On Thursday afternoon (10-3), it was revealed that a “Jane Roe” had filed a lawsuit in California state court accusing Garth Brooks of multiple incidents of rape, sexual assault, exposing himself, and other explicit behavior.
Sagebrush has been a music venue, bar, and business for over 70 years. The building was first built in the 1940s as an army barracks. It later became “Gil’s Club” in 1955.
The latest Garth Brooks album and his 17th overall will finally be made available on Friday, September 6th … for streaming only … exclusively on Amazon Music. No word on if physical standalone copies will ever be made available.
It’s one of the saddest and most compelling stories in rodeo history. And with the way country & Western music is so synonymous with the rodeo, it’s no surprise country music has taken a large share of inspiration from it.
The Austin City Limits Hall of Fame should be reserved for the performers from Austin and Texas that are seminal to the city and the state’s music scene. ‘Austin City Limits’ was founded to bring the music of Austin to the world.
As strange as it may sound, the term “saving country music” or “save country music” has been said and written more in the last few months than at any other time in history. This begs a deeper discussion about the term.
Imagine a Texas music scene without Gruene Hall. It’s difficult to impossible to do. And if it wasn’t for Pat Molak discovering the ruins of an old town just north of New Braunfels, and making it his life’s purpose to preserve it.
Both the current ownership group of the building, and the company the owners have partnered with to lease and manage the property, are not currently committing to saving the record shop business itself.
Scotty McCreery will be the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry. Surprised on stage Sunday evening, December 3rd, Garth Brooks did the honor by coming out on stage and handing McCreery a gift box.
Garth Brooks is once again drawing ire from the public for doing a very Garth-like thing. But a viral quote falsely attributed to Hank Williams Jr. is just the latest canard to make the rounds on social media.
Lainey Wilson is the first woman in twelve years to win Entertainer of the Year. She’s only the 2nd woman to win it since 2000 (Taylor Swift won it twice). How in the world could Lainey Wilson pull off such a thing?
Whenever someone wants to define what “country music” is, or define the most pure and traditional version of the art form, or draw the greatest contrast or comparison between the pop versions, his name is Mark Chesnutt.
Garth Brooks has just announced his 14th studio album called “Time Traveler.” But to purchase and listen to the new album, you’ll have to purchase six other albums that you either might already have or may not particularly want.
Saturday night, October 14th, 2023, was a special night at the Grand Ole Opry. Instead of presenting the regular Saturday night slate of performances, the Opry presented a tribute to country music legend Keith Whitley.
While speaking with Esquire as part of a spread about his foray into the whiskey business, Eric Church dropped what have turned out to be some pretty incendiary comments about country radio.
Garth Brooks has just announced a new album, and he’s announced it in the Garthiest of Garthiest kind of ways. We don’t have a name for the new album yet. That remains a mystery. There is no track list just yet, or cover art.
A couple of really important moves have been made recently in the country radio space that could have implications on the format moving forward. But the two moves spearheaded by big country legends from the 90s take two different directions.
Though what Garth Brooks said is 100% correct and it’s patently obvious to everyone, the fallacy of radio independence is what persists because so many are afraid to speak about it publicly.
If the first iteration of Chris Gaines wasn’t controversial enough, get ready for five (yes, five!) more Chris Gaines albums to complete the universe of the Garth Brooks sex-addicted emo pop star alter ego.
Well now, this is certainly something we were not expecting to see in 2023 or any other year, but here we go. There is a new film being released that chronicles Garth Brooks meeting George Jones before George is scheduled to be cryogenically frozen in 1994. Called Country Gold, the film stars actor Ben Hall.
Tragic news out of Nashville as beloved country music songwriter, vocalist, and musician Kyle Jacobs has died in an incident Metro Nashville Police are characterizing as an apparent suicide. Kyle Jacobs was also the husband of country artist and television personality Kellie Pickler.
Chris Stapleton needs no stepping stone or discovery at this moment in his career, but we all know he will slay the National Anthem on Sunday, because this is what Chris Stapleton does. He’s such a good singer, it’s one of the reasons purists love to claim he isn’t country.
This week’s debacle with the sale of tickets for Taylor Swift’s upcoming “The Eras Tour” has already caused such an uproar, United States Senators and Congressmen are calling for investigations, while the Justice Department has reportedly opened a probe into the matter.
This is 2022, and artists like Tyler Childers, Billy Strings, Zach Bryan, and the Turnpike Troubadours are exploding in popularity. Add on top of that then pent up demand due to the pandemic, and we’re living in an era when you’re favorite independent artists are arena stars.