Pictured left to right: Phil O’Donnell, Eric Paslay, Bob DiPiero, Hoda Kotb, Craig Morgan The Today Show’s Hoda Kotb was in the audience for last night’s CMA Songwriters Series set from Joe’s Pub in New York City. The show was headlined by Black River Entertainment artist Craig Morgan, who had just returned from Afghanistan and [...]

Generally, Country’s Chatter is always posts about country music. The artists, the tours, the new CDs, television appearances, and even news about them and their families. This post is different. But it is one I wanted to write. I live in a very small town, Erwin, Tenn. The town sits in the middle of Unicoi [...]

Rockie Lynne, who I remember best for “Lipstick” (You Can Put Your Lipstick on While I Drive), “I Love You More” and “I Can’t Believe It’s Me,” has a new album. It’s called “Songs For Soldiers”. I did listen to the clips he has on his web site, I like what I heard. And while [...]

Most of Aaron Tippin’s fans know that Aaron has always enjoyed flying. A press release tells us that he is now the Commemorative Air Force celebrity spokesman. (Photo at left  from Aaron’s web site) Here’s the press release for you all, with an accompanying photo, and a few photos from a show I attended this [...]

Yesterday Toby Keith celebrated his 48th birthday. He’s always been one of my very favorite country artists. He puts on one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. He’s not only done shows all over the U.S., but has also recently completed his seventh United Service Organization tour of the Middle East, performing 15 shows [...]