Jason Boland & Flatland Cavalry Set Grand Ole Opry Debuts
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A couple of deserving bands from the Texas and Red Dirt side of country are finally receiving their due with upcoming opportunities to step into the hallowed circle at the Grand Ole Opry. It’s just the latest sign things are opening up a bit under the new Opry management.
1st Mainstream Station to Play Tyler Childers Doubles Down
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“You will be happy to hear that I have never received the amount of unsolicited positive feedback as I have from this show,” Dave Parker reports. “I have since expanded it to three hours, and now commit a consultant’s daily sin of featuring it in our middays. I am guardedly encouraged…”
Bobby Bones Draws Ire for Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud
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So now the biggest radio personality in mainstream country—the grandiose and bespectacled Bobby Bones—who is always laboring to be the undivided center of attention, took to TikTok to say the quiet part out loud, and is now drawing the ire of many in the industry.
Release Radar & Most Anticipated Albums for Last of 2021
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Well ladies and gentlemen, all the down time of the quarantine is catching up with us with an extra busy final portion of 2021 when it comes to the release of new albums. So to help you stay on top of it all, find this handy dandy guide to the albums you should be on top of.
Cody Jinks Shares Details & 1st Song from New Album “Mercy”
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The 12-track album was culled down from 30 songs Jinks recorded in May with his backing band the Tonedeaf Hippies at the Sonic Ranch recording enclave in West Texas. As part of the release, Jinks has formed his own label called Late August Records with his longtime manager.
Country Legend David Allan Coe Hospitalized with Covid-19
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81-year-old Outlaw country legend David Allan Coe is currently in the hospital after testing positive for Covid-19. He is receiving treatment, including oxygen, high doses of vitamins, and is being fed intravenously. Coe’s wife Kim and other family members tested positive as well.
Album Review – Chapel Hart’s “The Girls Are Back in Town”
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It all begins with the voices of Chapel Hart. When they’re at their best, any song could be stripped back to an a capella arrangement and still shine. But it’s the diverse expressions they explore within the country genre that makes this record entertaining, with unexpected turns .
Second Tyler Childers Single Certified Platinum
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The momentum behind Tyler Childers continues as now a second single from the Kentucky-based singer and songwriter has been Certified Platinum by the RIAA for sales and streaming equivalents over 1 million. According to sources, Tyler Childers superfan Tammy Chiggers is elated.
Famous Conway Twitty Songs Receive Long Overdue Gold Certifications
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Some feel the legacy of Conway Twitty is ripe for revitalization, and are working hard to see that happen. While monitoring the latest certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America, or RIAA, three popular Conway Twitty singles showed up as being Certified Gold.
Album Review – Jason Eady’s “To The Passage of Time”
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The listening room saying “Shut up and listen” was coined for guys like Jason Eady. It would be a cardinal sin to sully a performance from this sage of singer/songwriter country with something as meaningless as idle chatter. Jason Eady doesn’t deliver songs. He delivers sermons.
Beloved Music Promoter Kenny Ballinger Killed in Hit & Run
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Promoter, venue owner, and strong supporter of country and roots music in Wichita, Kansas, Kenny Ballinger, was killed Wednesday night (8-25) by a hit-and-run driver that is still at large. Kenny Ballinger was rushed to the hospital where he later died. He was 37-years-old.
Tyler Childers to Headline Healing Appalachia Benefit Concert
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September 24 and 25th at the State Fair of West Virginia in Lewisburg, the Healing Appalachia concert will happen with a healthy slate of headliners and openers, all working to support a prosperous Appalachia free from addiction, led by Tyler Childers.
20 Years Ago, Billy Joe Shaver Survives Heart Attack on Stage
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20 years ago today (August 25th, 2001), Billy Joe Shaver had a heart attack right there on the stage of the historic Gruene Hall in Texas while performing. He thought it was the end, and in some ways, wanted it to be. “I said, ‘Thank you, Lord, for letting me die in the oldest honky-tonk in Texas.’”