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Zac Brown completely shut down all of the haters and political storylines ahead of his participation in the UFC Freedom 250 event. In case you haven’t heard, the United States of America is officially turning 250 years old next month. The 4th of July is always special, but this year’s edition will especially be so. President Trump has made an effort to make the celebration stretch throughout the entire year (that hasn’t gone exactly as planned), which is why Freedom […]

The post “This Is Patriotism, Not Politics”: Zac Brown Says He’s Not Backing Down From Singing The National Anthem At UFC Freedom 250 Event first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

June is National Bathroom Reading Month, and you have a chance to win $2000 for something you do every day.

The post How You Can Win $2,000 for Reading on the Toilet appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Billy Ray Cyrus is glad about his new album, The Hill, which is his first LP in 14 years. He is also reportedly in a stable, joyful relationship with Elizabeth Hurley. However, the “Achy Breaky Heart” singer is also looking back at some perilous health issues he weathered. Fortunately, he got past them, but it […]

The post “It Was My Worst Nightmare”: Billy Ray Cyrus Reveals His Amazing Recovery From Sepsis and Vocal Paralysis appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Advocating for American landowners. President Trump has appointed country singer John Rich to a new position in his administration, one dedicated to a cause that’s already near and dear to Rich’s heart. Rich, who is also one half of Big & Rich, will serve as Special Envoy for American Landowners, a position in which Rich will “serve as a leading advocate for America’s farmers, ranchers, and private landowners.” According to a press release from Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, the […]

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Never change, Charles Barkley. Never change. The NBA Finals are currently in full swing, and so far, it’s been one heck of a championship series between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks. The Knickerbockers stole the first two games of the series on the road, but then the Wembanyama-led spurs went to Madison Square Garden and took Game 3. With the best-of-seven series now standing at 2-1 in favor of the Knicks, it’s truly anyone’s series ahead […]

The post “They Might Be Cardi Ds”: Charles Barkley Says He Hopes ESPN Fires Him After Cardi B Halftime Show Comment first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

This bison herd said better luck next time to a pair of hungry wolves in Yellowstone National Park. It only makes sense that this incredible video below took place in Yellowstone. There’s an estimated 5,400 bison that call the beautiful national park home, and around 120 wolves also reside in the same territory. That might not seem like a lot, but the Northern Rocky Mountain area only trails the Western Great Lakes area and the state of Alaska in wild […]

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It’s time to consider the best songs and singles of 2026 so far. Opinions on songs are always more varied than even with albums. But the point of this exercise is to help inform the public about a song they might have missed.

The post The Best New Country Songs of 2026 So Far first appeared on Saving Country Music.

Samantha Fish and the Last Honest Noise There was a time when live albums felt dangerous. Not polished. Not corrected by committee. Dangerous. You could hear the room breathing. You could hear amplifiers misbehaving and drummers pushing a little too hard. Sometimes the singer missed a note. Sometimes the singer found one nobody knew existed […]

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Breakfield In the process of reviewing the self-titled album from Breakfield, I went back to listen to their last record, Dusk, released under their previous name, Boy Named Banjo. Dusk struck me as something released by a band exactly in the place Boy Named Banjo was occupying at the time; sleek, uptempo and likable, perfect […]

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Scottie Miller photo by Layne Kennedy Scottie Miller Builds a Song Cycle With Hello Pain Backed By The Budapest Scoring Orchestra Singer/songwriter and pianist Scottie Miller released his new solo album, Hello Pain, on May 29th, 2026, having just come back from Australia where he was touring as Ruthie Foster’s keyboardist. While Miller loves to […]

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