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Simone Biles is a 7-time gold medal winning Olympian – and if they gave out gold medals for stank eye, she would have gotten her eighth gold tonight. If you are wondering why Biles was even at the 2024 CMA Awards, the world class gymnast was there to present the “Female Vocalist of the Year”

Don’t call The Red Clay Strays country. Despite Brandon Coleman and his band being nominated for Vocal Group of the Year at the CMA Awards this year, they’d be the first to tell you that they don’t necessarily consider themselves country. Ever since the band from Mobile, Alabama burst onto the scene in 2022 (after

Any reason this was canceled? Garth Brooks was supposed to put on an exclusive, free concert on Jimmy Kimmel Live!… until he wasn’t. According to the US Sun, the “Friends In Low Places” singer was set to perform mini-concert for the late night program on Monday, November 25th. However, it now appears that Jimmy Kimmel

The update we were all waiting and hoping to hear. Yesterday, country music singer Darryl Worley shared that his daughter, Savannah, had been in a serious car accident. The “Have You Forgotten?” singer was out in New Mexico for a show when he got the scary call from his wife Kimberly that their daughter had

Sundance Head is still recovering from a scary incident that took place at his Texas ranch, but he’s now doing well enough to explain what happened in his own words. In case you missed it, an accidental shooting involving the former winner of The Voice took place last Friday. Thankfully, the gunshot wound that Sundance

Have you ever had a moment when the first few bars of a song from a band you’ve never heard skips your ears and goes straight to the heart? That happened to me a couple years back when I first ran into Silverada and ever since I’ve been shocked that they haven’t become more well

Sometimes, you have to take a dance break. Riley Green is known for swooning women on stage with his hot and heavy songs like “Worst Way” or cutting a deep chord with “Jesus Saves.” However, Alabama songwriter is not always strictly business when performing. We at Whiskey Riff love seeing artists interact with their fans

Ladies, grab your tissues. Women everywhere are mourning the loss of rising country Zach Top, who has been taken off the market. You heard it here first, folks: Zach Top is a kept man. When Zach Top first broke into the country music scene, he was married, but he has since quietly divorced. (Peep the

Don’t be too surprised, but there’s another star in the making coming from the Lone Star state. A Stephenville, TX native and self taught musician, Hudson Westbrook released his debut single “Take It Slow” back in April while still a student at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, and having already had some social media popularity

A scary situation played out at Sundance Head’s East Texas ranch this past Friday. You might remember the name Sundance Head from Season 11 of The Voice, when the Texas native won the entire competition. The singer songwriter has since been enjoyed the singing show boost and has released two full length albums and a

The “Big Dog Daddy” continues to inspire. Though the world tragically lost Toby Keith back in February, the music and the legacy he left behind will live on forever. Toby loved being a country music star, but he arguably loved giving back even more. Keith launched his foundation (The Toby Keith Foundation) in 2006, and

Giving fans what they’ve been asking for. Blackberry Smoke are Southern rock royalty. Hailing from the great state of Georgia, they are a cornerstone band in the modern-day Southern rock movement, carrying the torch with bands like Whiskey Myers, The Steel Woods and more. With two decades and some change under their belt, Blackberry Smoke

Zach Bryan is officially a free man. That opening statement can apply to a number of different things the country music star has been dealing with as of late. Bryan is a free man in the sense that he’s no longer dating Barstool Sports personality Brianna Chickenfry. And now he’s also a free man when

Timmy Tyler is hitting the road. Backed by his stellar band The Food Stamps, Tyler Childers will once again be loading up the buses and bringing his country music stylings to a city near you. Dubbed Tyler Childers On The Road, the 2025 tour will kick off in April in New Orleans, Louisiana, and run

Muscadine Bloodline throwing it back to the heyday of vinyl. Vinyl records were first available to be purchased by music consumers in the early 1930s. Back then, purchasing a physical record (and already owning a record player) was the only way to listen to music that you wanted to listen to. Otherwise, you had to

Merle Haggard evidently had a big part in getting Brooks and Dunn back together. Living country music legends Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks recently sat down for an episode of the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast to talk about their reunion, working with younger artists on their Reboot and Reboot II projects, how “Neon Moon” has

Garth getting emotional (per usual). An argument could be made for Garth Brooks being the biggest country music stars of all time. Though that might be up for debate, I can tell you one area that the “Friends in Low Places” singer has the all-time title locked down. No one gets the waterworks going more

Now that’s funny… Over the weekend, Darius Rucker caught some heat for his halftime performance (if that’s what you want to call it) of “Wagon Wheel” at the East Tennessee State University homecoming game against Western Carolina. This season, ETSU started a new tradition of playing “Wagon Wheel” at the end of the third quarter

To be honest with you, I’ve been out on singing competition shows for a while. But this new idea from the minds of Blake Shelton and Taylor Sheridan is intriguing, to say the least. Competitive singing competition have been a dime-a-dozen ever since the innovative American Idol aired in 2002. One could argue that the

On Veterans Day, and every day, we honor and remember those who served our nation. Country music has always had a special connection with veterans as many artists have written songs throughout their careers, tipping their caps to those who have laid down their lives for our freedom or to celebrate patriotism. From Toby Keith’s