In 2025, the world got a little quieter as a large chorus of musician’s voices fell silent. The list of artists who died last year includes soul icons Brenton Wood and Sam Moore, metal innovator Ozzy Osbourne, folk legend Peter Yarrow, songwriting genius Brian Wilson, and consummate Americana
Mon Rovîa “Bloodline” Janjay Lowe has lived the kind of life that most of us have only seen in Oscar-bait movies (and not the kind where everyone plays fancy dress-up – the messy ones). The singer-songwriter, who goes by Mon Rovîa as a tribute to his native Liberia, was adopted out of that war-ravaged nation […]
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Alan Jackson became a country music Hall of Famer singing them. But it was his long-time behind-the-scenes songwriting partner Jim McBride who was responsible for co-writing so many of his songs.
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Terrible news to start off the year. Jim McBride, a legendary country music songwriter and member of Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 78, according to the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. McBride was a native of Huntsville, Alabama, who started writing songs as a child and began pursuing songwriting as a full-time career by the age of 18. In the 1970s, he discovered a mentor in fellow Alabama native and legendary songwriter Curly Putnam, […]
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You hate to see this. We’re really entering into some scary territory when it comes to online scams. Now, with the addition of artificial intelligence into the mix, even the most skeptical people can be bamboozled. And to make matters worse, scammers evidently have no shame whatsoever, and take no issue with targeting the elderly and the mentally disabled. A Central Texas resident by the name of Anthony McAlfney is one of the latest people to fall victim to an […]
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Yellowstone fans out there can stop holding their breath. It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the highly anticipated Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler-focused spinoff: The Dutton Ranch. Back in October of 2025, there was an announcement about the series regulars being rounded out. That’s the last time that anything substantial came out about the series, which had some fans worried that there was some sort of delay. After all, Dutton Ranch was originally supposed to air in […]
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