(Washington County Fair, Abingdon, VA. Photo Credit: Brittney Johnson) I’m a huge James Otto fan. And I love hearing about people doing nice things to help other people – So you can imagine how happy I was to receive the following press release about an upcoming James Otto concert – a generous fan – and [...]

Bigride Records artist Marlee Scott has officially released her debut U.S. single, “Beautiful Maybe,” to Country radio. For the past several weeks, Scott has been on the road visiting radio stations across the country in support of “Beautiful Maybe,” which was co-written by chart-topping Nashville songwriters Marcus Hummon (Rascal Flatts, Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw), Tia [...]

The picture has nothing to do with today’s post. I just thought I would start this out with something pretty. And Jake definitely fits that bill. This picture was taken at our Appalachian Fair a few years back. What I really wanted to tell you all this morning is that I’m going on vacation. I’ll [...]

Early in May, 2011, I went to a concert at Unicoi County High School here in Erwin, Tenn. Ty Herndon came to our little town to put on a concert for our local Chamber of Commerce. [Article and pictures from that show here.] I’ve always liked Ty’s music. This was my first opportunity to see [...]

  Back on March 21, 2011 – I put up an article about Rascal Flatts 2011 Summer Tour, “Flatts Fest.” The time has arrived, and  “Flatts Fest” is underway – kicking off  on June 18th in Bristow, Virginia. Opening acts for the tour are Sara Evans, Easton Corbin and Justin Moore. The tour is currently scheduled [...]