Category Archives: Americana News

Ben Chapman has lived in Nashville long enough to tell you all of the great places the city has to offer… and how much Music City has changed. The “Don’t You Dare” singer joined the Whiskey Riff Raff to talk about how he and his wife – fellow artist Meg McCree – juggle music and raising their little one, the music that helped shape who he is, having Channing Wilson as a mentor, and his latest album, Feet On Fire, being […]

The post Ben Chapman Details His Go-To Places In Nashville: “I Could Go On & On” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Blue dot fever strikes again? Kacey Musgraves has quietly canceled three concerts on her upcoming Middle of Nowhere Tour, including what was scheduled to be the opening night in Chicago. The canceled shows include August 20 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, August 29 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, and September 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. While no announcement was made, ticket holders were informed of the cancellations via email and informed that refunds would be […]

The post Kacey Musgraves Cancels Three Shows, Including Opening Night, On Upcoming ‘Middle of Nowhere’ Tour first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Fisherman’s Blues, the fourth and best-known album by the UK’s Waterboys, signaled a quantum leap for an already excellent band. The result of three years of studio work, this 1988 LP found the group expanding its focus from alt-rock to embrace country, folk, gospel, and soul as well as traditional Irish, Scottish, and Celtic music. […]

The post Music Review: The Waterboys’ Excellent ‘Atlantic Rain: The Lost Fisherman’s Blues Recordings’ appeared first on Americana Highways.

Now Waylon Jennings is receiving an honor he probably should have received many years ago. Though let’s face it, Waylon never liked being honored that much in life, skipping out on awards shows, and not even attending his Hall of Fame induction.

The post Waylon Jennings to be Honored in Hollywood first appeared on Saving Country Music.

Musgraves hasn’t said anything about why the shows were canceled. Continue reading…

John R. Miller’s The Great Unknowing expands his country-rooted songwriting without leaving its working-class concerns behind. The album moves between acoustic character studies, honky-tonk arrangements, and louder electric passages, but Miller’s focus stays on people dealing with disappointment, economic pressure, and their own bad habits. Greg Brown’s 1994 album The Poet Game offers a useful earlier model. Brown also built songs from ordinary lives and local details, then allowed broader social concerns to emerge without turning the writing into commentary first and music second.

You’d think they’d know better by now. Morgan Wallen is wrapping up his Still the Problem Tour, with only two dates left after this weekend’s two-night run at the Big House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. And for some reason, people are still trying to throw their phones on stage in hopes of…getting a selfie, I guess? Spoiler alert: It never works. Throughout the tour, we’ve seen several instances of Morgan getting annoyed with fans throwing their phones on stage during the show […]

The post Morgan Wallen Stares Down Fan Who Hit Him With A Cell Phone On Stage During Night One In Ann Arbor first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

The beloved ‘Jeopardy!’ veteran had won a total of seven consecutive times across her appearances on the legendary show.

The post Beloved ‘Jeopardy!’ Legend Dead at 52 After Brain Cancer Battle appeared first on Wide Open Country.

The Colorado wildfires had caused this firefighter as well as four others to be trapped in a “burnover”, where every exit gets blocked.

The post Fourth Firefighter Dead as Wildfires Rip Through Colorado appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Staten Kirkland and Quinn O’Grady have become a beloved TV couple over the course of the first two seasons of ‘Ransom Canyon.’ Continue reading…