When Billy Bob’s Texas, the 40-year-old Fort Worth honky-tonk mecca, announced earlier this week that it was hosting a concert by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and enforcing Isbell’s Covid vaccination policy for entry after a different Fort Worth venue wouldn’t, the venue’s general manager says he spent the …
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The 2020 CMA Awards were held earlier this week, pandemic be damned, with several tributes to country legends that were lost this year, including a Charlie Daniels medley, renditions of Joe Diffie and Kenny Rogers songs, and a Mac Davis’ “In the Ghetto.” Notably absent were mentions of the late …
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Sheryl Crow released her eleventh – and, according to her, final – album Threads last week, featuring a star-studded roster of collaborations. On Monday night, she appeared on The Tonight Show with Jason Isbell to perform “Everything Is Broken,” a cover of a Bob Dylan song from his 1989 album Oh Mercy. Crow …
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Popular Americana live act Drew Holcomb has announced the lineup for his annual Moon River Music Festival. First launched in 2014, the weekend concert returns to Chattanooga, Tennessee, on September 7th and 8th with one of its strongest bills to date. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and new Grammy …
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