Category Archives: Americana News

If you’re hoping to watch the All-American Halftime Show on Sunday, you’re going to have options on Broadway in Nashville. Several bars in downtown Music City have confirmed that they plan to change the channel to show the Turning Point USA alternate halftime show during their Super Bowl watch parties this weekend. The counterprogramming to the official Super Bowl halftime show, which will feature Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett, was announced back in October in response to the […]

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Kid Rock’s headlining the Turning Point USA Halftime Show — and if his longtime rule still stands, one everyday item won’t be allowed anywhere near him.
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A historically impeccable performance which will live on forever at the top of the “greatest Super Bowl National Anthem’s of all-time” performances. Leave it to  Chris Stapleton to produce a performance like that on the world’s biggest stage, which occurred on February 12th, 2023. Ahead of Super Bowl LVII, where the Philadelphia Eagles took on the Kansas City Chiefs, Stapleton moved everyone so much with his rendition that it even brought Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni to tears, among others, […]

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Country music artist Brantley Gilbert is speaking directly to those who are criticizing his involvement in the Turning Point USA “All-American Halftime Show.” Shortly after Bad Bunny was announced as the Apple Music halftime performer, the organization founded by the late Charlie Kirk shared that they’d be staging a “pro-America” halftime show to act as counter-programming. From the very beginning, Turning Point USA has maintained that their show will be “celebrating faith, family, and freedom.” And for those who have […]

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“I respect that some people may see this differently, but I’m not playing this show to be divisive.” Continue reading…

It’s been a long time since we’ve had a country act perform at the Super Bowl, with Shania Twain being the last country artist to headline the show in 2003… so it’s been over 20 years. Right now, country music is as popular as it has ever been, and with options like Luke Combs, Post Malone, and Morgan Wallen, so I think there are plenty of great options who could realistically put on a show that connects with a majority […]

The post Greatest Halftime Show Ever? Why Fans Are Revisiting The 1994 “Rockin’ Country Sunday” Super Bowl Performance first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Can forget about Primetime on the NFL sideline. There’s been a lot of speculation that Colorado football coach Deion Sanders could make the jump to the NFL at some point in his coaching career, but Coach Prime is shutting that down…and he’s got a personal reason for staying out of the league. Deion is, of course, the father of Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who played for his father at Colorado before being drafted by the Browns in the 5th […]

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Her second solo #1 on the country charts. Today, Ella Langley’s hit “Choosin’ Texas” is officially the #1 song on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, which is one of two charts labels use to officially track their songs performance, also including the Mediabase chart. Ella previously scored a solo #1 on country radio with her single “Weren’t For The Wind” in July of 2025 (Mediabse), and she has two chart-topping duets with Riley Green in “You Look Like You Love Me” […]

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A story has been going around about Adam Sandler’s daughter getting rude treatment at a chic store. He said it never happened.

The post “100-Percent Made-up”: Adam Sandler Debunks Story About His Teenage Daughter Being Treated Rudely by a Chanel Employee appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Willie Nelson launched his own THC beverage brand in March, and since then, he’s established himself as a major player. Read more here.

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