Category Archives: Americana News

If you want to know why hip-hop and country music blend so well together, look toward Florida Georgia Line.  The duo of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley crossed over into pop music with the 2012 song “Cruise,” which was later remixed with rapper Nelly. The two then dominated radio with sun-splashed party favorites that expanded […]

The post Tyler Hubbard Shares Why Florida Georgia Line Really Broke Up appeared first on Wide Open Country.

No longer a convicted felon. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced today that he’s granting a full pardon to Jason DeFord, better known as country music star Jelly Roll, after a recommendation for a pardon was supported by the Tennessee Board of Parole. Jelly has been open about his troubled past: He grew up in Antioch, Tennessee, just outside of Nashville, and through his own estimation has been arrested around 40 times in his life, though the large majority of those […]

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Greg Biffle has died. The 55-year-old retired NASCAR driver was the registered owner of the private plane that crashed this morning, Dec. 18, at Statesville Regional Airport, located in North Carolina.  “At approximately 10:15 am, an aircraft crashed while landing,” said airport officials, according to the Charlotte Observer. “Multiple agencies are responding … including HazMat, EMS, […]

The post Retired NASCAR Driver, Wife, 2 Children Die in Plane Crash: Report appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Luke Combs and Scotty McCreery are helping a teenage girl fight the odds.  While playing with her siblings at a nearby trampoline park, Maggie Isble, a student at Liberty Creek High School in Gallatin, Tennessee, suffered a tragic accident when attempting a backflip off a trapeze bar.  “Mid-flip, she landed headfirst into the foam pit […]

The post Country Stars Send Well-Wishes to Tennessee Teen Paralyzed in Trampoline Accident appeared first on Wide Open Country.

The NASCAR champ and his family were reportedly aboard a plane that crashed in North Carolina. Continue reading…

Picture this: a moonlit turkey hunt, dinner prepared by Gwen Stefani, and a charming moment that had everyone laughing. What happened next is pure gold. Continue reading…

Carole King’s A Natural Woman (2012) remains one of the best music memoirs ever published. While many artists fill page after page with bawdy and salacious episodes on the road, in the motel room, on stage, and in the studio, King instead offers a measured and candid look

Christmas isn’t always so merry for everyone. Continue reading…

Hank Williams III founded the The Reinstate Hank movement back in 2003 in an effort to get the Grand Ole Opry to recognize his grandfather who was kicked out for drunkeness and missing rehearsals in 1952.

The post Opry’s 100th Anniversary Tribute is Perfect Time to Reinstate Hank first appeared on Saving Country Music.

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