Just When You Thought Tim McGraw Couldn’t Sell Out Any Harder . . .
There’s times when you can see (or hear) the grass roots of REAL country music growing stronger right before your eyes (or ears), and this last Friday night was one of those times when Blake from the...
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Grand Ole Opry to Offer New Incentives Under Marriott
Last week The Grand Ole Opry, along with its parent company Gaylord Entertainment, were purchased by Marriott International for $210 million. Though Gaylord reportedly will remain in charge of most of...
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Saving Country Music’s Worst Country Songs of All Time
We all know them and we all hate them, those ubiquitous and ridiculous pop country songs that make us hang our heads in shame, embarrassed to call ourselves country fans, constantly making us having to...
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The Most Notorious “Gone Country” Moments
In 2013, stories of entertainers that "go country" are routine occurrences instead of reasons for surprise, intrigue, or outrage, because country music has officially become the default repository for...
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Mamie White of “Wild & Wonderful Whites” Arrested
Mamie Warner, aka Mamie White, sister of Dancing Outlaw Jesco White, and one of the main characters in the 2009 Johnny Knoxville-produced film The Wild & Wonderful Whites of West Virginia has been...
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Before They Sucked: Big Country Stars at the Start
When you look back at some of the early songs, early albums, and even the early image of some of country's biggest current stars, it can stimulate downright culture shock. Of course styles change...
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Mamie White of “Wild & Wonderful Whites” Arrested Again
According to the Boone County Sheriff's Office, Mamie Savannah Warner recently was caught trying to sell drugs at a Tudors Biscuit World in Boone County while two police officers were having lunch at...
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So Jonathan Davis From Korn is Working on Some Country Project
Sorry syntax Nazis, I couldn't figure out how to turn my R's backwards, but I am definitely talking about the 90's era "nu metal" rap rock noise band Korn, and principally their frontman, vocalist, and...
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Marilyn Manson Working on “Southern-Style Acoustic” Country Project
Remember the curious news of how Korn frontman Jonathan Davis was working on some sort of country project, and was in the studio with Big & Rich trying to hone in on the "Bakersfield" sound? Well...
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Song Review – Michael Ray’s “Real Men Love Jesus”
The environment in modern country music right now is such that we celebrate anyone with two 'X' chromosomes who can crack the Top 20, yet there's so many of these middle-tier mainstream males crowding...
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Album Review – Tim McGraw’s “Damn Country Music”
One of the big story lines in country music over the past few years has been the rehabilitation of country music from a quarter century ago that emerged during the period known colloquially as the...
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No, The Randy Rogers Band is NOT Playing at Trump’s Presidential Inauguration
Deep breaths everybody, deep breaths. You can put your pitchforks away. Yes, The Randy Rogers Band will be playing in Washington D.C. for a function that runs parallel with the Presidential...
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Brent Cobb & Rob Snyder Co-Write “Six Feet Apart” w/ Luke Combs
Pairing with independent songwriter Brent Cobb who had his own fast-rising career put on hold due to COVID-19, and well-regarded Nashville singer/songwriter Rob Snyder who rumor has it is finally...
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Oliver Anthony, Don’t Work with John Rich (& Other Advice)
There are a lot of threads and tentacles to talk about and run down when it comes to the ultra viral explosion of Oliver Anthony and the video for his song "Rich Men North of Richmond." The post Oliver...
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