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Your 2026 Calf Fry Music Fest headliners are here. As an Oklahoma State alum, I have many fond memories of walking (or slightly stumbling) into the Tumbleweed for the Calf Fry Music Festival. The festival conveniently takes place right before Oklahoma State’s Spring semester finals, which makes it the perfect study break to kick back,

Proving to everyone he still has it. Despite dropping arguably the most profound album of his career in 2024 with Fathers & Sons, there were quite a few fans online who claimed that Combs “fell off” given the record did not produce any smash hits that were comparable to the likes of “She Got the

Opening up about a very personal struggle following a very public breakup. This past Friday, Carly Pearce released an incredibly emotional and introspective new song called “Church Girl,” which finds her wrestling with the guilt, shame and condemnation that can sometimes come from the pulpit, and perhaps even more often from the folks in the

Now THAT is how you perform the “Star Spangled Banner.” Ahead of the NFC Championship between the Los Angeles Rams and the Seattle Seahawks, the home team decided to bring in a rising country music star who actually grew up in the state of Washington. There’s a good chance you’ve heard of him, and there’s

I hope she outlives us all. Dolly Parton turned 80 years young earlier this week, and it of course has me reflecting on some of her most timeless music and how important her story and songs are to the world. She has always been open and honest about many aspects of her life, and especially

Another one down. Watershed Festival, the largest country music festival in Washington and one of the largest in the Pacific Northwest, has announced that they wouldn’t be returning in 2026. The festival released a statement announcing the cancelation on social media: “After 13 incredible years of Country Music and Community at The Gorge, we wanted

William Clark Green is one of a kind. A native of Eastland, TX, Green has built a devoted following and earned respect from his peers over the past two decades on the strength of his sharp songwriting and creative approach to his craft. Primarily a solo artist – but also an integral part of the

It’s a great time to be an Ashley McBryde fan lately. If you haven’t been keeping up with the “One Night Standards” singer as of late, at the very end of December, she’d share a tearful video to Instagram and tell fans that she had just got done listening to her upcoming album. She explained

Pretty special surprise for a group of fans. Ashley McBryde dropped her newest single, “What If We Don’t,” this morning, the first release from an as-of-yet-unannounced upcoming album. And last night, she thrilled fans in Nashville as she resumed her residency at Chief’s on Broadway with a special acoustic show, appropriately called Just Me & My

Need it ASAP. Ever since breaking out in 2023 with his certified platinum debut single, “Coal,” it was clear that Dylan Gossett was one of the future stars of the alt. country scene. Existing in a similar space as Zach Bryan and Sam Barber, the Austin native has worn his influences on his sleeve. Being

Need more county classics from these Alabama boys. The Red Clay Strays heard fans’ cries and gave fans a full cover of a Hank Williams Jr. classic. Over on Facebook on January 21, the group shared a clip of them performing Hank Williams Jr.‘s “Country State Of Mind,” leaving fans with just a taste of

The Red Clay Strays tipping their cap to the great Hank Williams Jr. If you ask me, the Red Clay Strays – consisting of Drew Nix (electric guitar, vocals, harmonica), Zach Rishel (electric guitar), Andrew Bishop (bass), John Hall (drums), Sevans Henderson (keys), and frontman Brandon Coleman – are great ambassadors of country music. They

I love this song already. Megan Moroney has a brand new album Cloud 9 coming out which consists of 15 songs in total, and it has two features from two huge artists in Kacey Musgraves and Ed Sheeran, the latter of which is called “I Only Miss You.” She wrote it with Ben Williams, Mackenzie Carpenter,

A happy ending after all. (No pun intended if you’re familiar with Lee Brice‘s 2007 single “Happy Endings”). Brice shared good news with fans this morning after putting out the call for help yesterday from the Nashville community to find his missing – and pregnant – dog, Charlee. According to Brice, Charlee “slipped away from

Makes a lot of sense, doesn’t it? It’s no secret that Chris Stapleton is one of the most talented artists in the music world. Yeah… I’m not saying just country. Ask any artist out there – in any genre – and they’d likely tell you that they’d kill to have the vocal power that Stapleton

Superstar recognizing superstar. Artists in the music industry are normally quick to recognize other artists for their accomplishments. Chris Stapleton has always been great about complimenting others (even though he’s got the best voice in quite possibly the whole world), and he most recently shared a lot of praise for a former country-music-artist-turned-pop-star: Taylor Swift.

Worked out well for the coach…but not so much for the country star. The Chicago Bears take on the Los Angeles Rams tonight in the NFC Divisional Round tonight, after a thrilling come from behind win against the Green Bay Packers last weekend. It’s going to be frigid in Chicago for the game, but there’s

From the Pawn Shop era. The brothers who make up Brothers Osborne are hitting a significant milestone in their career this year. In 2026, their debut album Pawn Shop will turn a decade old. Released on January 15, 2016, Pawn Shop put John and T.J. Osborne on the map, showcasing their raw songwriting, incredible guitar solos,

That didn’t last long. The iconic Ernest Tubb Record Shop has closed once again in Nashville, just three months after quietly reopening their doors and attempting to rebrand themselves from just a record shop to a full four-story party bar. Honestly, it’s an idea that seemed doom to fail from the beginning. The record shop

Behind the song. 49 Winchester fans are looking forward to a big year with lots of new music on the way, but the Virginia-founded band isn’t forgetting about their beloved songs of the past. Closing out 2025,  49 Winchester announced they had signed with MCA Records through their Lucille Records imprint, which is run by