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Zach Top stayed scarce intentionally when he first moved to Nashville. The rising country star that’s famously helped revive the country sound of yesteryear has had a whirlwind couple of years in Music City. He was originally form Sunnyside, Washington, and it was there that he found his neotraditional sound. When he moved to Nashville in 2021, he was already started to get some buzz online and in industry circles. Top explained in a recent episode of the Zach Sang […]

The post Zach Top Explains Why He Didn’t Play Many Gigs In Nashville When He First Moved To Town first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Police have stepped in to answer the prayers of a Long Island church. This is after a woman was arrested for allegedly breaking a Jesus statue.

The post Cops Step in to Replace Jesus Statue Beheaded at New York Church in Hate Crime appeared first on Wide Open Country.

The perfect tribute. Richard Childress Racing has decided to no longer run the #8 car following the shocking death of two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch yesterday. The team announced that the car, which will be driven this weekend by RCR’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Series driver Austin Hill, will be renumbered to the #33, and that the #8 will no longer be used by the team – until Kyle’s son Brexton Busch is old enough to use it if […]

The post Richard Childress Racing Will Renumber Kyle Busch’s Car And No Longer Run The #8 – Until His Son Is Old Enough To Drive It first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

How does a show move on without its main character? Seems to be all too common on Paramount lately… That’s what fans of MobLand are asking after finding out that the show’s main star, Tom Hardy, has been fired from the crime drama. Rumors were swirling online indicating that this firing may come, but many found it hard to believe. Even if there was tension between Hardy – who plays (or I guess played) fixer Harry Da Souza –  and […]

The post “Just Shut The Whole Thing Down”: Outraged Fans React To Tom Hardy Being Fired From ‘MobLand’ first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Clint Black dealt with a nefarious manager when he was first getting his country music career off the ground. The 90s country star just released his new memoir titled Killin’ Time: My Life and Music. In the book, he gets into the highs and lows of his music career that has stretched across decades. And it’s fittingly named, because his debut album – Killin’ Time – is what launched him to stardom. Black was signed by RCA in late 1987 […]

The post Clint Black Recalls How His First Manager Stole Everything and Left Him Broke: “Didn’t Have Any Money To Eat” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

The wrestler is facing a battery charge following an alleged confrontation with a neighbor inside his apartment building. Continue reading…

Stephen Colbert’s late night show came to an end on Thursday, May 21. After 11 years of sharp-edged political banter, satirical jokes, and laughs galore, Colbert, 62, said goodbye for good to his zany nighttime platform. He kept the mood light with surprise cameo appearances from celebs like Bryan Cranston and Paul Rudd. Also getting […]

The post “Thank Goodness He’s Gone!”: President Donald Trump Is Ecstatic After Stephen Colbert’s Last Show appeared first on Wide Open Country.

A camera caught two families in a brawl over a place to sit at a kindergarten graduation ceremony at a Catholic school in Toledo, Ohio.

The post Brawl Breaks Out at Kindergarten Graduation Ceremony Over Seating appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Johnny PayCheck ended up in the pokey after an altercation. Who showed up with $50,000 to bail him out of the Hillsboro Jail on May 22nd, 1986? George Jones and Merle Haggard.

The post 40 Years Ago: George Jones, Merle Haggard Bail Johnny PayCheck Out of Jail first appeared on Saving Country Music.

You picked Ryan Bingham & The Texas Gentlemen – They Call Us The Lucky Ones as your favorite new release for the week of May 15, 2026.