The Droptines have tapped into some original alt-country chemistry that’s been sorely missing in the roots music diet, and have spent the last couple of years since releasing their debut self-titled album.
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Neil Sedaka was a giant of the music business. His masterful songs were iconic. He worked with so many of the greats. Now he is dead at 86.
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The collab I’ve been waiting for since last year. Last July, Stephen Wilson Jr. opened up for Eric Church during his 3 night run at Red Rocks. And every night, I kept waiting for SWJ to appear during Church’s set. The combination of the two makes too much sense: They’re both trailblazers who are unapologetically themselves, with their own sound that pushes the boundaries and sets the standard when it comes to both songwriting and musicianship. Of course Church has […]
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When Todd Daniel Snider died on November 14th at the age of 59, it left a huge, gaping void in the songwriting community that won’t soon be filled, if ever. A tribute has come together in Texas.
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Officer Caleb Abney’s heartbreaking death at the age of just 26 is so deeply tragic. An upstanding young man, he was a Hahira, Georgia police officer who lost his life during a traffic stop mere days ago. Abney would have been married in April to his beloved fiancee, Jordan Alexis Hicks. Instead, he is now […]
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What’s a pirate era of your music career without a little treasure hunt? In case you didn’t get the memo, Sturgill Simpson is no more. If you are looking for him, you are actually looking for a pirate named Johnny Blue Skies. He and his band, the Dark Clouds, have an album coming out Friday, March 13 that’s titled Mutiny After Midnight. The artist formerly known as Sturgill has stated that the only way to get your hands on the […]
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The collaboration we didn’t know we needed. From the outside looking in, there isn’t much in common between Taylor Hunnicutt and John Moreland. Hunnicutt is the female lead singer of a blistering hot southern rock-leaning honky tonk outfit. Though they’ve been honing their sound and touring relentlessly for quite a while now to build their brand, she and her band are one of the latest up-and-coming bands out of Alabama to catch fire, and it feels like they are on […]
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As strange as this might sound… a space coyote was the perfect cameo for Johnny Cash. For 37 years (and 37 seasons), the adventures of Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie Simpson have graced TV screens and made people laugh all over the world. The Simpsons is the longest running animated series and sitcom in America, with over 800 episodes and counting. When you make that much content, you’re going to hit the nail right on the head more than […]
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Though it’s not the first place when you think of country music, the state of California has plenty of country fans… and believe it or not, quite a few who call the Golden State home. Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Gary Allan, Jon Pardi, Jesse Daniel just to name a few. On the latest episode of the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast (which was actually a double episode), California native Sam Stoane spoke on the pressure she sometimes feels to defend the […]
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