Category Archives: Americana News

It’s a great time to be an Ashley McBryde fan lately. If you haven’t been keeping up with the “One Night Standards” singer as of late, at the very end of December, she’d share a tearful video to Instagram and tell fans that she had just got done listening to her upcoming album. She explained that even though she’s written and been through every stage of the process with these songs, it still felt brand new and had her in […]

The post WATCH: Ashley McBryde Lays Down Phenomenal Acoustic Cover Of The Johnny Cash Hit, “I’ve Been Everywhere,” With A Hilarious Twist first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

She met her now-husband at a barbecue in 2012. They shared the news of their private wedding ceremony on social media.

The post This 68-Year-Old Game Show Icon Just Got Married appeared first on Wide Open Country.

If it sometimes feels like we’re on the cusp of a revival in America right now, I think that’s because we are. Overall church attendance may be holding steady, but younger folks like Millennials and Gen Z are having a resurgence in church attendance, outpacing older generations for the first time in decades. Last year marked a 21-year high in Bible sales in the United States, and even country music is wrestling more with faith. Cody Johnson just teamed up […]

The post “God Is A Redeemer”: Jelly Roll Breaks Down & Proclaims The Gospel After Bear Bailey Delivers A Gut-Wrenching “Hard Fought Hallelujah” Performance first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

The trailer for ‘Marshals’ leaves us with more questions than answers about Monica Dutton’s fate—talk about a cliffhanger! Continue reading…

This news comes after months of backlash over Bad Bunny being named as the performer at the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

The post Bad Bunny Is Allegedly Planning To Wear a Dress at This Year’s Superbowl appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Guy Hovis, best remembered for his singing on ‘The Lawrence Welk Show’ with then-wife Ralna English, has died at 84.

The post Guy Hovis, Beloved Crooner From ‘The Lawrence Welk Show’, Dies at 84 appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Today, Carly Pearce released an incredibly emotional and introspective new song called “Church Girl,” which finds her contending with the fire and brimstone kind of preaching that you sometimes hear in church. I think many of us who have grown up in a religious household and in the church, especially in the south, probably know exactly what she’s talking about here. And speaking for myself, as a Christian who grew up going to church multiple days a week, it’s not uncommon […]

The post “You Are Loved”: Carly Pearce Preaches Grace For Those Who Fall Short On Bold New Single, “Church Girl” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Carrying the torch both in Appalachia and abroad. It’s hard to truly overstate just how important Tyler Childers is to today’s country landscape. Though Zach Bryan undoubtedly launched the low-fi, folk-inspired country sound that many know and love into new heights over the past four or so years, Childers laid the blueprint for Bryan and many others. As we all know, Childers’ rise to fame was far from an overnight endeavor. Though he broke out more commercially over the past […]

The post If You Like Tyler Childers, Here’s 10 Other Artists You’ll Love… That You Won’t Find On Country Radio first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

All tickets for Saturday night at the Opry will be refunded. Continue reading…

This comedian is perhaps the only person who could claim that he worked with both Oscar-winning Robin Williams and Insane Clown Posse.

The post Beloved Actor and Comedian Dies at 74 Following “Ongoing Health Issues” appeared first on Wide Open Country.