The sold-out show was incredible, with a few surprises! The night began with Alexandra Kay from Waterloo, Illinois. Her heartfelt songs and beautiful voice got the audience amped up and excited for the night, opening with her […]Robert Jon & The Wreck basks in a ‘Red Moon Rising’ ...
It produced two singles on Hot Country Songs with "Drinkin' Me Lonely" and "You're Gonna Love Me". His second album, The Man I Want to Be, was released September 1, 2009. It included the singles "Voices", "Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song)", and the title track, all of...
Kane Brownand his wife Katelyn Brown introduced themselves as musical partners with “Thank God,” a pop-friendly hit that fans kind of freaked out about. It reached No. 1 in early 2023 and remains one of the best — and best-selling — songs of the year. No. 8: Megan Moroney, Tenne...
Country music is the most popular genre of music and its popularity stems fromclassic country songssuch as these from the 1950s that have paved the way for other, more current artists. The country songs of the 1950s are steeped in Americana and tell the story of ordinary, hard ...
Songs of War, Peace and Sacrifice: The Ultimate Veterans Day Playlist at Local Spins November 11, 2024 Today is the Veterans Day holiday, so we’re unfurling some classic tracks that commemorate those in the military and the sacrifices they’ve made, as well as anthems for peace in the...
In the early 1920s the traditional string-band music of the Southern mountain regions began to be commercially recorded, with Fiddlin’ John Carson garnering the genre’s first hit record in 1923. The vigour and realism of the rural songs, many lyrics of which were rather impersonal narratives...
in 2004, adding their own lyrics in place of Dylan’s mumbled vocal. Nine years later, Darius Rucker went to Number One on theBillboardHot Country Songs chart with his warm take on the tune. “We’ve never met Dylan,” Old Crow’s Critter Fuqua noted, “but the song is technically ...
Until her death in 1978, Carter was an active living legend in country music. More than four decades later, her songs like "Wabash Cannonball" and "Wildwood Flower" have become classics of the genre. Dolly Parton: A seven-decade country veteran who broke boundaries with ...
They were called “America’s Most Colorful Hillbilly Band” — a title that was nominally inspired by their early adoption of the Nudie suit, but was just as relevant to their rowdy take on western swing. Approaching spirituals, Hank Williams covers, and Woody Guthrie songs with equal gusto,...
"Don't cross him, don't boss him, he's wild in his sorrow." A "yellow haired lady" learns that lesson the hard way when she meets Willie Nelson's "Red Headed Stranger" in the classic title track off his mid-'70s album. Loneliness and grief can make a person do unpredictable thing...