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    The Drift

    February 2025 marks my seven year anniversary of writing these articles for Cleveland Country Magazine. I never know when...

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    Signs From Heaven

    Every year I find the weeks leading up to Christmas a bittersweet time, so I decided to share my...

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    Back to My Roots

    Since I’m currently not teaching line dance classes and rarely go out line dancing anymore, I realized that I...

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    My Memories of Kris Kristofferson

    When I was writing last month’s article, I heard the news that Kris had passed away. During the month...

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    It all began with the 1980 release of the movie Urban Cowboy, starring...

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Congratulations to Jon Langston and his wife, Abig Congratulations to Jon Langston and his wife, Abigail, who welcomed their second baby girl on December 4th. Langston shared the news on Sunday afternoon (Dec. 7) that daughter Georgia Grace Langston made her arrival. Abigail said in the joint Instagram post with her husband, “words can’t even begin to describe this feeling and I hope to be able put it into words one day. Over the moon. Thank you Jesus for a healthy baby girl🙏🏻”

The Langstons announced earlier this year that Abigail was pregnant with a post that introduced the mother-to-be’s growing baby bump while she held sonogram images. She said at that time that “the best of 2025 is yet to come.” Days later, they shared a gender reveal to announce Baby Langston is a girl. The country star beamed, “GIRL DAD TIMES 2!!!!!!! I’m the luckiest man in the world.”
Gabby Barrett returned to the White House Christma Gabby Barrett returned to the White House Christmas Tree Lighting with her husband, Cade Foehner. She performed at the 2018 lighting event, when she first met President Trump and First Lady Melania, and must have done such a great job to be invited back for this year's ceremony.
THE KING MEETS THE PRESIDENT On Saturday (Dec. 6) THE KING MEETS THE PRESIDENT
On Saturday (Dec. 6) President Donald Trump presented the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees with their medals during a ceremony in the Oval Office.

This year’s recipients are actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band Kiss, actor-singer Michael Crawford and the King of Country Music George Strait.

Strait, wearing a cowboy hat, was first to receive his medal. When the country singer started to take off the hat, Trump said, “If you want to leave it on, you can. I think we can get it through.” But Strait took it off.
Jason Aldean and Brittany Aldean are a house divid Jason Aldean and Brittany Aldean are a house divided today when the Georgia Bulldogs play the Alabama Crimson Tide.
@kanebrown will launch his “Miles On It Tour: The @kanebrown will launch his “Miles On It Tour: The Ultimate Automotive Experience” at Nashville Superspeedway on April 10th & 11th.

The two-day event features custom builds, drift and burnout exhibitions, drag demos, dyno and audio competitions, and a celebration of car and truck culture with a huge show for lifted trucks, imports, exotics, classics, and performance builds. Kane will even have a handful of his own cars and trucks at the show.

Tickets are on-sale now at AXS.com. A portion of proceeds will be donated to charitable causes benefiting youth and community initiatives across Middle Tennessee.
The 2025 Spotify Wrapped campaign celebrated by ta The 2025 Spotify Wrapped campaign celebrated by taking over a building on Broadway in Nashville to honor one of Music City's top streamers, Megan Moroney. The pop-up was first unveiled on Dec. 3 and will remain open through Dec. 7.

The building was wrapped in Moroney’s signature deep blue (Am I Okay?) topped with a huge blue bow and a message. “In Nashville, the only thing bigger than this bow is Megan’s 821M+ streams in 2025."
@jellyroll615's daughter, Bailee, 17, surprised he @jellyroll615's daughter, Bailee, 17, surprised her father and stepmother, Bunnie Xo, with a prom night after she found out that they had missed their prom years ago.

Bunnie shared a video recapping the night on Instagram. In the video, they are crowned King and Queen and get the first dance on the dance floor.

“This year has been heavy — schedules, mental health, burnout…all of it. We’ve kept to ourselves, and we hate surprises. So when Bailee texted saying she had one for us, I spiraled," admitted Bunnie. "Especially after we swore there’d be no surprises for J’s birthday. But we showed up for our girl anyway…even with tired hearts."

"What we walked into stopped us in our tracks — a full room of friends and family…a night she called ‘Under the Stars.’ A prom/birthday party she created for us. She crowned us King and Queen, and we danced and sang like teenagers who finally got their moment."

"And the lesson? Time is the most precious thing we own. Spend it on your people. The memories you make with them will outlive everything else," Bunnie ended the video.
**JUST ANNOUNCED ** @hunterhayes: The Evergreen To **JUST ANNOUNCED **
@hunterhayes: The Evergreen Tour with special guest Blu Eyes makes a stop at the @hobcleveland on April 7th. Presale starts today at 12pm and sale to the general public happens on Friday, December 12th at 10am at ticketmaster.com
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JELLY ROLL Born on this day in 198 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JELLY ROLL 
Born on this day in 1984 in Antioch, Tennessee, was Jason Bradley DeFord, better known as Jelly Roll.
HARDY's Country Vs. Cancer benefit raised over $35 HARDY's Country Vs. Cancer benefit raised over $350k for the American Cancer Society at the benefit concert at The Pinnacle in Nashville last night. (Dec. 2). Joining Hardy for the show were Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Lanie Gardner and McCoy Moore.
Morgan Wallen may not have won Album of the Year a Morgan Wallen may not have won Album of the Year at the CMA Awards, but his fans speak volumes by making it the most-listened-to album on Apple Music and the most streamed on Spotify.
One Virginia liquor store had an unusual patron -- One Virginia liquor store had an unusual patron -- an inebriated raccoon found passed out in the bathroom. According to the Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter, authorities found the "masked bandit" collapsed in the bathroom of the Ashland ABC Store on Saturday morning, where the four-legged burglar had ransacked shelves and drank multiple types of alcohol. In a social media post, officials said they took the "very intoxicated" raccoon back to the shelter to sober up before releasing him back into the wild.
Megan Moroney had some fun performing her self-wri Megan Moroney had some fun performing her self-written holiday song, "All I Want For Christmas is a Cowboy" during CMA Countrty Christmas last night (Dec. 2). CMA Country Christmas was filmed with a live audience in Nashville, Tennessee. The full show is now available to stream on Hulu and Disney+.
Riley Green brought a heartfelt performance of "Ch Riley Green brought a heartfelt performance of "Christmas To Me" on CMA Country Christmas last night (Dec. 2). The song resonates with the feel of a small town Christmas with lots of family around.Green co-wrote the holiday tune with longtime collaborator Erik Dylan and released it last year.
TONIGHT Reba McEntire will host Christmas in Rocke TONIGHT Reba McEntire will host Christmas in Rockefeller Center for the first time, and will be joined by fellow Voice coach Michael Bublé, with more music from Marc Anthony, Halle Bailey, Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth, Laufey, New Edition, Brad Paisley, Carly Pearce, Gwen Stefani — and the amazing Radio City Rockettes. The festivities are capped off with the lighting of the 75-foot-tall, 45-foot-wide, 11-ton Norway Spruce from upstate New York, with some 50,000 LED lights illuminating the plaza. The special will air live at 8p (ET) on NBC and stream on Peacock.
Aaron Lewis and The Stateliners bring the 'Americ Aaron Lewis  and The Stateliners bring the 'American As It Gets Tour' to Center Stage at MGM Northfield Park next Wednesday, December 10th. 21+ Concert. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com/event/050062A7B8471D27

Photo: Lewis performing at Thirsty Cowboy in Medina, Ohio, in 2017.
Grammy Award winner, BMI Icon Award recipient and Grammy Award winner, BMI Icon Award recipient and the only Christian artist to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry, Steven Curtis Chapman will be performing at the The Goodyear Theater in Akron on March 3rd.  Presale is happening now with the code: DIVE at ticketmaster.com/event/05006379F307AFC7
**JUST ANNOUNCED** Chris Cagle returns to Thirsty **JUST ANNOUNCED**
Chris Cagle returns to Thirsty Cowboy in Medina on February 21st. General Admission | Limited Seating | 18+ Welcome. Tickets are $30/Advance; $35/Day of Show and go on sale this Friday, December 5th at 10am at ThirstyCowboy.com
Lainey Wilson shared a new video today (Dec. 2) fo Lainey Wilson shared a new video today (Dec. 2) for her version of “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” with Bing Crosby, which was created in partnership with Hershey’s and features animated versions of the two artists and of Hippie Mae.

“Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” is featured on Wilson’s new EP, Peace, Love, & Cowboys (Holiday Edition). Link to video in comments
CONGRATS to Niko Moon and his wife, Anna who are e CONGRATS to Niko Moon and his wife, Anna who are expecting their second baby, a son. The couple also have a daughter Lily Anne, 3. Niko was excited to become a boy dad and said this to People magazine.

"We’re so excited to be welcoming a new addition to our family," he says. "I’m so grateful to have the family I’ve been given and I can’t wait to see what being a boy dad is like!"
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