Waylon never followed, or imitated. He led. Even if he was going to fail, he would rather do it his way. That’s why it isn’t just the music, but Waylon’s attitude that was so influential, and inspirational.
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A well-known Austin, TX musician and former contestant on NBC’s The Voice was arrested on sexual assault charges in October of 2025. Scartocci became known as “Mr. Monday Night.”
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I love this song already. Megan Moroney has a brand new album Cloud 9 coming out which consists of 15 songs in total, and it has two features from two huge artists in Kacey Musgraves and Ed Sheeran, the latter of which is called “I Only Miss You.” She wrote it with Ben Williams, Mackenzie Carpenter, Micah Carpenter, and Sheeran, and earlier on Instagram, Megan shared a teaser of the song which is a slow ballad that finds her singing about […]
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Adding to its legacy. Love it or hate it, you simply cannot deny the legacy of Chris Stapleton’s “Tennessee Whiskey.” As we all know at this point, the song was originally recorded by David Allan Coe in 1981, but at the time, it was nothing more than a middling single for Coe and peaked at #77 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. Two years later, George Jones experienced quite a bit of success with the track, scoring a #2 hit […]
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If the Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Rams make it to the Super Bowl, and the Rams win by a score of 23 to 14… that’s either confirmation that the NFL is rigged or that Oz the Mentalist is an actual sorcerer. By now, I’m sure you’ve seen the work of Oz Pearlman. He’s known as a mentalist and magician, and in recent years, he’s popped up a lot in the sports world. He correctly predicted the Final Four […]
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Most of us imagine the country music singers we love having ironclad poise and composure. Nothing makes them flustered or fazed – on-stage wardrobe malfunctions, hitting a sour note while singing, or performing while sick. They just carry on with impeccable professional aplomb. But one country music superstar has acknowledged that he was really nervous […]
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Rob Hirst of the band Midnight Oil has passed away, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Read more here.
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Depending on who you talk to, this season will likely be the last for The Kelly Clarkson Show. According to Page Six, insiders claim that the singer’s departure from daytime television is “definite. Another says it is “likely that it will not go on.” Supporting this, an insider shared with the outlet, “[Her show] is a lot to […]
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