goat that was being kept in a livestock enclosure. It’s hard […]

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Mother Nature forcing a change of plans. It’s been a rainy couple of weeks in the south. Here in Nashville, we had a beautiful spring with almost no rain, but the past month or so has been as wet as I can remember since I moved here 10 years ago. And down in Alabama, it’s been much the same story: Yesterday, on June 8, parts of Alabama received up to 9 inches of rain, with Huntsville reporting over 7 inches […]

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New music is finally on the horizon from the “No One Else On Earth” singer. Though you typically hear names such as Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Shania Twain and the like being named as the defining voices of country music in the late 80s and 90s, there’s no doubt that Wynonna Judd deserves to be in the same company. As we know, she and her mother, Naomi Judd, were nothing short of a power duo in the ’80s, scoring five […]

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On June 11th, we’ll gather at Lucinda’s in New York City’s East Village for Welfare Music: A Tribute to the Bottle Rockets. We asked some of the artists joining us that night to reflect on the band’s legacy. Here’s what they had to say. GET TICKETS GET TICKETS

Thomas Johnson of Athens, GA’s Futurebirds talks about retiring the band’s old van “Paco” on the side of a Georgia road, rehearsing in a space that exists only in his imagination, and the TV-repair gig he took without ever being qualified for it.

Alan is very proud of his grand niece and her music. Continue reading…

Rip is demanding answers during a new trailer shared ahead of Ep. 6 of ‘Dutton Ranch.’ He usually gets them. Continue reading…

Paul McCartney The Boys of Dungeon Lane Being a half-century-long Paul McCartney fan since my mid-1970s childhood days, I have been there through a good portion of Paul’s post-Beatles career, through the hits and successes, as well as the misses and missteps. As an album listener, I am not one to want to put something […]

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This week features two roots festivals new to the column: the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival (Calabasas, California, May 17, 2026) and the Albino Skunk Music Festival (Greer, South Carolina, May 6-9, 2026).

Begun in 1961 as a modest gathering in the Santa Monica Mountains Topanga has blossomed