I am very familiar with Operation Christmas Child. The members of my church have been filling shoeboxes with Christmas gifts for many years. For the past several weeks, our Sunday morning church service has opened with a video about Operation Christmas Child. These videos explain how to pack your boxes, what kind of gifts to [...]

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 [...]

I love Matt Stillwell. I think I’ve told you all that before. I get to see Matt from time to time, he’s pretty much a regular at Capone’s in Johnson City, Tenn. He’s got a great band, and he puts on a great show. WXBQ radio plays Matt a lot – but it’s usually “Shine,” [...]

Back in February, I had the opportunity to attend a benefit for City of Hope. It was held at The Rutledge in Nashville. The event was organized by the folks at Country Music is Love. When I headed to Nashville, I knew the Carter Twins were on the schedule of entertainers for the night. Jason [...]

I actually managed to get through all 10 performers, in slightly under two weeks since this great Country Music is Love benefit show in Nashville on Feb. 9. This was the first-ever CMIL benefit for City of Hope. I’m sure there are a lot of people who would like this to become the first annual! [...]