AMERICANA MUSIC

The NPR Tiny Desk Concert we actually needed. This week, bluegrass wizard himself, Billy Strings, finally got his chance to do his own episode of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series Part of making it big in the music industry is getting invited to participate in the series, and while it can be a little gimmicky, many artists and bands see it as an honor to play the Tiny Desk venue. People like Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson, Post Malone and many others have […]

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Peter Greene, the actor who played a notorious villain in Pulp Fiction, has died. Read more about his life story here.

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Riley Green’s duet with Ella Langley “Don’t Mind If I Do,” which was the title track to Riley’s 2024 third studio album, is on pace to go number one sometime in the very near future, and it’s actually a solo write by Riley. I’m telling you, there’s just something about when he writes alone that works… another example that comes to mind is “Jesus Saves.” They’re just some of his best songs, and that is NOT easy to do, actually, […]

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Keep an eye out for these sauce and cookie dough brands that the FDA has recently recalled. Customers are at risk for salmonella and more.

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