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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.

Alan Jackson spoke directly to his family — who were all there in the crowd — during his last-ever show in Nashville on Saturday night (June 27.) Continue reading…

Rising country artist Gracee Shriver is introducing listeners to her signature “Boujee Boot Country” style with her debut EP, Pretty Psycho, a collection of witty, heartfelt songs inspired by real life. Continue reading…

David G. Smith – Hero Street This set gets off to a dark start with the serious ballad “Hero Street,” sung in a near-narrative style of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott with a sharp storytelling approach. Smith has a strong folky voice on his 12th album. Acoustic folk-blues that explore heavy themes. Smith includes veterans & their […]

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BJ Barham and River Shook are two of my favorite live acts – whenever they bring their bands through Denver, I’ll cancel pretty much everything else to be there. With both of them releasing albums on the same day – Barham with American Aquarium’s New Ways to Lose, and Shook with their self-titled first solo […]

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The U.S. service member was taking part in a training exercise in the early hours of the morning when the tragic incident occurred.

The post U.S. Service Member Dead After Training Exercise Accident Involving Tank appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Alan Jackson will take the stage tonight for the final show of his career, the star-studded Last Call: One More For the Road – The Finale, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. The concert is one of the hottest tickets of the year, and Nashville has been buzzing all week for one of the biggest concerts we’ve seen in a long time. Along with Alan, the show will feature an all-star lineup including Eric Church, George Strait, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Riley Green, Cody […]

The post End of an Era: Watch Alan Jackson’s 1985 TV Debut Ahead of Tonight’s Farewell Concert In Nashville first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

A lot of tourists to the US don’t have much of a concrete idea of American culture. One Texas rancher was looking to change that.

The post Texas Ranch Owner Invites World Cup Tourists to “Redneck Crash Course” appeared first on Wide Open Country.