July will be hot with some wonderful music acts coming to the Jenny Wiley Amphitheater in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. The Mountain Arts Center will be producing the inaugural Appalachian Strings & Things on July 2-3. It is described as a mix of old, new, traditional, and progressive Bluegrass music, with some acoustic stylings thrown in. The music …
Kentucky is rich in talent, especially when it comes to music. Wolfpen Branch is the fire and smoke of bluegrass music. They honor the tradition of the forefathers, yet create their own path when they are up on stage. Kentucky’s musical spirit is very much alive with the talented performers in the band. Today, Wolfpen …
London-Laurel County Tourism, along with Forcht Broadcasting’s WFTG The Wolf, and Kentucky Country Music have teamed up to produce an intimate acoustic concert experience, Heritage Music Series. Multiple Kentucky based singer-songwriters will take to the stage the first three Saturdays in March at Heritage Hills Theater. All shows will begin at 7:00 pm with limited …
It is hard to imagine that 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” the Loretta Lynn song that became a book, a feature film, and an indelible part of popular culture. Like so many other songs written by Lynn, the lyrics told the story of her life and spoke to women who struggled …
Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Still Woman Enough, Loretta Lynn’s new studio album on Friday, March 19, 2021. The American music icon’s 50th studio album (excluding her 10 studio duet collaborations with Conway Twitty), Still Woman Enough celebrates women in country music. From her homage to the originators, Mother Maybelle Carter and the …
With a new dawn of the morning, the sun shines bright on our old Kentucky home. As we welcome the new year, we reveal a list of Kentucky music acts that are set to rise just like the sun creeping through the windows. Each of these acts show a promising career full of excellent songwriting, …
When you look back at the year of 2020, you realize how close-knit the music community is. In a year of uncertainty, there has been a stronger bond between the song, songwriter, and listener. Here is a little recap of the many highlights of this year in review with Kentucky country music. Music Keeps Playing …
At the stroke of midnight, Sturgill Simpson released without notice his newest album, Cuttin’ Grass, Volume 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions. For the album, he brought together “The Hillbilly Avengers” again that is filled with an all-star cast of musicians. Just like the previous album, they were revisiting and reinterpreting Sturgill’s musical selections in the …
Once upon a time, a young 6-year old girl stood on stage of the Kentucky Opry with hopes and dreams of pursuing a career in music. Eastern Kentucky native, Brit Taylor, has lived out that dream and recently released her latest album, “Real Me.” The dream became bigger than expected as she would work with …