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Miranda Lambert is one of the most respected country artists in the genre today, and for good reason… she’s as talented as they come. Back in 2017, Lambert, who is a Texas native herself, tipped the cap to another Texas country legend, Waylon Jennings. ‘I Ain’t Living Long Like This’ was originally a Rodney Crowell

It’s been a little over a week since the Nashville bombing on Christmas day. Thankfully, only a few people were injured in the blast, but the physical damage is devastating. Over 40 buildings were damaged, homes and  businesses destroyed, and for one musician, his livelihood was damaged in the blast as well. Buck McCoy lives

It’s was a tough year for just about everyone, but the country music community was hit especially hard in 2020. While we look forward to a better year in 2021, it’s also a good time to reflect back on 2020 and remember all it has taken a lot from us. Singer, songwriters, reporters, radio show

We’re back. New music always slows down at the end of the year, and while we have a pretty light week to kick off 2021, we got enough for a playlist. This week on the Whiskey Riff New Music Friday Playlist, we have a new tunes from Parker McCollum, Hailey Whitters with Little Big Town,

With 2020 in the rearview, it is time to ring in the new year with a clean slate. For most of us, 2020 sucked… but the title track of Chris Stapleton’s new album is the perfect reminder to be present, and enjoy life the way it is. “Starting Over” tells us to make the most

Ol’ John Dutton has some damn fine taste in music. John Dutton, played by Kevin Costner, is the patriarch of the Dutton family in the Paramount Network hit series Yellowstone. And aside from the show itself being pretty damn incredible, the soundtrack is unlike anything I’ve ever heard. We’re talking Tyler Childers, Cody Jinks, Whiskey Myers, Sturgill

Sturgill Simpson is a modern day outlaw, doing all he can to resist the status quo while maintaining below-the-radar, genre defying superstardom. Prior to 2020, Simpson had already released four albums and helped produce Tyler Childers’ Purgatory and Country Squire. If that wasn’t enough, Simpson shook the world as he got back to the basics

This has always kind of bugged me… How in the hell were songs like “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk,”  “Swing,” and “Ladies Love Country Boys” written by Jamey Johnson and Chris Stapleton? Back in 2005, Adkins released a powerful song called “Arlington,” a beautiful tribute dedicated to fallen our soldiers. But then… he followed it up with

Flatland Cavalry has grown popular enough that a casual fan of non-mainstream country music has probably come across their music a time or two. There’s a chance they may have even heard of the new Texas supergroup The Panhandlers, or at least heard of members Josh Abbott or William Clark Green. Unfortunately, though, not enough

Taylor Swift is taking country radio for a moody, villainous ride with the mid-tempo “No Body No Crime,” a collaboration with pop outfit Haim off her most recent album, Evermore. Flecked with twangs of mandolin and a story-song written as well as any out of the annals of country music legacy, “No Body No Crime” is a

Man, what a live show. Ask anybody who was there (or happened to stream the replay concert) and they’ll tell you that Cody Jinks’ Red Rocks show was one of the best concerts they’ve ever been to. An artist as good as Cody, in a sold out setting like that… how can it not be

Oh, here we go… If you had Rascal Flatts frontman Gary “The Voice” LeVox being a conspiracy theorist on your 2020 bingo card, then step right up and claim your prize. Whenever something terrible happens, and even when something great happens (hello Moon Landing), there’s an inevitable group of people that somehow seem to have

Russell Dickerson tells an intimate, true-to-life story with “Home Sweet,” his euphorically uptempo new ode to his love story with his wife. Just as he sings in the lyrics of the song, Dickerson and his wife of seven years, Kailey, didn’t have much money between them when they first got married. He describes the song

Randy Montana is the real deal. A veteran in the industry, over the past decade he’s Randy has secured more than his fair share of album cuts from impressively big names in country music. From George Strait to Jon Pardi, Luke Combs to Justin Moore, Randy has written hits for everybody. But this year, his

Ironically the son of a Canadian politician, Colter Wall is as rugged and real as it gets. Hailing from Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Wall is a Canadian cowboy with a knack for telling stories. A talented lyricist, Wall’s captivating stories of the Western Frontier can make one think he really lived on the Western plains over

Singin’ the blues. Written by Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951, “The Thrill Is Gone” became a huge hit for blues legend B.B. King in 1970. Quite a few years back, the great Chris Stapleton (who knows his way around the blues more than most) delivered an acoustic cover at Station Inn in Nashville.

As the search continues for the psychopath who set off a bomb in Nashville, residents are coming together to express their emotions and prayers for the horrific event that unfolded yesterday morning Several country stars took to social media yesterday in response to the bombing, as well as professional sports organizations such as the Tennessee

It’s almost that time. We are just a day out from Santa dropping by to bring some presents to all the good little boys and girls around the world, and while that’s all well and good, there are a few things that Santa can’t bring us this year. Things that only country music can offer.