AMERICANA MUSIC

Before TikTok became the go-to short-form video app, there was Vine.  Founded in 2012 by Dom Hofmann, Rus Yusupov, and Colin Kroll, Vine enabled users to create and share six-second videos. Acquired by Twitter that year, it sparked countless memes and viral clips.  Artists like country singer-songwriter Ruthie Collins used Vine to share song clips. Online personalities, […]

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Paula Absul is mourning the loss of musician and bandleader Cleto Escobedo III. He died on November 11. The phenomenal sax player was Jimmy Kimmel’s longtime bandleader on Jimmy Kimmel Live! He was also a dear friend since boyhood of the late-night host. Abdul Posted a Respectful Tribute to Escobedo Abdul, 63, shared this thoughtful […]

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It’s easy to see how Post Malone became such a kind, respectful person when you listen to his dad talk. Rich Post is the father of Austin Post, who most of us know by his stage name Post Malone, and he sat down on the Jeremy G Barker Podcast this week, where he talked about raising Austin, as well as is brother Mitchell, and how he instilled certain values in them that has clearly lasted well into adulthood. Rich is incredibly […]

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Country music superstar Kenny Chesney remains close with a family that was directly affected by the Sandy Hook shooting. It was December 14, 2012 when a gunman opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in New Town, Connecticut. 20 children and six staff members were murdered that day by the senseless act of gun violence. One of the 20 children who lost their life was seven-year-old Grace McDonnell. If the name sounds familiar, you may remember the interview that CNN’s […]

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