From “Jingle Bells” to “Silent Night”, everyone has their favorite Christmas songs and Jesse Charles of the band, Lost Highway, is no exception. For his first solo single, Jesse recorded his own version of the Alan Jackson classic “Let It Be Christmas” this year as a present to his mom. Continue reading
According to a post from the official Merle Haggard Facebook page, it reports that he is currently hospitalized, and shows have been postponed. Continue reading
MinnesotaCountry.com owners Brandon and Karleen Wallin have always been big believers and supporters of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. For many years, they’ve donated through the K102 radiothon. Since starting MinnesotaCountry.com, without an official partnership, etc they’ve used this website, and all MinnesotaCountry.com social media platforms to help spread the word about the radiothon as well. They do this not for attention, to look good in the public eye, etc, but from the goodness of their hearts. With that said, if you’d take a minute to read below, it would be much appreciated! Continue reading
Country music legend Dolly Parton will perform one of her most personal and beloved songs, “Coat of Many Colors,” on the Tuesday, Dec. 8 (8-9 p.m.) live telecast of NBC’s Emmy Award-winning musical competition series “The Voice.”
Also taking the stage will be country star and “Voice” season three champion Cassadee Pope, who will perform her latest single, “I Am Invincible.” Continue reading
Tyler Farr is having a big year! He released his second album, Withdrawals, in June. His current single, “Better In Boots” is climbing radio airplay charts, and he just announced yesterday that he’s heading on tour with Lee Brice for the Life Off My Years Tour this February. Plus he’s part of the Winstock Music Festival line up for 2016, which has us pretty excited! Besides being a huge country star, Tyler Farr is also quite the comedian. Here’s seven different times he’s made us LOL.
We’re now two and half weeks into November and you know what that means….BEARDS! Yes, No Shave November is in full swing right now. In case you aren’t aware, No Shave November started to raise awareness for cancer patients who typically lose their hair while undergoing treatment. People usually donate the money they save on shaving products for the month to an organization that helps raise awareness or funding for cancer research. Now, most people think of men growing out their beards when they think of No Shave November, but one of our favorite ladies, Jennifer Nettles helped out #TeamLegHairDontCare with their twist on the typical No Shave November competition. To see their spin on No Shave November check out the video below and to donate to #TeamLegHairDontCare click here.
Dixie Chicks’ fans got some exciting news to start off their week! This morning the group announced that they will be stopping in the good ole’ U.S. of A. on their World Tour. As expected the internet went crazy when this news broke, and rightfully so. These ladies ruled the 90’s with chart topping hit after hit! So, in honor of the Dixie Chicks touring the U.S. for the first time in 10 years we’re looking back on some of the life lessons we learned from this group of awesome women!
Like the rest of the world, we here at MinnesotaCountry.com still can’t stop watching the Chris Stapleton and Justin Timberlake performance that happened at the CMA Awards last week! It was definitely one for the award show history books. So, for all the new and old Chris Stapleton fans we thought we’d put together a list of some other similar artists for you to check out. We promise they are just as amazing!
Did you tune into the CMA Awards on ABC tonight? It was a phenomenal show, but if you missed it, no need to worry we’ve recapped the top moments of the night below!
Brad and Carrie’s Jokes
We knew these 8 time hosting veterans would have some good jokes, but we expected there to be a lot more of them about all the recent divorces in country music. Instead they took a different approach opening the show with a Star Wars spoof featuring Darius Rucker and Luke Bryan. However, one of the best jokes came when Brad Paisley tried to make the “Naked Host Selfie” happen and stripped down to his boxer shorts proclaiming, “Miley (Cyrus) set the bar. We try to reach the bar”. There was also a bit of riffing on Sam Hunt and his rapping/talking/singing style that ended with Brad Paisley coining the phrase, Sam Hunting….which is now what all the ladies trying to date Sam Hunt will describe their efforts as.
MyGuitarLight.com is a brand new business based out of Tennessee, and has just taken their business online! If we didn’t love the idea, the low cost, and the originality of these products we wouldn’t be telling you about them today! Continue reading