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Jelly Roll’s weight loss journey is anything but typical. Picture a pantry where a banana becomes a treasure amidst clever snack hiding tactics! Continue reading…

Ethereal singer-songwriter Zandi Holup met us at The Red Building on Nashville’s Music Row during AMERICANAFEST 2025 to share three songs from her debut album Wildflower.

This No Depression session started with a heavy but hopeful song, “Mary Jane,” written for a real life friend recovering

Editor’s Note: Here at No Depression there’s too much great roots music in a year for us to cover it all. So in December, when new releases slow down, we ask writers to review some of the best albums we missed throughout the year in an

Check out this week’s best new folk, roots, and Americana music in rotation at Folk Alley!

The post Hear the Best New Folk Music with Fresh Cuts Friday appeared first on Folk Alley.

If Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy Norris is saying it, that means Taylor Sheridan is thinking it. Landman, the hit show that no one saw coming, returned for Season 2 in November (and was recently picked up for a third). For some viewers, Landman is the very first time that the curtain has been pulled back on the oil industry. That was part of the motivation for the series, which had more than 14.9 million people tune in during the first […]

The post Billy Bob Thornton Says Taylor Sheridan Funnels His Own Opinions Through Tommy Norris: “Absolutely How Taylor Talks” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

They are just letting any idiot walk around in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, eh? If I’ve learned anything perusing internet videos that focus on the outdoors, it’s that morons and wildlife don’t mix. Fortunately, a lot of encounters end up being harmless, and just make for scary-but-funny, what-not-to-do examples of humans and wild animals coexisting. Every time a bear is involved though, the stakes are a little bit higher. It’s estimated that around 400,000 bears live in the […]

The post Gatlinburg Tourist Idiotically Slaps Black Bear From Behind, Promptly Gets Charged first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

An exceeding about of noise is exactly what Austin-based songwriter Jonathan Terrell has been making after his 2020 album Westward was pulled from streaming recently due to these false claims.

The post Jonathan Terrell’s Album Was Pulled From Streaming. He Took It Personal first appeared on Saving Country Music.

Weight loss can change someone’s life dramatically. When people shed pounds, they look and feel better. usually become more active, and drastically improve their overall health. Jelly Roll recently lost around 200 pounds. (He formerly weighed approximately 500 pounds.) It has taken him a long time and plenty of dedication and commitment. At the age […]

The post Jelly Roll Dishes About a Consequence of His Dramatic Weight Loss: “I Have 35 Pounds of [Extra] Skin” appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Jim Ward, best known for his work on ‘Fairly OddParents’, has passed away at the age of 66 following complications with Alzheimer’s.

The post ‘Fairly OddParents’ and ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender‘ Star Dead at 66 appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Bet NASCAR wishes they had settled this one from the beginning. A settlement was reached today in the bombshell lawsuit against NASCAR that was filed last year by two of its race teams, 23XI Racing (which is owned by NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin and NBA legend Michael Jordan) and Front Row Motorsports. The surprise settlement, which came after 8 days of testimony in the trial that rocked the sport, brought to an end the lawsuit from the teams that accused […]

The post What Did Teams Get Out Of The Settlement In 23XI Racing’s Antitrust Lawsuit Against NASCAR? A Lot, It Sounds Like first appeared on Whiskey Riff.