First of all, I’m a little bit confused here. I really thought we were getting The Band Perry on Saturday, Aug. 28, at our Appalachian Fair in Gray, Tenn., and I was looking forward to it.  But according to their schedule, that is not going to happen — Sorry, Northeast Tennessee. I was hoping for [...]

Back on Jan. 31, 2010, I put up an article about the Josh Abbott Band. I heard about the group from a press release I received in my email. After I read it, I went to their web site and listened to their music. It wasn’t too hard to see why these guys are sitting [...]

On March 6, 2009, Jason Aldean was in Knoxville. He wasn’t just doing a show, he was filming a Live DVD. And now, we have a release date for that DVD, Wide Open Live & More – Aug. 25. The DVD not only includes 15 songs, “She’s Country,” and “Big Green Tactor” among them … [...]

On Friday night, March 6, more than 4,500 Jason Aldean fans joined him at the Knoxville Coliseum, to be included in the live taping for a concert DVD. The DVD was shot in high-definition, and will be released later this year. I didn’t get to the taping, but several of my friends did, so we [...]

James Otto opened the Washington County Fair in Abingdon, Va., Monday night, Sept. 8. With songs like "Just Got Started Loving You," and "For You" already making him a huge favorite of country music fans, James is also in the list of nominees for a CMA award this year. The awards will be presented at [...]