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Jelly Roll Honors Toby Keith With Touching Cover Of “My List” During Charity Benefit Concert
Country Singers Join Forces To Honor Toby Keith & Raise Money For Charity Jelly Roll joined a long list of country stars who honored the late Toby Keith during the Toby Keith: American Icon tribute concert and charity benefit show. Toby Keith died on February 5, 2024, following a battle with stomach cancer. Dozens of country stars, including Jelly Roll, […]
Earthquake shakes Los Angeles, with epicenter near Barstow
An earthquake shook the Los Angeles region Monday afternoon. The US Geological Survey reported a 4.9 magnitude quake with an epicenter near Barstow, California – about 103 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The quake was at a depth of nearly five miles, according to the USGS. The magnitude was downgraded from an initial report of […]
Amy Grant Posts Heart-Tugging Tribute To The Nelons
Three Members Of The Southern Gospel Group The Nelons Were Killed In A Plane Crash On July 26 Amy Grant shared a moving tribute to three members of the gospel group The Nelons, who were tragically killed in a plane crash on Friday (July 26). According to a statement released by Gaither Management Group, Nelons members Kelly […]
How Much Did Celine Dion Get Paid For Her Olympics Performance?
Celine Dion performs for the first time in five years at the Olympic Opening Ceremonies Following a performance at London’s Hyde Park in July 2019, highly decorated vocalist Celine Dion took a five-year hiatus from performing publicly. After COVID-19 forced her to postpone her North American Tour, Dion was diagnosed with a very rare condition known as Stiff Person […]
Justin Moore Delivers ‘Twangy,’ ‘Tongue-In-Cheek’ Views On Country Music
Justin Moore delivered a “twangy” country anthem to call out the difference between modern and traditional music in the genre. The Arkansas-born country star delivered “Put A Boot In It,” offering a “completely different” sound from the verses to the chorus. The unique song, Moore said, was never meant to offend other artists, but was intended […]
Dolly Parton’s Dollywood Theme Park Affected By Severe Flash Flooding
Dollywood Ushers Guests To Safety Amid Severe Flash Flooding A thunderstorm broke out in Pigeon Forge, Tennesee, on Sunday afternoon (July 28), causing a flash flood in Dolly Parton’s Dollywood theme park. Dollywood released a statement about the flooding on its official social media pages, saying: “This afternoon, Sunday, July 28, a strong thunderstorm caused […]
Gospel Singer Vows To Keep Singing Following Plane Crash That Killed Her Family
An unthinkable tragedy rocked the gospel music community Friday afternoon (July 26) when a plane crash carrying three members of the Southern gospel quartet, The Nelons, and four others crashed in rural Wyoming. Kelly Nelon Clark, her husband Jason Clark, their oldest daughter Amber Kistler and her husband Nathan, their assistant, Melodi Hodges, the pilot, […]
Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’ Songwriters Start a Podcast
The songwriters who penned Jason Aldean‘s controversial hit “Try That in a Small Town” — Kurt Allison, Neil Thrasher, Kelly Lovelace and Tully Kennedy — have launched a podcast inspired by the song. The Try That in a Small Town podcast “reinforces the traditional principles that historically shaped our nation,” according to its website. It promises to feature guests […]
Jelly Roll & MGK Drop Modern Take On “Take Me Home, Country Roads”
Jelly Roll has teamed up with rapper Machine Gun Kelly (MGK) to create a new version of John Denver’s famous “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” The original song, written by Denver, Bill Danoff, and Taffy Nivert Danoff, became a big hit in country music. Released in 1971, it captures the feeling of longing to go back […]
Organizers apologize after church groups criticize alleged ‘Last Supper’ parody during opening ceremony
Organizers of the Paris Olympics have apologized for what some critics described as a parody of “The Last Supper” during the lavish opening ceremony on Friday. The scene featured drag artists and dancers and was widely criticized by the Catholic church and Christian groups. The French Catholic Church said the festivities “included scenes of derision and mockery of […]