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It is common knowledge that Will Hoge can write superb songs. He's got his 2012 Academy of Country Music (ACM), Country Music Association (CMA) and Grammy nominations for Best Country Song for "Even If It Breaks Your Heart," plus his national "Strong" 2014 Silverado pickup truck ad campaign to prove it (see above)...

Last week during her concert at Texas' Majestic Theatre Kacey Musgraves shared a new snippet of an unreleased song. The tune was inspired by her run-in with a panty thief. It just so happened that this girl — when I first moved to Nashville, she stole a bunch of s–t from me and was dumb enough to post all these pictures of herself in my clothes on Facebook,”  “… Anyway, I caught her...

Since Texas Country's biggest bromance-besties, Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen, released their new duet album in April, fans have been raving about how much they love it. And I couldn't agree more. This album hasn't found its way out of my CD player, since I got it...

I won't lie. I don't cook. As much as it breaks my momma's heart, I am a TERRIBLE cook. I can barely even make a bag of microwave popcorn without burning down the house.

It was on this date (May 19) in 2010, the press release announcing the band Cross Canadian Ragweed was "taking a break" was released. The announcement forever changed the Texas / Red Dirt music scene and left all of us screaming "CARRRRRNNNEEEYYYY MANNNNN!!"

You know him as "Johnny Chops," the bass player from the Randy Rogers Band. He has been laying down their four string groove for well over a decade. But Jon Richardson also does his own thing from time to time, and even released his debut solo album Sticks And Stones back in August of 2013.