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Looking for some country music to send you into 2026? You’ve come to the right place. I don’t know about you, but I’ve really appreciated the recent trend of “get this piece of media started at (insert time here) if you want to ring in the New Year the right way.” Surely you’ve seen it, right? Whether it be a movie, or a song (I’ve seen “Feel It In The Air Tonight” recommended a lot), people are figuring out when […]

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Didn’t fit her. When you think about ’90s country, which is the golden era of the genre to some, a few songs come to mind. Whether it’s Brooks & Dunn’s “Brand New Man,” Alan Jackson’s “Chattahoochee,” Garth Brooks’ “Friends In Low Places,” Toby Keith’s “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” or songs from the likes of George Strait, Shania Twain, Tim McGraw and more, it’s hard to point to a song that truly defined the decade. One song that is continually thrown […]

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Bentley’s Bandstand: December 2025 Rodney Crowell, AIRLINE HIGHWAY. Of all the many talented singer-songwriters of the past 50-plus years out of Texas, here is one in the very toppermost of the poppermost on anyone’s list. Rodney Crowelll has always had a sense of the magical in his work that defies regular artists. He has a […]

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