Author: Jessica Blankenship
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Sometimes you can look outside your window and wonder what exactly is going on with the world that we are living in. The news media show video clips to portray the negative side of America as bad news sells these days it seems. However, when you try to take a...
When it comes to Kentucky songs, there is no one that haunts us more than “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive.” While many remember the Patty Loveless version of the song, they may not realize that it was written by Laurel County native, Darrell Scott. Most recently, the Kentucky Music Hall...
Saturday night really set the stage of something special when The Steel Woods, 49 Winchester, and Dalton Mills performed at the Laurel Cove Amphitheater in Pine Mountain State Resort Park. While being surrounded by colorful fall foliage alongside large boulders, fans were in for a treat as an experience like...
What a beautiful day it is when one finds love and writes the words of their story into a song. Josh Teague of Corbin did just that with his single, “Pretty Flowers.” The song was written by Josh for his wife, Michaela, and performed at their wedding. “Pretty Flowers” is...
Ryman Auditorium unveiled the latest addition to its Icon Walk this morning with a statue honoring American music icon Loretta Lynn. The detailed bronze likeness was added to the permanent outdoor exhibition on the historic venue’s grounds ensuring the profound musical innovator and country music trailblazer will forever remain part of the Soul of...