Author Archives: Echoes Staff

Jimmie Rodgers is often called the Father of Country Music, and for good reason: no one looms larger in the genre’s early years. Also known as the Singing Brakeman because of his employment with railroads, he made records that featured yodeling, vocal gymnastics, and colorful, instantly relatable lyrics. He drew inspiration from multiple genres, including […]

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Rondale Moore, a 25-year-old wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings, formerly of the Arizona Cardinals, has sadly passed away.

The post 25-Year-Old NFL Player Dead From Suspected Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound appeared first on Wide Open Country.

This week on Folk Alley, we continue our Black History Month celebration, highlighting iconic Black folk and blues musicians—alongside the artists they’ve influenced. Hear music from Muddy Waters, Son House, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and more.

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If you only pay attention, interact, or share one thing from Saving Country Music, make it be this playlist. It’s all about boiling it all down to the songs, artists, and albums that are saving country music right here, right now.

The post New Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#173) first appeared on Saving Country Music.

Church reflects on his brother’s 2018 death, and points to two scenarios that he wishes he’d handled differently. Continue reading…

The country legend risked his career on a song industry insiders didn’t believe in. Continue reading…

There’s a certain kind of roots record that doesn’t want to be reviewed so much as spilled. You know the type: beer-ring on the lyric sheet, boot-scuff on the melody, a chorus built to survive a room full of people talking over it until they suddenly aren’t.

From restaurants shaped like UFOs to those serving mouth-watering menu items we need in the U.S., here is a look at fascinating McDonald’s locations from around the world. Continue reading…

Authorities have published the results of an investigation into a deadly fire that killed NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin’s father. Continue reading…

Updating one of his songs for the current political climate. Billy Strings was in Nashville last night for the first of two sold-out shows at Bridgestone Arena, and during the show he changed the lyrics to his song “Wargasm” to call out ICE. The anti-war anthem, released in 2021 as a duet with rapper RMR, questions the wisdom behind sending our own men and women to fight other countries for seemingly no good reason: “I see it comin’ everywhere I […]

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