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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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When it comes to Kentucky music, the state is full of talent that can overfill a cup of lyrics and songs. Louisville native, Aaron Bibelhauser, has expanded his traditional bluegrass music influence to team up with the Kentucky Shakespeare production on a new project. “As Y’all Like It: Songs from
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Just as a creek flows through the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky, Tiffany Williams’ vocals delicately intertwine with a guitar through her newest single, “If It Wasn’t.” During this round, Williams teams up with Jonathan Dean with an everlasting blend of vocals and lyrics. With “If It Wasn’t,” Tiffany Williams and
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Last summer, my wife and I took a trip to somewhere in middle-of-nowhere West Virginia (as someone from middle-of-nowhere, Kentucky…I say that lovingly) to attend Mountain Music Festival, an incredible event put on in large part by my buddy Charlie Hatcher. Charlie works for Whizzbangbam, a management team for Tyler
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After turning countless heads in 2020 with the critically-acclaimed 40th Anniversary Celebration album, Gary Brewer & The Kentucky Ramblers have even more reason to celebrate as the project jumps to No. 1 this week on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart. The achievement marks the first time in his illustrious career that Brewer has topped
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