When I first heard that country and southern rock legend, Hank Williams Jr., and the “It” boy of country music since last November, Chris Stapleton, were teaming up for a co-headling tour, I wondered how it might go. Both of these two are renegades of music in their own way,...Read More »
Years before they climbed the country charts with songs like “Stay a Little Longer” and “Rum,” the Brothers Osborne grew up in Deale, Maryland, a small fishing town on the Atlantic seaboard. It was a cozy place, filled with blue-collar workers who made their living on the water. During the...Read More »
The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year returns to Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio for two shows on August 11 & 12. His Kill The Lights Tour began back in February and will go until the end of October with special guests Dustin Lynch and Little Big Town...Read More »
Eric Church is coming back to Northeast Ohio! His North American 60+ city run, titled Holdin’ My Own Tour, will officially kick off on January 13, 2017 at Lincoln, Nebraska’s Pinnacle Bank Arena and will conclude with two nights at Nashville, Tennessee’s Bridgestone Arena in May. For the first time...Read More »
Years from now when people talk about the great personalities in country music — Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Bill Monroe — they’ll mention Marty Stuart. He’ll be among those personalities because he’s never been afraid to follow his vision…to stretch the...Read More »
From his first No. 1 smash “Should’ve Been A Cowboy” to his new album 35 mph Town, Toby Keith has been one of the most consistent self-directed hit makers of his era. From one of his previous collections, Clancy’s Tavern, the lead single, “Made In America,” topped the...Read More »
Lee Brice released his debut album, Love Like Crazy, in 2009. The title track went all the way #3 on the Billboard Country chart and set a record as the longest-charting song in that chart’s history. In 2012, he topped his own success with Hard 2 Love, an album that...Read More »
The Band Perry turned their musical harmonies into big business. Kimberly Perry originally sang solo in her own band as a teenager while her brothers Neil and Reid worked as roadies. At ages 8 and 10, the brothers began performing as an opening act, the Mobile Music Machines. When they...Read More »
Scotty McCreery won the tenth season of American Idol in May 2011. His debut studio album, Clear As Day was released in October of the same year and went on to be certified platinum in the United States. The album includes the top 20 country songs, “I Love You This Big”...Read More »
Love and Theft first made their mark on country music in 2009 with the Top Ten hit “Runaway.” The single helped open the door for their debut album, World Wide Open which made it’s debut in the top ten and also produced the hit single “Dancing In Circles.”
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Brooke Eden is determined to make it in music and has shown that throughout her music career. A contemporary country artist with drive and a little attitude, Eden made her way into the music business on her own, and her self-reliance became the focus of one of her signature songs.
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Chris Lane will release his debut album, Girl Problems! on August 5, the day before his performance at the WGAR Country Jam. The title for the album came to Lane after he realized that most of the songs seemed to have a common theme.
“While in the studio working on the...Read More »
