AMERICANA MUSIC

From all of us here at Whiskey Riff, we want to thank all the veterans and servicemen and servicewomen out there for their service. Veterans Day provides the perfect moment to sit down and reflect on all of the sacrifices of those who have served our great country in the past, and presently. We’re forever indebted to those who fight for our freedoms, and we should all give back and thank them any chance that we get. One person that […]

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Despite decades of making music together, Winterpills still feel like a well-kept secret. But if ever a song could capture the attention they so deserve, it’s “Wild,” the opening track off the band’s latest album This is How We Dance. The powerful anthem builds

Life and country music can be funny sometimes, turning what you think about certain things on their head. Tracing the lineage of the country standard “Travelin’ Soldier” is a good example.

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We had the unique opportunity on our final day at AMERICANAFEST to record a No Depression Session with Jake Owen at his home, half an hour outside Nashville in Kingston Springs, TN. We made our way down the hill of the beautiful grounds, passed a miniature horse grazing near a