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Kylie Frey lets go of a love that wasn’t meant to be in the new single “Wild Horses,” turning painful goodbyes into a sincere good luck. Continue reading Listen Now: “Wild Horses” From Kylie Frey→ Read More
When I Think Of Christmas, a treasury of seasonal songs from Vince Gill and Amy Grant, that captures the spirit of their much-loved “Christmas at the Ryman” concerts is expected out this fall. Continue reading Amy Grant and Vince Gill to Release Christmas Album→ Read More
Country's favorite firestarter, Miranda Lambert, performed her new single "Alimony" for fans over the weekend and we've got your first listen right here! Continue reading Listen Now: Miranda Lambert “Alimony”→ Read More
Post Malone electrified Nashville's Marathon Music Works with a star-studded set, debuting his heartfelt new track "Yours" and performing alongside Sierra Ferrell, HARDY, Joe Nichols, and Blake Shelton. Continue reading Post Malone Rocks Nashville with New Song “Yours” and Star-Studded Collaborations→ Read More
Shania Twain and Andrea Bocelli delivered a breathtaking duet of "From This Moment On" at his Teatro del Silenzio concert, blending country charm with classical elegance. Continue reading Watch Now: Shania Twain Duets with Andrea Bocelli→ Read More
The 2024 Paris Olympics are officially here. For the next couple of weeks, the world's greatest athletes will all compete against one another with bronze, silver, and gold medals on the line. Though the competition will be fierce, the games themselves will be a symbol of world unity. And what says "bring the world together" better than Dolly Parton? She's America's sweetheart, and at 78-years-old, she's showing no signs of slowing down (you can reference last year's Dallas Cowboys halftime show if you don't believe me). The living legend of country music took a moment earlier today to channel her Olympic spirit, and posted a special music video for the 2024 games. Dolly opted to use one her more recent recordings from her latest project Rockstar, and synced up a Paris Olympics themed video with her fiery mashup cover of Queen's "We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You." Parton tied it altogether by wearing three different colored dresses during the video - bronze, silver and gold. Someone should have told her that this is America... only one dress is needed since we only win gold (if you ain't first, you're last). Dolly took a clip from her already Paris Olympics branded music video and shared this message directed towards all of the competitors and athletes in France: "Feeling in the Olympic spirit! Can’t wait to cheer everyone on, you are all champions!" https://twitter.com/DollyParton/status/1816840544259092973 If you weren't already fired up for the Olympics, I bet you are now. Now you can sit back, relax and say, "I bet I could have done that" while watching obscure Olympic sports. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do so (especially while drinking beer). It's only American to watch something from your couch and think you could do it too - if you… Read More
The 2024 Paris Olympics are officially underway. Every four years, America's best athletes gear up for the Summer Games, where they usually whoop up on other countries in the Gold Medal count and the overall medal count... at least every Olympics since 1996 (minus the 2008 Summer Games when China hosted and won the Gold Medal count... nothing fishy there). Anyways, I love it. You got American pride, you have the world's best athletes, and you have sports that, let's be honest, you don't really watch often, but are really cool... volleyball, gymnastics, swimming. The Opening Ceremony was today (tonight technically in Paris), and let's just say that it was a bit... weird? Rather than a stadium, they opted to have the teams ride in on boats down the Seine River, and while it was cool in theory, it rained like a mf'er. Not ideal... Oh yeah... and the whole mocking Christians with the drag queen Last Supper reenactment. One could call it tasteless, disrespectful, blasphemy... whole mess of words to describe it. As always, the Opening Ceremony was quite the spectacle, designed to highlight the history, culture, and creativity of Paris, and yet... they landed on drag queens mocking The Last Supper. https://twitter.com/LibertyLockPod/status/1816938415822159951 It goes without saying that a number of people around the world took exception to the stunt, one that Paris 2024 and the IOC seem to endorse, and folks blew up X with their anger... and rightfully so. I'm generally a "eh, do what you wanna do, getting offended is stupid" kind of guy, but spitting in the face of 2 billion Christians on the world stage deserves rebuke. And what I find most ridiculous is that the same folks who preach tolerance and opposition to hate have no problem hating on Christianity. Tolerance so long… Read More
Nobody works harder than American Aquarium's BJ Barham. The frontman of the Raleigh, NC based alt-country outfit, Barham has been chipping away at his career and honing his craft as a fiercely independent artist for nearly two decades now, and has built a unique brand of country music through his high energy live shows, unabashedly honest lyricism, and sheer prolificity in writing, recording, and releasing music. All of this hard work that Barham has put into his career over the years is evident in his latest album The Fear of Standing Still. American Aquarium's 10th studio album, The Fear of Standing Still was recorded at Sunset Sound Recording Studio in Los Angeles, CA and produced by the great Shooter Jennings. With 10 incredibly well thought out tracks that in typical American Aquarium style deal with an array of heavy subject matter and showcase his incredible ability as a songwriter, The Fear of Standing Still acts as a snapshot of where Barham is at this time in his life. This is a notion that Barham frequently references when discussing his catalog - Each album is a snapshot in time, and in listening through all of his music, you can not only see Barham's progression as a songwriter, but as a human. From a young man who was unknowingly running from the fact that his career wasn't progressing as quickly as he had hoped, who was constantly seeking short-lived solace through a plethora of vices, to a sober and clear-minded 40 year old who has built both a career and family to be proud of, and whose life and perspective has been changed for the better by fatherhood and his relationship with his now six year old daughter, Pearl. That transition didn't happen overnight, though, it's been a gradual journey spanning over the… Read More
The Summer Olympics in Paris are underway in earnest amid Friday's opening ceremony, and basketball LeBron James got to bear the United States flag. It was already going to be an instantly iconic moment on its own. However, no one could've anticipated that The King's great honor would've eerily paralleled one of the foremost artistic images dating back to the American Revolutionary War. Emanuel Leutze's 1851 painting Washington Crosses the Delaware paid tribute to a pivotal sequence in the war. Eventual first U.S. president George Washington led the Continental Army across the Delaware River beginning on Christmas Day, 1776, culminating in a victory at the Battle of Trenton in New Jersey. https://twitter.com/artbutsports/status/1816928505869086722 Just to be clear, conflating these two concepts is in no way to suggest that sailing into battle and participating in a Summer Olympics ceremony are remotely comparable in terms of real-life stakes. Nevertheless, the similar framing can't be denied. Art But Make It Sports has a 100% hit rate as far as I've seen when it comes to comparing a sports-related image to artwork from any point in world history. That's the case here once again. But it wasn't just an encyclopedic, brilliant mind at the helm of that particular niche of X/Twitter who noticed the uncanny resemblance. More than a few folks out there made the connection in real time. https://twitter.com/RKalland/status/1816927205047615822 https://twitter.com/KSBWDrea/status/1816927693872726217 https://twitter.com/BronMuse/status/1816930759892173277 https://twitter.com/LakersLead/status/1816924957496246533 USA Basketball is a mortal lock to win the gold medal now, right? LeBron's heroics against South Sudan and Germany helped the Americans avoid two potentially embarrassing defeats in an exhibition setting. For a roster rife with NBA talent, there were more than a few rough edges to smooth out before the games really start to matter. Hopefully those growing pains are behind the latest star-studded Team USA squad. In any event,… Read More
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid putting the Las Vegas Raiders in a burger body bag. If there's one sports thing that gets under my skin more than anything else, it's teams willingly and inexplicably giving "bulletin board material" to other teams. Especially when the inferior team does something that's only going to get the superior team even more fired up. Like dressing up a Kermit the Frog puppet to look like 3-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Patrick Mahomes. As you might imagine, Patrick Mahomes has handled the situation gracefully - and like a professional. He already addressed the video (which you can see below) by saying: "Stuff like that happens. Tt’ll get handled when it gets handled. Everybody kinda just lets me play. I mean, they know how I am, so they don’t need to send me anything to keep me motivated." https://twitter.com/RGIII/status/1816586570629046383?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1816586570629046383%7Ctwgr%5Ed8b6627b7f0376f68a583e5fe509e878a8ab1678%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whiskeyriff.com%2F2024%2F07%2F26%2Fitll-get-handled-when-it-gets-handled-patrick-mahomes-puts-the-fear-of-god-in-the-raiders-for-kermit-the-frog-gag%2F Pretty mundane answer to a potentially volatile jab from the Raiders. Las Vegas players were obviously poking fun at Mahomes, leaning into the ongoing joke that his voice sounds like that of the beloved, green Muppet character. If they were going to do that, probably should have made sure a video didn't get out. While the Kansas City QB was handling the situation with class, the same can't be said for the KC head coach. Andy Reid was asked about the puppet video, and Raiders players calling Patrick a "b*tch," and Reid wasted no time absolutely eviscerating them: "We don't spend a lot of time here with puppets. We try to do our work and try to get better." https://twitter.com/_MLFootball/status/1816900234485649523 Obviously, the rivalry between the Chiefs and the Raiders has grown over the years. Now, with this Kermit the Frog bulletin board material, I expect Mahomes and Kansas City to come out extra motivated in… Read More
