Nashville’s AmericanaFest (Sept. 11–16) has nailed down its list of more than 250 artists slated to perform during the six-day festival, including John Prine, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Lee Ann Womack, Rosanne Cash, Hayes Carll, Brandy Clark, Ashley Monroe, Tyler Childers, Amanda Shires and more. The nominees for the 2018 Americana Honors & Awards were…… MORE
After a cease and desist order was issued by Universal Music Group and American Recordings, Stormfront Radio has stopped using Johnny Cash’s 2003 recording of “I Won’t Back Down” as its intro music. Stormfront is an internet-based white nationalist organization. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Stormfront Radio replaced Cash’s tune with Johnny Rebel’s…… MORE
Luke Combs – one of the biggest names in all of country music. He regularly sells out huge stadiums . . . he owns 30% of all diamond certified country songs . . . and out of the 18 singles he’s released in his career so far, 16 have made it to #1. So, he…
Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman was 47 when he started dating Mandy Smith . . . who was then 14. (!!!) They got married when she was 18. They separated two years later, and finalized their divorce two years after that. When Fergie was 23, she briefly dated a 16-year-old Justin Timberlake. Wilmer Valderrama…