AMERICANA MUSIC

Today we got our first look at the 2026 class of inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. This morning, the Hall announced that Tim McGraw was this year’s inductee in the Modern Era category, while bluegrass legends The Stanley Brothers were (finally) chosen as the Veteran Era inductees, and songwriter Paul Overstreet was named this year’s choice for the Songwriter category, which rotates every three years with the Touring Musician and Non-Performer categories. The Hall of Fame inducts […]

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Several posts revealed the suspected death of the NFL legend, which spread wide and far. But, fortunately, this isn’t the case.

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I don’t know about you, but I’m digging this new Breakfield era so far. In case you missed it, after 15 years with the name, Boy Named Banjo announced the difficult decision back in September that they’d be changing the band name to Breakfield, ushering in a new era for the Nashville-based bluegrass-turned-Americana quartet. Originally formed by childhood friends and now signed to Rounder Records, they released the first single “Canyon Walls” under the new moniker back in October, and […]

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The city’s mayor said that 3.5% of the city’s budget, or $28,000, was embezzled over a period of a year. And residents are up in arms.

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