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Lisadriffle·Aug 14, 2025Why Nashville Has No Hank Williams Statue (And Why That’s a Tennessee-Sized Atrocity)Look, there are two kinds of omissions that make your blood boil:
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Jim Anderson·Jan 15, 2025Music Break: January 14, 2025Sometimes you have to just get beyond in life. After a Texas snowstorm you want to just get beyond the ice. Beyond the sunset. Beyond the…
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InThe Old AnorakbyJim Laing·Mar 16, 2024Under the Covers №1: Take These Chains from My HeartLike good cover songs? Then you’re in the right place. First, we examine the cover, then the original that inspired it
Sean Elder·Feb 4, 2024Wreck and RecoveryWatching George and Tammy, the Showtime miniseries about the tempestuous marriage of George Jones (Michael Shannon) and Tammy Wynette…
Winston Hall·Apr 27, 2023A Time Traveling Experience On the Set of “I Saw the Light”I wanted to share a really cool story from my experience a few years ago on the set of “I Saw the Light” — a film made here in Shreveport…