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George Kittle and Greg Olsen got the best of Luke Combs at last summer’s TEU. If you aren’t familiar with the acronym, TEU stands for Tight End University. Travis Kelce, along with NFL veteran George Kittle and tight-end-turned-broadcaster Greg Olsen, came together to create the program that shines a light on underrated and overlooked position. It sets out to help develop the next generation of tight ends at the professional level, and last year’s annual TEU event took place in […]

The post George Kittle Explains How He & Greg Olsen Bullied Luke Combs Into Going On Stage Before Taylor Swift At TEU first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

The second album from Johnny Blue Skies and the Dark Clouds (Sturgill Simpson) called ‘Mutiny After Midnight’ is not officially out until March 13th. But it’s fair to wonder if that March 13th date is relevant now.

The post Separating the Signal from the Noise of Sturgill Simpson’s “Mutiny” Leak first appeared on Saving Country Music.

Emily Scott Robinson, a Carolina born & bred and Colorado-based singer-songwriter, had the top album (Appalachia) and was the most-played artist on folk radio during February 2026, while Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis“ — an anti-ICE protest song inspired by the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in the Minnesota city — was the most-played song. So say charts compiled by Folk Alliance International based on radio playlists submitted to FOLKDJ-L, an electronic discussion group for DJs and others interested in folk-based music on the radio.

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Alcohol, drugs and infidelity played a role in country music’s most volatile marriages, but one of them really takes the cake. Continue reading…