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To get all of the latest country news and the hottest songs across the land, be sure you tune in to the Country Top 40 featuring Bob Kingsley every Sunday morning. The countdown starts at 8am and run until noon.  He also takes you down memory lane...

Some of the biggest artists in country music will be out on the road this year, and Taste of Country has everything you need to know about the top country music tours of 2016.

Ten bucks says this guy threw his sticks into the crowd when the band's set was over.

Trace Adkins is getting ready to release a new album via a new deal with Wheelhouse Records, and the forthcoming music has been shaped by some of the personal drama he's gone through over the past few years.

You may (or may not) know that I have been a professional singing drummer since I was in high school. While to some, we drummers sit on a seat (known in drumming lingo as a "throne;" please keep your jokes to yourself!), most drumming requires a fair amount of physical and mental abilities. I happened to see a link to this article on Facebook; it pretty well confirms what I and other dru

Yes, you read that correctly: starting July 27th--and every Sunday beginning at 3:00 p.m.--Chicken Poop Bingo returns to Schroeder Dance Hall. The Petit Brothers will be playing as well on stage inside the hall. With the bingo you purchase one or more random tickets pulled from the hat at either 1 or 2 dollars, and the chicken is in a cage where the floor has numbered squares. Wherever the chicken

Your Essay Topic: share an experience communicating your appreciation or love of the art of music. Essay length is 400 – 650 words. The winner will receive 4 months of free class music lessons on his or her instrument of choice (piano, drum or guitar) plus 2 additional months of lessons at a discounted rate. This contest is open to grades 7-10.

Some tech blogs are speculating on the possible discontinuation of the product that launched Apple into the stratosphere, and sparked a revolution in both the personal electronics and music industries: the iPod. Unit sales have declined over the last couple of years, as more and more smartphones (with music storage and playing capabilities) make up a larger and growing share of the market. Could t

As part of the Crossroads Community Band's 2014 Spring Concert Series, this concert will feature both the Victoria Civic Choir, under the direction of Dr. Marylynn Fletcher, and the Crossroads Community Band. The Show will be performed at the VISD Fine Arts Center (1002 Sam Houston Drive), on Tuesday, May 13th at 7:30 p...

Come on out this weekend to hear some LIVE music, played and sung by actual professional musicians! I'll be playing with Joe Salinas & the Dance Hall Demons this Friday night (March 21st) at the Chicken Ranch Dance Hall in Nechanintz/Ledbetter (just outside of La Grange). so make plans to come out and have some fun!

Wednesday morning (February 5, 2014), my in-studio guest will be singer/songwriter, Bobby Marquez. Bobby is a native of Freer, TX, but I met Bobby more than a dozen years ago when I was living in Nashville, TN, where Bobby calls home these days. Bobby will be one of the featured entertainers during the 2014 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, which runs February 6-23. Bobby will join me for some l

Here's a throwback going back almost 10 years. It's a video from a show I played at in Paragould, Arkansas at the Collins Theater. It's me, singing a classic Wynn Stewart song called, "Playboy," with the Penny Brothers Band.   The band features Rick Penny (bass), Robert Penny (rhythm guitar), Barry Joiner (lead guitar), and Randy Aden (pedal steel guitar) and Yours Truly on the drums. My