Category Archives: Americana News

What a terrible day. Earlier today, it was confirmed that NASCAR driver Greg Biffle was killed in a plane crash this morning at the Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina. The news was first confirmed by Biffle’s close friend Garrett Mitchell, better known as racer and YouTube personality Cleetus McFarland, on social media, who also reported that Biffle’s wife Cristina, 5-year old son Ryder and 14-year old daughter Emma were onboard. Biffle was 55-years old. Retired NASCAR driver Kenny Wallace […]

The post Seven Victims Identified In Greg Biffle Plane Crash As Tributes Pour In From The NASCAR Community first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Gov. Bill Lee has granted Jelly Roll a pardon on two felony convictions, which he received in the early 2000s

The post Country Music Star Jelly Roll Pardoned by Tennessee Governor for Two Felony Convictions appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Keith Urban made some young patients very happy recently. The country music star visited Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, per People. It must have raised the spirits of all who saw him there. He reportedly had a busy and fun time at the renowned medical facility. Urban, 58, presented guitars to […]

The post Country Music Star’s Generosity Uplifts Young Patients at Nashville Pediatric Hospital appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Won’t want to miss these. As country music continues to grow seemingly exponentially both here in the United States and worldwide, highlighted by the massive increase of international shows from the likes of superstars, Morgan Wallen, Zach Bryan and Luke Combs, to independent and alt. country staples such as 49 Winchester, Dylan Gossett and Wyatt Flores, it’s becoming harder and harder to keep track of just who’s going where. With the year coming to a close in less than two […]

The post Eric Church, Zach Bryan & More — The Biggest Country Music Tours Of 2026 first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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…