Afton Wolfe Ophiuchus Admirers of Tom Waits & singers of that ilk will find Afton interesting. While his voice is not like “Louis Armstrong” as Tom Waits is, he does have a raw, indulgent tone that’s absorbing as it accompanies a light guitar touch & deft storytelling. His range is fragile, but that’s part of […]
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Billy Strings didn’t need to air the personal business of his deceased mother in public. But Billy’s choice to reveal her cause of death shows the wisdom of this young man.
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Koe Wetzel is getting the job DONE. Koe Wetzel often spends his time off the road in the woods hunting, and over the years, he’s harvested some phenomenal animals. While Wetzel is an outdoorsman of all kinds, loving both hunting and fishing, I always look forward to the hunting season to see some of these beautiful animals he takes home. Wetzel has one tour date left on the books for 2025, December 4 at WCOL Winter Wonder Jam, and he’s […]
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Mountain lions (also called pumas and cougars in different parts of the world) can be extremely difficult to catch on camera… but these two just happened to be in the right place at the right time. As the story goes, a man and his dog were driving near their home in Alberta, Canada when the driver slowed down his car to take in the sight of something that was moving mighty fast through the snowy landscape ahead. He was able […]
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Sharing some heartbreaking news regarding his mother’s unexpected death. Earlier this summer, Billy Strings, whose real name is William Lee Apostol, informed the world that his mother tragically passed away. Just 20 hours after Strings returned home to Michigan for the Charlotte Bluegrass Festival on June 19, Billy Strings’ mother took her final breath in the morning of June 20. Later that night, Billy Strings hit the stage in Lexington, Kentucky, and vulnerably shared with his audience why he seemed […]
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49 Winchester found out that Luke Combs was a fan of theirs in a pretty unique way. Isaac Gibson of 49 Winchester stopped by the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast to talk to us about why the band doesn’t do pre-show rituals, the inaugural 49 Winchester show being the first time anyone ever heard him sing live, how many years it took for 49 Winchester to go “full time,” how their band name came to be, hunting trips that he’s gotten to […]
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The world’s greatest sports rivalry just might be Jordon Hudson and Pablo Torre. Ever since Jordon Hudson and her football coach boyfriend, Bill Belichick, serendipitously met on a flight and hit it off, drama has ensued. (And I have to point out that’s at least how we were told that they met. When Belichick was asked about it during an interview, Hudson shut down the question). After everything that’s happened in the past couple of years with them, I’m not […]
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