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“The Preacher and The Stranger” by Joey + Rory Holds a Powerful Meaning

Joey + Rory, The Preacher and the Stranger

In 2013, country power couple Joey + Rory made everyone tear up after releasing their new song “The Preacher and The Stranger” as part of their album, Inspired (Songs of Faith and Family). Since their debut in 2008 with their album The Life of A Song, the duo has continuously released chart-topping songs like “To … Read more

Meaning Behind Gaither Vocal Band Classic Hit “Yes, I Know”

Gaither Vocal Band+ Yes, I Know

In 1995, the known country music group Gaither Vocal Band released another hit song titled “Yes, I Know” as part of their album Southern Classics, Volume II.  The vocal group, consisting of Bill Gaither, Reggie Smith, Wes Hampton, Adam Crabb, and Todd Suttles, gained popularity for their heart-striking southern gospel song that everyone could relate … Read more

Hangout Music Festival 2024: What You Need to Know

Hangout Music Festival 2024

Festival Title Hangout Music Festival 2024 Festival Duration May 17-19, 2024 Venue Gulf Shores, Alabama Performers Include Gulf Shores, Alabama, Lana Del Rey, The Chainsmokers, Odesza, Zach Bryan, and more Ticket Information Get Your Tickets Here Hang loose with your friends and enjoy the ultimate summer kick-off, Hangout Music Festival, on the white sand beaches … Read more

FreshGrass Festival Bentonville 2024: What You Need to Know

FreshGrass Festival Bentonville 2024

Festival Title Freshgrass | Bentonville 2024 Festival Duration May 17-18, 2024 Venue Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas Performers Include Trampled by Turtles, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, and more Ticket Information Get Your Tickets Here Celebrate the best of roots music on May 17-18, 2024, at the FreshGrass Festival at the cultural hub of The … Read more

Sleeping In The Woods Festival 2024: What You Need to Know

Sleeping in the Woods Festival 2024

Festival Title Sleeping In The Woods Songwriter Festival 2024 Festival Duration May 17-19, 2024 Venue Hidden Ridge, Lake Cumberland, Kentucky Performers Include Cristina Vane, Nicholas Jamerson & The Morning Jays, Maggie Noelle & Ryan Allen, Darrell Scott, Hunter Flynn, and more Ticket Information Get Your Tickets Here Sleeping In The Woods Festival, a weekend in … Read more

Highways Festival 2024: What You Need to Know

Highways Festival 2024

Festival Title Highways 2024 Festival Duration May 17-18, 2024 Venue Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom  Performers Include The Cadillac Three, Brett Young, and more Ticket Information Get Your Tickets Here Hosting iconic events since 1871, Royal Albert Hall, along with Live Nation, proudly presents Highways Festival, a British country music festival, on May … Read more

Bear Shadow Festival 2024: What You Need to Know

Bear Shadow Festival 2024

Festival Title Bear Shadow Festival 2024 Festival Duration May 11-12, 2024 Venue Windfield Farm on The Highlands-Cashiers Plateau, North Carolina Performers Include Black Pumas, J.J. Grey & Mofro, and more Ticket Information Get Your Tickets Here Get out of your den, welcome the new season, and join the annual spring festival on Windfield Farm on … Read more

Rodney Crowell Teams up with Harlan Howard to Create Highway 101 Hit Song “Somewhere Tonight” 

Highway 101 + Somewhere Tonight

American country music group Highway 101’s “Somewhere Tonight” is one of their greatest hits that paved the way for slick 1980s country sound when it was released in September 1987. It is the third single from their debut album Highway 101 and became the band’s third country hit, making it their first of four times.  … Read more

“If You Leave Me Tonight I’ll Cry” by Jerry Wallace: A Heartbreak Anthem

Jerry Wallace + If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry

The chart-topping hit “If You Leave Me Tonight I’ll Cry” became Jerry Wallace’s No. 1 song on the Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart. It sold 800,000 copies and peaked in the charts for two weeks. The song garnered a huge number of listeners after it got played for Rod Serling’s 1972 Night Gallery episode, The … Read more

Dolly Parton’s “Hello God” is a plea after the 9/11 Attack

Dolly Parton + Hello God

“Hello God” is one of Dolly Parton’s top hits that is included in her thirty-ninth solo studio album, “Halos & Horns,” released on July 9, 2002. The album is one of Parton’s critically acclaimed bluegrass trilogy in her experimentation with bluegrass and folk sounds.  In 2022, Dolly Parton performed “Hello God” at the 36th annual … Read more

Big As Texas Festival 2024: What You Need to Know

Big As Texas Festival 2024

Festival Title Big As Texas Fest 2024 Festival Duration May 10-12, 2024 Venue Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Conroe, Texas Performers Include Thomas Rhett, Dierks Bentley, Billy Strings, and more Ticket Information Get Your Tickets Here The Lone Star State definitely just got bigger with the landing of its newest independently organized Americana festival, Big As … Read more

Aaron Watson Pays Tribute to late Lane Frost with “July in Cheyenne”

Aaron Watson + July in Cheyenne

Texas country singer-songwriter Aaron Watson made a touching dedication to Lane Frost’s mother, Elsie Frost when he released “July in Cheyenne (Song for Lane’s Momma)” in 2012. Initially, he had no plans of releasing an official record of the song until he played it in person for Frosts’ parents at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR). … Read more

The Story behind Darryl Worley’s “Sounds Like Life to Me” 

Darryl Worley + Sounds Like Life

From his sixth album, Sounds Like Life, Darryl Worley delivers a moving message with “Sounds Like Life to Me” as its second track. Before he released the song on January 27, 2009, the country singer kept it for several years with Wynn Varble and Phil O’Donnell before including it on the album. During a Songwriter … Read more

Neil Young Takes Political Turn in the Song “Rockin’ in the Free World”

Neil Young + Rockin' in the Free World

Together with the band The Restless, legendary country-rock musician Neil Young played “Rockin’ in the Free World” in a surprise performance that astounded the audience of Seattle Seattle’s Paramount Theater on February 21, 1989. The title was inspired by his failed attempt to hold a cultural exchange tour with the Soviets. When Young got scammed … Read more

Brandi Carlile’s Mothership Weekend 2024

Brandi Carlile's Mothership Weekend 2024

Festival Title Brandi Carlile’s Mothership Weekend 2024 Festival Duration May 10-12, 2024 Venue Seascape Resort on Miramar Beach, Florida Performers Include Brandi Carlile, Sara Bareilles, Bonnie Raitt, and more Ticket Information Get Your Tickets Here Mothership Weekend is coming back to Seascape Resort on Miramar Beach, Florida, on May 10-12, 2024, after a successful inaugural … Read more

Calf Fry Music Festival 2024: What You Need to Know

Callfry Music Fest

Festival Title Calf Fry Music Festival 2024 Festival Duration May 2-4, 2024 Venue Tumbleweed Dance Hall & Concert Venue in Stillwater, Oklahoma Performers Include Giovannie & the Hired Guns, Flatland Cavalry, Shane Smith & the Saints, and more Ticket Information Get Your Tickets Here Going live again at the legendary Tumbleweed in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this … Read more

iHeartCountry Festival 2024: What You Need to Know

iHeart Country Fest

Festival Title iHeartCountry Festival 2024 Festival Duration May 4, 2024 Venue The Moody Center in Austin, Texas| Performers Include Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll, Old Dominion, and more Ticket Information Get Your Tickets Here Mainstream country superstars are taking over The Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on May 4, 2024, to celebrate all things country at … Read more

What is the Price of Regret? Listen to Vince Gill’s Single

Vince Gill + The Price of Regret

In 2019, one of the most popular artists in modern country music, Vince Gill, released his new single “The Price of Regret” as part of his album, Okie.  Vincent Grant Gill, popularly known as Vince Gill, started his career in music way back in the 1970s. He went on to kick start his career as … Read more

Willie Nelson and Norah Jones Perform “Crying Time” In Celebration of Ray Charles’ Genius

Willie Nelson + Norah Jones + Crying Time

In 2008, live in Rose Theater, New York City, Willie Nelson and his go-to duet partner and nine-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and jazz vocalist Norah Jones, along with jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis’ band, performed Ray Charles’ original hit  “Crying Time” as a celebration of his genius. It’s for a live tribute album titled Here We Go … Read more

Oliver Anthony Music And His Breakout Hot 100 Chart Topper “Rich Men North of Richmond”

Oliver Anthony Music's 'Rich Men North of Richmond'

The “Rich Men of Richmond” credited under Oliver Anthony Music took the genre by storm for two reasons: First, it shot straight to number one on Billboard’s Hot 100 out of nowhere – causing people to suspect that Anthony was an “industry plant.” Second, it was a highly controversial song entangled in the world of … Read more

“It’s Finger-Lickin’ Good!” – Reba McEntire Stars As Colonel Sanders In KFC Commercial

Reba Mcentire KFC Commercial

Country singer and sitcom star Reba McEntire made history as the first-ever woman and first musician to ever portray the chicken tycoon Harland Sanders, popularly known as Colonel Sanders. Her commercial was the first of a series of KFC ads that introduced their new flavor, Smoky Mountain BBQ, and it’s reminiscent of the classic commercials … Read more