Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images In most career choices, it is unbelievable that one could have a career that has expanded five decades. Today, Dolly Parton is still as hard-working as she ever has been and it doesn’t seem like she has any plans of slowing down. She just released
Read MoreGrandpa Jones – from The Tennessean One of the most recognizable characters of Hee Haw and the Grand Ole Opry was Grandpa Jones. The Kentucky native’s real name was Louis Marshall Jones, but was well known as Grandpa Jones. He was a banjo player and loved to play old time
Read MoreOak Ridge Boys at Renfro Valley – Photo by Jessica Blankenship History is always being made when it comes to the Oak Ridge Boys. Saturday night at Renfro Valley Entertainment Center was no exception to that. This year, Renfro Valley is celebrating 75 years of honoring music. Throughout the night, Joe
Read MoreBack in time in 1988, Waylon Jennings, as well as his wife Jessi Colter and son Shooter Jennings, who was 9 years old at the time, invited some pretty cool guests to their home. Those guests were the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team. They were visiting Nashville to take on Vanderbilt
Read MoreThis week two exciting piece of album release news was released. Even more so, both are of two female country music singers that are my favorite modern day singers to listen to. They are east Kentucky native, Angaleena Presley, and east Texas native Sunny Sweeney. Sunny Sweeney is scheduled
Read MorePhoto by Angela Talley If there ever was a story of love, country living, and family, it could be written about Joey and Rory. The country music duo’s love story is one of faith, family, and friends. If you haven’t done so, you need to bookmark Rory’s blog, This Life
Read More“He leaned up by his porch steps, under a tree, and started singing songs from his childhood, as the sun was going down. It was so pure, and it offered me a glimpse into how country music really was for guys like him, from the farms and the bayous and
Read MoreOne of my favorite things to do while at a concert or watching a music video is to see the guitar strap. It has become a game of searching for a particular style. That particular style is that of my friend Cody Hixon of Great Point Custom Leatherworks. He has
Read MoreWhen you want to hear a good country music song, you will want to turn to the music of Whitey Morgan. I heard about Whitey Morgan several years ago and have been fortunate to see him live a few times. He’s going to be trekking through Kentucky in July for
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