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Jack Blanchard’s Column: The Optimist Denver Omlit was an optimist through and through. He and his neighbor Ed were admiring Ed’s new Corvette convertible. “I knew you could do it”, said Denver, “because you set your goal, pictured it, believed it, and went after it.” Ed said, “I won it in a lottery.” Not to … Continue reading →

A Superstar Is Born On American Idol It was a nice of suspense, drama, tears, and wall-to-wall music The finale of season 17 was as epic and awe-inspiring as was the entire season In a night bursting with great music, ABC’s American Idol host Ryan Seacrest didn’t waste a milli-second opening the show with a simple, “Ladies … Continue reading →

Morgan Evans’ Things That We Drink To There’s a youthful, vibrant spirit that runs throughout album that feels celebratory Morgan Evans was already a star in his native Australia when he crossed two oceans to bring his talents to America. He begins a new life chapter by taking his life experience and turning it into 11 … Continue reading →

Buddy Vaughn Dies May 11, 2019  Our Sincere Heartfelt Condolences To The Family Rest in Peace Buddy Buddy Vaughn who was born in Johannesburg on May 20, a good couple of years ago, Living in and around the Johannesburg area for most of his life has affectionately become known as Mr. Entertainment Buddy Vaughn is … Continue reading →

19 Insanely Cool Gadgets That Are Going To Sell Out Soon Theses Products Are Going To Be Selling Like Hot Cakes Well Into The New Year We’ve been keeping track of gadget sales through all 2018, and the following 19 products are going to be selling like hot cakes well into the new year (each with … Continue reading →

An Inspirational Short Story For Mothers Day A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who lived two hundred miles away. As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing. He asked her what was wrong and she … Continue reading →

Kacey Musgraves Signs Modelling Deal With IMG Models Someone’s Childhood Dreams Just Came True Grammy-winning Golden Hour star Kacey Musgraves is branching out with a new side-gig that highlights her eclectic sense of style. She’s signed a modeling contract with IMG Models, confirming the news via Twitter on Tuesday (May 7th) while making a splash … Continue reading →

Old Dominion Celebrate The Journey At Sold Out Nashville Show For Old Dominion, all roads led to Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville on Friday For Old Dominion, all roads led to Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville on Friday (May 3). The five-member band used their hometown show to not only treat the crowd to a vast range … Continue reading →

George Strait’s ‘Honky Tonk Time Machine’ Another solid-gold reminder that George Strait is the kind of leader we desire but likely don’t deserve In 2014, country music fans the world over wondered how much of George Strait we’d get to see and hear in the coming years once his epic Cowboy Rides Away tour was complete that … Continue reading →

Scotty McCreery Strikes A Balance With Mature New Single The personally-inspired track follows his Gold & Platinum No.1s, “This Is It” & “Five More Minutes” Scotty McCreery returns with a stirring new coming of age anthem, sending “In Between” to country radio as his next single. Placing McCreery’s butter-smooth baritone out front and featuring a … Continue reading →

Garth Brooks’ Revolutionary Live Performances Chronicled In The Anthology: Part III It’s somewhat of a dramatic statement, but nobody in country music has revolutionized the live performance quite like Garth Brooks. There were others before him – Hank Williams, Jr. and Ricky Skaggs come to mind – that brought high energy to their stage shows, and Keith Urban also is in a … Continue reading →

Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral On Fire PARIS, April 15 (Reuters) – Notre-Dame Cathedral went up in flames on Monday in a roaring blaze that devastated the Parisian landmark, a searing loss for the city and for France. Flames that began in the early evening burst through the roof of the centuries-old cathedral and engulfed the … Continue reading →

The Night Alan Jackson Stood Up For George Jones One Of The Most Memorable “CMA Awards” Moments Ever A big reason people love country music lies in the fact that the format, for the most part, respects its elders. That’s especially true when it comes to the late, great George Jones, who is widely considered … Continue reading →

George Strait Stuns ACM Awards With Classy ‘God And Country Music There’s two things still worth saving ‘God And Country Music’ George Strait George Strait reminded everyone why he’s the King of Country Music with a solo performance at the 54th ACM Awards. Bringing a welcome dose of classy sophistication to a night of bombastic spectacle, … Continue reading →

Cooter’s To Host Good Ol’ Boys Fest At Shenandoah Speedway LURAY, Va. – Today, Ben “Crazy Cooter” Jones announced plans for the Good Ol’ Boys Fest, which will bring a fun weekend of “great music, hot cars, and good times.” Taking place at the Shenandoah Speedway on Highway 340 in Shenandoah, Virginia, on Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11, the … Continue reading →

Jack Blanchard’s Column: A Song From Life A SONG FROM LIFE. My sister was in a nursing home some time ago. Her memory seemed selective, and conversations were somewhat confused. Misty and I went to visit one afternoon and she wasn’t in her room. We found her with a group of patients. and we watched … Continue reading →

‘Eddie Cunningham’ First Artist of 2019 To Be Inducted Into the IDSS ‘Songwriters’ HOF South Africa Eddie Cunningham has the honor of being the first artist/songwriter to be inducted into the Independent Superstars Hall Of Fame for 2019.  His inducted is now official which makes Eddie the latest Recording Artist to be inducted into the … Continue reading →

Does Obama Have A Problem as his Hugging seems a little intense I could not help noticing that whenever Obama delivers a speech a young woman appears from nowhere to hug him, and if that does not happen he searches for a woman in the audience to go out and Hug. The pictures that i see … Continue reading →

Music City Movie Stars, Do You Remember From Dolly Parton to Kris Kristofferson, here are some country singers turned movie stars! CMT’s Nashville may have left the Volunteer State for the Broadway stage, but Music City shows no signs of giving up its Hollywood connections. Recent entertainment headlines announced a new TV project from Dolly Parton, and Dierks Bentley is … Continue reading →

Jack Blanchard’s Column: Excitement At Our House Today   Misty shouted, “Jack, come here right now and listen to this!” It was the sound of water rushing against the back of her bathroom wall. We thought the hot water heater had burst, so I ran out to the shed. Nothing. Silence. Nick, our neighbor came … Continue reading →

Surprising tools and techniques, used in creating the ‘‘Fake Food Pictures’’ Advertised foods rarely look exactly like the real food they’re selling. The truth is, the delicious-looking culinary concoctions we see in print ads and television commercials would be anything but appetising if they were on your plate. 1: That Milk, is actually Glue. Cereal … Continue reading →

Hardy On The Loud-And-Proud Genesis Of His Debut Single Country newcomer Hardy isn’t afraid of the word “redneck.” In fact, he wears it as a badge of honor in his chest-thumping new single, “Rednecker.” Full of twangy, distorted guitars, foot-stomping drums and the Mississippi native’s down-and-dirty vocal drawl, the country rock anthem is all about about establishing … Continue reading →

Rest In Peace Raymond Greenberg We Will Never Forget You Raymond Greenberg has been inducted into the Independent Superstars “Disc Jockey” Hall of Fame. Frans Maritz (Wildhorse Entertainment) signed the official certificate placing Raymond into this prestigious organization located in South Africa. Raymond has the distinct honor of being inducted into the IDSS Hall of Fame for his life-time contribution to … Continue reading →

George Strait Among First Round Of Performers Announced For 2019 ACM Awards Country music royalty will take the stage at the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards as George Strait is slated to perform. The King of Country is one of a round of can’t miss performances scheduled for Country Music’s Party of the Year. … Continue reading →

Country Songwriters Revolt Against Spotify And Amazon Hit makers speaking out about controversy impacting all your favorite country tunes Some of country’s biggest hitmakers are outraged and taking a stand against Spotify and Amazon Music. Songwriters like Ross Copperman, busbee, Chris Destefano and more are speaking out about controversy which impacts all your favorite country … Continue reading →

Watch Runaway June’s Feisty ‘Buy My Own Drinks’ Video Country trio offer a feisty message full of can-do spirit in the cute new video ACM nominated trio Runaway June offer an empowering, can-do message in the video for “Buy My Own Drinks.” The feisty clip highlights each band members’ self-made spirit and how all three are … Continue reading →

American Idol Big Debut March 2019 The highly anticipated 17th season of ABC’s American Idol made its big debut on March 3, and it seems that the only people more excited than the viewers are judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry, and Lionel Richie, and host Ryan Seacrest. They grow them big in Florien, Louisiana, and it seems that they might … Continue reading →

AirplayExpress Launches New Traditional Country Chart Traditional Country Lives on as AirplayExpress keeps rolling on the Traditional Tracks Twenty Five years ago the writer of American Heritage, Tony Scherman declared traditional country music dead and done with, asking, “How far from its social origins can an art form grow before it loses meaning?” It is … Continue reading →

The Voice with a Heart Mac Wiseman Dies He was truly loved by his fans his fellow entertainers and people in the music industry The great Mac Wiseman, known widely as The Voice with a Heart, died this yesterday morning in an Antioch, TN rehab facility. He was 93 years of age, and had been … Continue reading →

Easton Corbin Kicks Off 2019 Spring Tour Easton kicks things off on the West Coast where he will finish out the tour in Florida Singer-songwriter Easton Corbin will kick off his busy touring schedule in support of his latest single “Somebody’s Gotta Be Country” on Thursday. He will start out by performing on the West … Continue reading →

Florida Georgia Line’s ‘Can’t Say I Ain’t Country’ Is Ambitious, If Overwhelming There should be a whiplash warning on Florida Georgia Line’s new Can’t Say I Ain’t Country album. Between the guest artists, sonic variances, skits, emotions and impulses the new project keeps your head on a swivel. So we’ll parse this project, Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley’s fourth since debuting … Continue reading →

Terry Dempsey “Love Is A Beautiful Song” Passes Away Dempsey a true Renaissance man of the local and international music industry dies TimesLive reported on Sunday,  that he was “struck by a gyrocopter blade as it apparently made an emergency landing at Vaal Marina, a village on the shoreline of the Vaal Dam, on Sunday morning.” … Continue reading →

Best Live Music Venues Honky-Tonks in Music City Songwriter Crystal Chandler live in a songwriter music-round downtown Nashville Where to find the Best Live Music Venues, bars, honky-tonks and restaurants in Music City and all of middle Tennessee. You won’t find a city with more live music than Nashville. Every place you go in Nashville has the … Continue reading →

Jack Blanchard’s Column: Transitions TRANSITIONS. (Written February 28th, 2015.) It’s a cool gray rainy day here in Hickory Hollow, a transitional day, with the remnants of Winter and early signs of Spring. Standing under the edge of our carport I can see almost a mile of tan fields and lines of trees, until the landscape … Continue reading →

Brooks & Dunn ‘Reboot’ Biggest Hits For Duets Album Luke Combs, Kane Brown and Kacey Musgraves just three of the artists featured on the new duets album 12 years after their last studio album, Brooks & Dunn are gearing up to revisit the hits with their forthcoming collaboration album, Reboot. Set for release on April 5, the album … Continue reading →

10 Songs You Should Be Listening To Right Now – February 2019 February playlist features songs from country hitmakers Eric Church & Chris Young, plus the debut from Caylee Hammack At Sounds Like Nashville, we pride ourselves on bringing our readers updates about the latest and greatest songs coming out of Music City. Whether it’s … Continue reading →

George Strait to Release 30th Album ‘Honky Tonk Time Machine’ Singer George Strait is ready to release a slew of new music on his 30th studio album With nearly four decades of music under his belt, George Strait shows no signs of slowing down as the singer has announced a brand-new album. Comprised of 13 songs, Honky Tonk … Continue reading →

Robert Earl Keen Inducted Into The Texas Cowboy Hall Of Fame Joining Willie Nelson, George Strait, and more in the Lone Star State institution Congratulation to Robert Earl Keen, who was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame recently. Robert Earl Keen now joins Willie Nelson, George Strait, Lyle Lovett and many more Legends … Continue reading →

Carrie Underwood & Husband Welcome Baby Boy Our hearts are full, our eyes are tired and our lives are forever changed. Life is good Carrie Underwood and her husband Mike Fisher welcomed baby boy Jacob Bryan Fisher into the world on January 21. Carrie revealed the news via Instagram with three pics of baby Jacob Bryan, … Continue reading →

Jack Blanchard’s Column The Disney World Groundbreaking I just found an old newspaper article I wrote back when I was a cub reporter. It’s about The Walt Disney World groundbreaking, The truth can be funny. * * * It was a Rolaids morning. At 8:37 AM I remembered why I stopped getting up early, when stomachs … Continue reading →

Kassi Ashton Isn’t Listening To Her Exes Sob Stories In New Song, ‘Violins’ Kassi Ashton lost her ‘give-a-damn’ in her new funky tune, Listen to the song below! Kassi Ashton is dishing out some serious sass in her new song “Violins.” Dedicated to several unfaithful exes, the Missouri native isn’t about to listen to their sob … Continue reading →

Watch Shania Twain And John Travolta’s, ‘Trading Paint’ Shania Twain and John Travolta will star in the new film, Trading Paint At long last, Shania Twain’s acting debut, Trading Paint, will be released. After more than a year of anticipation, the film will make its debut on February 22. Starring both Twain and John Travolta, the movie … Continue reading →

Jack Blanchard’s Column: GHOST TOWN   Somehow we had missed the turnoff to the southern Ohio town. We went back to where the highway ought to be and found a narrow old road, with grass growing up through the cracks in the pavement. Could this be the main road to town that I remembered from … Continue reading →

40th Anniversary of The Dukes of Hazzard to be celebrated Appearance and live music performances by John Schneider and Tom Wopat also known as Bo & Luke Duke BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – MuscleKingz will transform the Kern County Raceway on Saturday, April 13 into a car show & concert venue fit for a great experience for car … Continue reading →

Morgan Evans’ CD Review ‘Things That We Drink To’ Stories from his personal experiences to comprise the 11 songs on his U.S. debut. Morgan Evans was already a star in his native Australia when he crossed two oceans to bring his talents to America. He begins a new life chapter by taking his life experience and … Continue reading →

The Truth Behind The Steve Ashley Saga What If This Is Just One Hugely Successful Publicity Campaign?  Facebook has been very busy with the story surrounding one of South Africa’s best singers, Steve Ashley over the past few months. One day it’s all about Ebeth Loots who has a story to tell in her own … Continue reading →

Jack Blanchard’s Column RAILROAD DAYS… A long time ago  we were on our way to do a national television show  from the PBS main studio in Pittsburgh, and then to a Nashville recording session.  Tennessee Birdwalk had become a surprise hit. Sometimes life can be good.  The porter showed us to our compartment and stowed … Continue reading →

Twenty years ago, Nashville had a theme park, Opryland USA Opryland USA sat in a curve of the Cumberland River now home to a giant mall. It had roller coasters, Southern-themed restaurants and live country music revues. Memories of rides like the Screamin’ Delta Demon are still traded like gold among longtime Nashvillians — as … Continue reading →

Dierks Bentley’s Best Tour Announcement Videos Dierks Bentley is a marking genius putting out hilarious parody videos to spoof his upcoming headlining tours Dierks Bentley is nothing short of a marketing genius when it comes to gearing up for a new headlining tour. For his past several headlining tours, the Arizona native has put out hilarious … Continue reading →

Troy Gentry’s Impact Lives On During Emotional Benefit Concert The life of late singer Troy Gentry was honored during a benefit at the Grand Ole Opry featuring Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley & more It was a true celebration at the Grand Ole Opry on Wednesday, Jan. 9, as multiple generations of country music united to pay homage … Continue reading →