Category Archives: Americana News

Maybe the only people in Oxford not mad about Lane Kiffin leaving. Former Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin officially accepted the head coaching job at LSU yesterday, capping off a monthslong saga that ended with the coach that led his team to an 11-1 record and the College Football Playoffs being booed and flipped off at the airport as he left town. Honestly it was bound to happen at some point. Kiffin has a way of winning over fans […]

The post Lane Kiffin’s Former Yoga Classmates Are Spilling The Tea & It Sounds Like He Was A Menace In Class first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Keeping the students in check… or something like that. Treaty Oak Revival released their highly-anticipated third studio album West Texas Degenerate this past Friday, which fans have been waiting two years for following their breakout album Have A Nice Day, which they put out at the end of 2023. It’s an incredible project, full of that signature rocking sound, Texas twang and pop-punk influence, with features from Muscadine Bloodline, William Clark Green and more, and the tracklist consists of 14 tracks, […]

The post Koe Wetzel Makes A Cameo As A Flask-Smuggling Principal In New Music Video For Treaty Oak Revival’s “Blue Star” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

In a vulnerable Facebook post, the wife of the frontman of this beloved band also shared how much she appreciates the well-wishes from fans.

The post Wife of 90s Country Icon Calls His Battle With Cancer “Hell” appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Chris Young almost got snowed out during a stop along his It Must Be Christmas Acoustic Tour. The country music artist had only gotten a couple of weeks into his Christmas tour when he ran into a bit of a weather problem in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin (yes, the name of the city includes the state’s name). Young was set to play at the Crystal Grand Music Theatre – and stilled played there – when some harsh winter weather hit the area. […]

The post Chris Young Plays & Then Refunds Entire Wisconsin Show Due To Winter Weather: “Whether You Were There Or Not” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

As the holiday season ramps up, the number of “regular” album releases always seems to slow down. That says nothing to the quality of music, though! And November was full of exciting releases, including multiple tributes to Merle Haggard, and new albums from Colter Wall, The Mammals, Mavis

Jelly Roll pulled double duty on Thanksgiving, giving back at two different locations in his hometown of Nashville. Continue reading…

Apparently I’m not the only one who considers Jimmy Cliff’s “Many Rivers to Cross” one of contemporary music’s great compositions. Here are some exceptional performances of the song by Joe Cocker, Linda Ronstadt, Annie Lennox, Lissie, Allen Stone & EJ Worland, and Bruce Springsteen.

Joel Schoepf was arrested in Texas for allegedly participating in the “online solicitation of a minor under 14.”

The post Country Star’s Music Manager Arrested, Accused of Heinous Crime—Immediately Fired appeared first on Wide Open Country.

The point of this exercise is not to devolve music into a competition. It is to stimulate a lively conversation about what we all believe is the best album, using our differing perspectives to inform each other.

The post 2025 Saving Country Music Album of the Year Nominees first appeared on Saving Country Music.

Dude Cervantes and his Panchos are tear- the-joint-down bar band brawlers. The Southern California band’s latest, The Ride or Die of Dude Cervantes and the Panchos, on Cervantes’ own Blind Owl label was recorded live at the Hotel Café in Hollywood two years ago. The