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Mass Shooting at Gilroy Garlic Festival in California

On Sunday at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, a gunman opened fire at the food and entertainment festival held at South of San Jose, California.  Another Mass Shooting The Mercury News reported that the shooting started at 5:30 PM, about 30 minutes before the festival closed down for the day. In an updated version of the … Read more

That “One Friend” Who Never Leaves Us

Dan Seals brings us this country classic song “One Friend,” a sweet simple song that talks about someone who makes life special for us. There are so many songs about friends out there including “Buddy” by Willie Nelson, “My Best Friend” by Tim McGraw,  and “You’ve Got A Friend” by James Taylor to name a … Read more

Melba Montgomery’s Only No. 1 Hit, A Mother’s Love, “No Charge”

This song was written by Harlan Howard. Popularized by Melba Montgomery and was a no.1 hit in 1974 in both U.S. and Canada. Not only that, the song landed at no. 39 on the U.S. pop charts. About Melba Montgomery Melba Montgomery had already recorded a series of duets with other country artists like George … Read more

An Amazing Woman Finds A Way On Helping The Mentally Ill People

Numerous of signs have been popping up around the world like in schools, roads, homes, and many other places. But what makes this article more special is that a woman have a created an encouraging sign that helps the mentally ill persons overcome the distress in their lives. The Amazing Woman Amy Wolff had an idea … Read more

Are We Worthy of God? Do We Even Deserve To Be?

As Christians, we always do our best to be worthy of the Lord. Be it in worshiping Him, following His words through the scriptures or spreading His faith in ways we can (Much like what I’m doing now). Sometimes though, we may have that sudden feeling of unworthiness just overcoming us, after all we are … Read more

‘The Old Rugged Cross’ More than an Inspiring Easter Song

Alan Jackson brings us a great song to sing for the day of Jesus’ ascension with his rendition of ‘The Old Rugged Cross’. It’s not just a song for Easter that represents the sacrifices of Jesus and the faith that we have strengthened because of it. More than that, the song also speaks about keeping … Read more

If You’re Reading This, Remember Our Brave Ones

Tim Mcgraw gives us a song of comfort, inspiration and hope in his song ‘If You’re Reading This’. The Defense Department personnel data reports that in the year 2017, the US had 1.3 million active duty military and around 800,000 reserves. Assuredly, those numbers may have gone up since then, not surprising since there are … Read more

Juice Newton’s Classic Song and Effective Love Confession

Today’s society is all about the fast lane. Thanks to the internet, almost anything we want can come to us in an instant. Whether it be that Juice Newton’s commemorative coaster you got from amazon or finding the perfect recipe for the best burger, anything can be found because of the internet. Sadly, the internet … Read more

Don Gibson’s Heartwarming Song “Oh Lonesome Me”

Nothing says sadder than a man trying to move on desperately from a previous lover. Don Gibson successfully immortalized this song as one of the classic break-up song in country music history. This classic hit was penned and originally recorded by Don Gibson himself. He was helped by another country music legend, Chet Atkins, who … Read more

Luke Bryan, a true Success Story from tragedy to making Music History

Luke Bryans opens up about the struggles that artists usually have experienced once or twice in their lifetime. In his case, he said in his interview back in 2013 with Amy Robach’s show 20/20’s “I’ve had panic attacks, you know, before big moments,” We all know that as a musician every moment is big and … Read more

Garth Brooks Wins his First Artist of the Decade at iHeartRadio Award

Garth Brooks, now at 57, wins his first Artist of the Decade at the recently held iHeartRadio 2019 awarding ceremony. Brooks is now the first country musician to win the said award given by iHeartRadio, held at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. With a lot of artists from the past generation to now, it is … Read more

Before “Prayin’ for Daylight”, Start of Rascal Flatts, and Many More

Once in our life, we experience relationship break ups; or to make it lighter, left for a reason. We curl up in bed and spend lonely days and nights. More frequently, we listen to sad mellow songs, because somehow they get away with our feelings. Yes, we can still be upset. But, why not try … Read more

Steve Wariner’s Cover of Charlie Rich Song “Behind Closed Doors”

In 2016, CMA celebrated their 50th Annual Award Show. In order to have an unforgettable celebration, they gather together country artist, young and old, to cover classic country songs that won a CMA Award. One of the songs that won an award was Charlie Rich‘s song “Behind Closed Doors” in 1973. They have invited country … Read more

Joe Nichols Relaunches “Brokenheartsville” in his Greatest Hits

The song In 2011, American country star Joe Nichols released his first ever Greatest Hits album which features some of his best songs. It includes the famous song Brokenheartsville, among his other great hits. This song features Nichols’ iconic cool voice singing about a strong and clear story about a man who saw his woman … Read more

Steve Wariner and Why He’s a Fitting Voice for “Who’s the Boss”

Following the success of his co-written hit, “You Can Dream of Me” in 1986, Steve Wariner got an invitation to pen a new theme song for ABC’s, “Who’s the Boss.” For two years, the song “A Brand New Life” was the TV series‘ trademark in the 80’s. While we don’t know what happened in between, … Read more

Wallow in Nostalgia to This 15-year old’s Version of ‘Ring of Fire’, a Johnny Cash Reincarnation

We’ve heard covers of Johnny Cash’s ‘Ring of Fire’. One of which was that of Home Free with Avi Kaplan of Pentatonix. That was an a capella version which flowed in our veins so smoothly we could all sing along. Would you give it one more chance to hear it’s solo cover version? I know … Read more

Loretta Lynn Feels Better and Announces Upcoming duet with Grandson

News came out last week about Loretta’s accident at her home on New Year ’s Day, suffering a broken hip. Fortunately, the 85-year-old singer-songwriter is in good spirits and despite all that happened. She had sessions of rehabilitation to recover from her fall.  Loretta feels mad about putting up with her illnesses, watching TV. She … Read more

Rimes Shares 14-year old Commercial with McEntire

In a social media post, LeAnn Rimes reminisced a Dr. Pepper commercial she did with Reba Mcentire in 2004. In the caption that accompanied the video, Rimes wrote,  “Hanging in the desert with Reba McEntire.“ Dr. Pepper “Be You” McEntire and Rimes’ commercial fostered a great vibe. That was boosted by the duet they sang … Read more

Our Kind of Country HOT LEGS BY ROD STEWART: One Fine Example of Honky-tonkin’ Country Music

“…unrecognized classic gems from a likewise unrecognized gem of a country artist…” HOWDY Y’ALL! BEAUTIFUL IS TODAY—AS ALWAYS. And today I feel like talkin’ ‘bout one of them unrecognized classic gems from a likewise unrecognized gem of a country artist… […“Sir Roddy”…] PRESENTING SIR RICK DAVID STEWART! Yeah, the British-folk know him as “Sir Roddy” … Read more

The Story Behind The Song:“Ridin’ My Thumb To Mexico”

Johnny Rodriguez set a country music precedent when he became the first Mexican-American to garner a #1 record on the Billboard charts. Born December 10, 1951, Rodriguez grew up in Sabinal, Texas, about 90 miles from the Mexican border. Johnny was the next to youngest of ten children in the family, living in a four-room … Read more

Trisha Yearwood’s Food Network Series Reaches 10th Season

Trisha Yearwood’s cooking show was the fulfillment of her lifelong dream. The show began airing in 2012, and it featured Trisha’s special southern recipes. Yearwood did not expect to win an Emmy for a daytime show. As a child, her dream was to be like Cher and Linda Ronstadt Yes, she was exposed to the … Read more