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7.18.25 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: Hi, and welcome back to Country Weekly, where we dive
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into news and gossip from the world of country music.
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I'm your host as always, Ken Dawkins, and I will
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be reading from various sources found online. As a reminder,
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RADIOI is a reading service intended for people who are
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blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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read printed material. We'll begin with the first article day
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of July fourteenth from americansongwriter dot com. Darius Rucker refunds
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all tickets after struggling through Atlantic City concert. Looking to
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have a great show on Saturday night in Atlantic City,
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New Jersey, Darius Rucker found himself in a difficult spot
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as he took the stage. Like countless singers before him,
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especially recently, Rucker started to notice his voice was going out.
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Hoping he could power through the show. With each new song,
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his voice cut out more and more. Wanting to give
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his fans the best performance possible, he decided to end
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the concert early, but not without making sure he made
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it up to fans. Barely making it three songs into
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the concert, Rucker knew he needed to end the show.
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He told the crowd, you all, I can't sing anymore.
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I'll play one more song. I promise you we're going
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to figure this out. This never happened to me. I
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physically can't sing. I will make this up to you.
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Before heading off stage, Rucker performed his hit song wagon
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Wheel for the audience. Although he needed a little bit
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of help from the fans, already stating he wanted to
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return to make the concert up. The country singer revealed,
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I feel awful. I'm so sorry. I have never lost
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my voice in all my years of performing. We looked
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at every option to reschedule, but unfortunately it's just not
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possible this year, so we're issuing full refunds. While doing
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the best he could with his strained voice, Rucker explained
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how the venue would reach out to those who purchased
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a ticket with information pertaining to the refunds. At the time,
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the singer appeared visibly upset over having to end the show,
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but when sharing the latest news on his Instagram stories,
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he focused on the love and support he received from fans.
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Thank you so much for all your kind messages, wishing
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me well, love you all, see you soon. Although each
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person ended up with a refund, one fan commented on
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how distraught Rooker looked on stage. He looked so upset
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when he left the stage. Another fan responded, Yeah, he
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really did. As for Rucker's upcoming performances, the singer will
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head to Florida for two concerts on July nineteenth and twentieth.
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For the show, on the nineteenth, he'll perform in Hollywood,
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and on the second night, the singer will travel to Tampa.
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Now we move over to countrynow dot com with the
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first article dated July fourteenth, More concert problems. Lup Bryan
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swarmed by mayflies at Hershey Park show. A country boy
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through and through, Lup Bryan is no stranger to bugs,
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but nothing could prepare him for the swarm of mayflies
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that surrounded him during his concert at Hershey Park Stadium
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in Pennsylvania over the weekend. The bugs were flying through
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the air throughout the concert, but the situation seemed to
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get worse when the Georgia native made his way to
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the front of the stage to deliver a few songs
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on a piano. As the spotlight shone down on him,
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bugs could be seen swarming all around in the light.
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In true Loop Brian fashion, he handled it with humor.
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What the hell's going on? He said, as he looked
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around the stage. The crowd began to laugh, and he quipped,
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I think I've breathed in four of these dumb idiots.
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As he played a few notes on the piano, Brian
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continued to laugh at the situation as he yelled out, shoot,
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they're everywhere. Before starting the song, he got one more
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singer as he questioned, can you put these on pizza?
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Fans captured the hilarious moment on video and quickly shared
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it to TikTok, of course, where it didn't take long
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for the comments to pour in. I thought it was
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glitter confetti until he said something. One user joked they
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almost carried him away another edit. Another points out the
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obvious no one has more fun at a concert than
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lup Bryan. Brian returned to the stage this weekend following
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several canceled and rescheduled concert due to illness. Thankfully, his
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longtime friend and fellow superstar Eric Church was on hand
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to fill in for him at several festivals before his
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tour picked back up. Brian took to social media to
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thank fans for sticking by him and for sending well
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wishes his way. It really really gets frustrating getting sick
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and losing my voice and having to take a couple
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of weekends off, he admitted, but thank you guys for
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supporting me. I love you all and we'll see you
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all in the shows to come. The five time Entertainer
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of the Year, we'll head back on tour this week
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with shows in Greenville, South Carolina, Charleston and Birmingham, Alabama.
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His summer tour features a rotating lineup of special guests
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including George Burge, Avery, Anna, Ashland, Kraft, may Estes, Cole
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Goodwin Braxton, Keith Randall, King, Vincent Mason, Drake Milligan, Adrian Nunez,
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and Owen Riegeling unselected dates. Brian named the tour after
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his newest single, country song Came On, which is climbing
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the country charts. Next, George Straight rallies Country Stars for
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Texas flood relief benefit dinner and concert as Texas Hill
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Country works to recover from the recent catastrophic flooding. George
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Strait is rallying friends and fellow musicians to step up
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and offer support where it's needed most. The legendary Texan
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has announced that he, along with Tom Cusick businessman and
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Vagos Adel Marr partner of fifteen years. They're organizing Straight
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to the Heart and an intimate benefit dinner and concert
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set to take place Sunday, July twenty seventh at the
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Astancia at Thunder Valley Indoor Arena in Boorn, Texas. The
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destruction and loss in our community from the recent flood
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is hard to wrap your head around. Shares Straight, our
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hearts and prayers are with you all. The goal with
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this event is to raise meaningful, immediate support that can
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put directly into the hands of flood victims without delay,
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while also honoring the first responders that work tirelessly to
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save lives. The exclusive event will host one thousand guests
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and feature performances from Straight himself, of course, along with
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a powerhouse line up of talent including William Beckman, Ray Benson,
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Wade Bowen, Dean Dylan, Riley Green, Randy Howser, Jamie Johnson,
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Kyle Park, Hudson Westbrook, and members of Strait's Ace in
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the Whole Band. Special thanks to our friends and fellow
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troubadours Beckham, Benson, Bowen, Dylon Green, Hawser, Johnson, Hudson, Westbrook,
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members of My Ace Band for joining me on stage
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to lend their talent and their hearts to this mission. Cusick,
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co founder of the the Karistell mar Organization, alongside Straight,
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emphasized the urgency behind the benefit due to the heartbreaking
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toll the recent catastrophic flooding is taken across Texas Hill Country.
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CNN's latest update as of this recording reveals that, according
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to officials, at least one hundred and sixty people still
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remain unaccounted for. One hundred and fifty of those are
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in Kerr County, one of the area's hardest hit by
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the flooding. USA Today further reports that at least one
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hundred and twenty people have been confirmed dead since the
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devastating rainfall struck on the morning of July fourth. Moving On,
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Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton deliver timeless duet with a
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Song To Sing. Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton have teamed
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up for their first true duet with a Song To Sing,
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a soul stirring collaboration that captures the power of music
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and everlasting love, written by Lambert and Stapleton, two of
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country music's most compelling voices, alongside Jesse Fraser and Jennie
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Fleeiner and produced by Grammy winner Dave Cobb, A Song
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to Sing paints a picture of love that runs as
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deep as the music itself. The dreamy tune is filled
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with rootsy instrumentation, with gentle acoustic strums and the timeless harmonies,
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thus creating a nostalgic sound that, with the core message,
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offers a testament to the kind of love that can
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withstand every high and low, and the kind that doesn't
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just inspire the music, but it becomes the music along
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the way. They unite to share the story about two
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people whose connection is strong enough to guide them through
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the noise and chaos of life in a world that
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often moves too fast. The song serves as a reminder
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to slow down and cherish the power of companionship, training verses,
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and then blending harmony seamlessly. On the chorus, Lambert and
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Stapleton bring a new level of emotional weight to the
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track as they reflect on the beauty of everlasting love
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and the power of getting to share a story through song.
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They sing, you are part of me, Baby, You're the
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heart of me. Together we can write a song to sing,
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and in that melody, baby You're the harmony that you
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just can't find anywhere. It's clear that the release, which
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is set to impact country radio or did actually on
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July fourteenth, is destined to join the list of most
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cherished duets in the country music business. Together, they channel
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the timeless spirit of classic country duets among legends like
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the iconic pairing of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. The
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Country Acts have racked up an impressive combined total of
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fourteen Grammys, thirty three CMA Awards, and fifty nine ACM Awards,
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each leaving a lasting impact the genre, not only with
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their distinct voices, but also their combined legacy and award
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winning storytelling. The Story to Sing brings their shared musical
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legacy full circle, as it gave Lambert, who handed over
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her ACM Entertainer of the Year crown to Stapleton in
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twenty three, a chance to join forces where a fellow
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trailblazer in a whole new way. Chris Stapleton will continue
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his extents of All American Roads show through the summer.
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The trek includes two upcoming shows in New York City's
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Madison Square Garden along with Lambert. Stapleton's recent collaborations include
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California Sober with Post Malone, Think I'm in Love with
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You with Dua Lippa, oh Well with Slash and Honkey Talk,
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Hall of Fame with George Strait. Plus he's released a
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version of Tom Petty's I Should Have Known for the
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new Tom Petty tribute album. Meanwhile, Miranda Lambert is several
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upcoming dates across the US and Canada where she will
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serve as supporting act for Morgan Wallen's twenty twenty five
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I'm The Problem to her. In between those shows, she
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will appear at a few fairs and festivals around the
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co country. Next, Priscilla Block reimagines nineteen seventy Simon and
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Garfunkel hit. Priscilla Block is serving up her signature sass
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and fierce confidence in her new song You're Breaking My
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Heart Cecilia. After teasing the catchy tune on social media,
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Block gave into the pleas of fans and released the
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story that finds the song trists putting her own spin
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on Americana folk hero or folk duo Simon and Garfunkel's
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beloved nineteen seventy hit simply called Cecilia. Block flips the
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narrative and reclaims the story from the perspective of the
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other woman. Her unmistakable vocals lend a modern, gritty edge
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while channeling the bold storytelling of Dolly Parton's Joelene in
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a playful yet piercing anthem. The writers behind Your Breaking
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My Heart Cecilia include Chris Tompkins, Jesse Frasier, Jesse Joe Dillon,
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Hailey Whitters, and the original writer of Cecilia, Paul Simon.
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Their creativity led to a narrative that has Block prepared
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to take part in a full on showdown of the
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woman dubbed Cecilia doesn't stop flirting with her man. She
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admits to seeing right through the woman's kind act, and
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while she will strut right up and hug me, Block
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makes it clear she's going to keep her distance, knowing
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that Cecilia will stab her in the back at the
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first chance she gets. I know you're getting used to
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getting whatever you want, girl, twirling them blonde curls and
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boys around your finger. And now he ain't the cheating kind.
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I'm usually not the jealous type, but you're stirring trouble
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up tonight, and I don't like it. Priscilla Block delivers.
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Upon reaching the chorus, the North Carolina native dives the
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same message home, while infectious upbeat tone with a classic
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country twang brings the energy up. She sings, Cecilia, you're
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breaking my heart. You're shaking my confidence crazy. I can
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feel you Joline again, but you ain't getting him, so
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you best get out of my way. I see you
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come walking in here, batting them lashes, making them passes,
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hook line, and sinker. In celebration of today's release, one
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of the creatives behind the track, Hayley Whitner, shared a
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post congratulating Block on dropping the fiery new anthem. She
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also gave high praise to her fellow songstress, calling her
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the perfect artist to cut the song and deliver the
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unapologetic message. Block added, thank you for letting me cut this.
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I'm obsessed. You're breaking my heart. Cecilia follows the rising
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country star's first release of twenty twenty five, the catchy
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Yard Sale. The infectious song once again tackles heartbreak in
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a hilarious way as she sings about selling her ex's
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belongings and an impromptu yard sale where everything is half priced.
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After gaining traction on social media and at her live shows,
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Block revealed that the song was on its way to
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becoming a staple in her catalog. Honestly, I didn't know
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that I was going to put out Yard Sale. I
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thought it was kind of two out there, But every
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single time I would show this song to people there
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like Priscilla, you have to put out yard Sale. It's
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so fun, she previously told Country Now. Both songs give
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fans a glimpse into Priscilla Block's next musical chapter that
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she yet to be announced. This project will serve as
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the follow up to her PB two EP that dropped
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last summer, along with her debut album, Welcome to the
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Block Party. In addition to her slew of solo dates
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scheduled throughout twenty twenty five, Block has also been tapped
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to serve as an opening act on Coleswindell's Happy Hour
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Sad to Her next Ashley Cook unleashes a storm of
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emotion in fiery breakup anthem the hell You Are. Ashley
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Cook is done dealing with men who can only offer
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empty promises. She hones in on a relatable topic well,
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taking her sound in a whole new direction on her
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fiery new anthem, the Hell You Are leaning into her
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ability to take emotional chaos and turn it into something beautiful.
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Cook delivers a catchy anthem that calls out the frustrations
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behind inconsistencies in a relationship. This tune is sure to
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hit home for everyone who's ever been strung stung by
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someone who says all the right things but never follows through.
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This song is that moment of clarity when you finally
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put your foot down on what you deserve. It's calling
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someone out for their actions not matching their words, and
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deciding to be done, believing that it'll be different this time.
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Cook shared of the song's powerful narrative. Cook co wrote
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this track along with seth Ennis, Joe Fox, Chase McGill,
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and Emily Weisband. This powerhouse team of songwriters combine their
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talents to bring the story to life, while award winning
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producer Dan Huff worked his magic to make the song complete.
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The lyrics indicate that Cook has found herself in a
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situation a few times before and is finally ready to
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end her a streak of falling for a relationship that
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will only leave her heartbroken. Cook continues to send a
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message loud and clear with her warm, textured vocals, cutting
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straight to the heart while reliving all the lives she
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was told. Cook explores a double meaning in the chorus
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by flipping the phrase the hell you are into a
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deeper description of the person's destructive character, claiming you don't
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even know the hell you are. Today's release was accompanied
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by a heated visualizer that finds Cook setting up a
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candle at dinner for her and her other half. One
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minute she's lighting the candles and plaiting the dinner, and
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the next she's on the phone with a knowing and
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frustrated look on her face. Instead of enjoying a date
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night with her love interest, she calls her friends and
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gets her revenge by tearing photos apart, breaking his belongings,
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and causing some therapeutic chaos. At the very end, the
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mystery man shows up at the door and claims he's
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sorry and lost track of time. Luckily, her friends are
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there to make sure she doesn't give in to the
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empty apologies anymore. The Hell You Are follows a string
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of honest and emotionally charged tracks from Ashley Cook, including
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The F Word and All I Forgot featuring Joe Jonas.
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With each new release, Cook further cements herself as one
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of country music's most relatable storytellers who's not afraid to
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speak the truth. She's currently on the road with Parker McCollum,
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Brentley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Dustin Lynch, joining each act
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on select dates through the fall, in addition to also
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headlining select shows and appearing at major festival next. Riley
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Green covers Tim McGraw debut's new song on Acoustic Midtown
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Sessions EP. Riley Green's surprise fans Friday with the release
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of a new acoustic EP, Midtown Sessions. The stripped down
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set features five tracks, including the solo written Song's Worst
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Way and Jesus Saves the fan favor Changed My Mind
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in the brand new track Bartender and Destined. The project
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also features a cover of Tim McGraw's classic The Cowboy
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in Me. This isn't the first time Green has put
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his own spin on a McGraw's song. On his twenty
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twenty three album Ain't My Last Rodeo, he recorded Damn
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Country Music, which originally served as the title track of
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McGraw's twenty fifteen release. Inspired by his love from nineties country,
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the EP takes things back to the basics, stripping away
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the noise and allowing Green's Alabama bread vocals to shine.
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Now he mowsy on down the river and around the
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corner to Saving Country Music with the first article dated
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July fifteenth, The biggest takeaways from the twenty twenty five
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Master Musicians Festival in Kentucky Neighborly. If you had to
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describe the thirty second annual Masters Musicians Festival with only
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one word, that would be it says saving country music,
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because that's exactly what it felt like. It's a family
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friendly event that's not yet been exploited by the big
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corporate machines, likely due to the careful curation by its founders,
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the Somerset, Kentucky based entrepreneurs Julie Harris and Tiffany Finlay.
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They operate the town's largest annual gathering under a non
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profit organization, along with a small army of neighborly volunteers
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who all chip in. Yet, when these neighbors decide to
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throw their annual music festival, not only do they keep
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it affordable so everyone can attend, they're still able to
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attract some of the best names in music. Every year.
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Festival organizers Herald a Master, term for which they lovingly
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designate to one of the festival's performers. The event also
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makes sure to give special emphasis to Kentucky artists. The
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twenty twenty five Masters was the legendary country blues and
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Southern rock band from the hills and farms of Edmonton,
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Kentucky that we spoke about a couple of weeks ago,
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the Kentucky Headhunters, who are recently profiled here. As we mentioned,
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over the years, artists and performers from all genres of
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music acrossed the stages of this quaint Kentucky music festival.
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Yet given the geographic region it's held in the foothills
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of Appalachia and the Cumberland River Valley, country, folk, Americana
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and bluegrass or styles of music that typically reign supreme here.
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Here's some of the best stuff witnessed by somebody attending
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the concert. There's first on Jamie Johnson. There's no sufficient
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way to describe how authentically stellar Jamie Johnson is not
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only as a songwriter and recording artists, but as a
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human being. He writes straight from his heart and can
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often deliver a song induced gut check that can hit
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like a ton of bricks. If you can make it
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through one of his live musical sermons without being tear
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jerked at least once, most likely from a stirring performance
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of in Color, then at may be questionable if you
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even have a soul worth saving. A staunch country traditionalist.
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Jamie's performance at Master Musicians Festival was exactly what Somerset
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had been waiting for for decades. That's how long organizers
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had waited for his tour schedule to open up to
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make his appearance possible. The Kentucky Headhunters can pretty much
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fit into any type of crowd or any festival event
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you placed them in, though when the crowd over with
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their signature high energy clash of Southern rock, blues and country,
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with a dash of added psychedelia thrown in to keep
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just a few hippies stirring around in the crowds Heralded
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by festival organizers as this year's Masters, the Kentucky Headhunters
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were in prime form on Saturday night in their home state,
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with rousing performances of all their signature hit songs like
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doomas Walker, All Lonesome Me, and covers of Spirit in
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the Sky and House of the rising sun. The Headhunter's
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age never once showed the young telecasters slinging outlaw country
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blue star from East Kentucky. That's Todi Lee Meese. He's
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the real damn deal, says, saving country music while he's
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still paying his dues. Some of his dues are being
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paid back. The hard living Troubadour admits that his backstory
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includes some drug use, homelessness, and he presumably lives the
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life that he sings, of which he terms as raunchy
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tonue while emitting whelan esks vibes both esthetically and sonically
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without really setting out to do that. He opened his
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set with cocaine and wine from his third album No Excuses,
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were leased back in twenty twenty three. After his performance,
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when asked for his perspective on what the state of
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country music is right now in twenty twenty five, he stated,
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the state of country music is in a few different states.
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I think mostly it's a mess. I see some artists
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in the Americana genre get labeled true country artists when
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in reality they fall short of what I consider true
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country music. The great at what they do. Though people
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are hungry for country heroes, they just don't seem to
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be making those folks anymore, or they're not getting discovered.
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I'm no purest in general, but I do believe in
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calling things what they truly are. And that being said,
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thanks to the folks like Jamie Johnson, true country music
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heroes still exists that keep the truth alive The Creakers.
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Every time music festivals decide to have multiple stages, there's
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always at least one artist on one of the smaller
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stages who makes an uncontested case for why they should
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have been on a bigger stage. The Creakers were that
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band at the twenty twenty five Master Musicians Fest, which
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seemed like half of a festival's total population suddenly descended
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into the little ravine where that stage sat as an
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impromptu happy hillibilly jam session commenced before them. In front
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of the stage, a bunch of porch stompers had gathered
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as the Creakers began to fire up their mini hillbilly orchestra,
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even though they had no porch to stomp on. The
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Creaker's fiddle player, Anna Blanton, decided she was going to
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be the one to do and steal the show, just
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like any decent fiddler player attempts to do with every performance,
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Blanton's masterful ownership of her fiddle directly channeled into the
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audience as she rode the shoulders of a friend, taking
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her performance off stage and into the crowd as they
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closed out their set, leaving the audience yelling for more. Next.
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Tyler Childers Chris Stapleton led Healing Appalachia reveals the full
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twenty twenty five line up. The Tyler Childers led Healing
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Appalachia Festival as just announced their full line up for
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twenty twenty five, and it's a doozy. The event already
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revealed in April that for twenty twenty five they would
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be moving from West Virginia to Kentucky and that fellow
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Kentucky stalwart Chris Stapleton would be co headlining the event
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with Childers. Now they've unveiled all the talents set to
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take the stage at the Boyd County Fairgrounds in Ashland
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on September nineteenth and twentieth, along with Stapleton headlining Friday Night,
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Molly Tuttle, the Infamous String Dusters, Jesse Wells, Lucas Nelson,
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Sunny War, Desert Hollow, Corduroy Brown, and The Montvales, along
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with Jerry Panell and Moose Miller will all be performing Saturday.
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Will be Tyler Child's Leading Emmy Wolf, BlackBerry Smoke, American
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Aquarium called Cheney, Jonas Connor, Hill, Deevil That's Hill Country, Devil,
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Brad Goodall, Conrad Moore, Willie T. Taylor and the Carriers,
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Kindred Valley and Jack Browning, Andy Frasco and the u
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N and Jeremy Short will also be playing on Thursday
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night at the kickoff party. Healing Apple h is not
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just a festival. Everyone volunteers their time, including the artist,
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and it all goes to addiction and recovery support and
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the part of the country hardest hit by the opioid
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and prescription DOUG crisis, along with all the other elements
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you can expect from a music festival like cool food,
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vendors and crafters. Scores of organizations set up to help
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individuals with addictions are on site. Now we whip up
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a little taste of country with the first article in
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that publication date of July fifteenth. Zach Brown Band announces
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new album Love and Fear, plus four shows at the Sphere.
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Several days after a full social media wipe and cryptic
23:56
update about closing a chapter Zach Brown filling out bigger
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pictures with more details. The group announced their next album,
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Love and Fear, shared the project's full track list, cover art,
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and release date. They also shared some big name collaborators. Then,
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just one day after announcing the album, ZBB revealed that
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they're bringing Love and Fear to life with a limited engagement,
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one of Las vegas most buzzed about venues the sphere.
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The cover of Love and Fear paints a dramatic picture
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showing two opposing forces, one kneeling in red, one and white,
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one winged angelike presence hovering in the air, and their meeting.
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Smoke billows against the dark black drop and backdrop. That is,
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and both the figures wield what appear to be staffs
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as they come together, two sides of the same truth,
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the band wrote in the caption, underscoring the contrasting themes
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at work both in the imagery and in the title
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of the next album. Love and Fear is due out
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on December fifth, and will feature guest appearances from Dolly Parton,
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Snoop Dogg, and Marcus King, though fans still have several
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months to wait before the full project comes out. Z
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b B also revealed that the first single off the project,
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their Snoop duet Let It Run, will be out this Friday.
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They also revealed the cover art for that single, which
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features a depiction of Snoop and frontman Jack Brown riding
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on horseback together through the desert and what appears to
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be a blunt hanging from Snoop's lip. The rumors have
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been buzzing around the Zach Brown Band for weeks are true.
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The band is planning to play shows in Las Vegas
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at the Sphere this winter. A press release bills a
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limited run as Love and Fear, the same name as
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the group's newly announced album, The Mani Residents. He kicks
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off December fifth, the same day as the album comes out,
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and it'll mark a world premiere of the new record.
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Brown says that pairing his new album with an immersive
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live show in Vegas it's a dream come true and
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will allow him to shed light on his story and
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artistry like never before. It's my masterpiece so far, he
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says of the album. This show is the story of
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my life, and I have never shared a journey through
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my imagination, music and stories that have defined who I
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am all this brought to life in the incredible immersive
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environment of the Sphere. ZBB shows that the Sphere will
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take place on December fifth, sixth, twelfth, and thirteen. The
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news comes after zbb's latest update had fans hotly anticipating
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what was coming and a little concerned about the future
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of the band. In that post, they look back on
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their career to date and thank fans for all the
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moments that they've shared together. In it, they signaled the
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conclusion of a chapter, but one piece of their statement
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left some wondering if it was more than just the
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end of tour posts, and some fans tossed around the
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theory that the Zach Brown Band could be breaking up
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or radically restructuring their band. From every hand, we shook
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every sign we saw in the crowd, Every voice lifted
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back to us, from the front row to the lawn,
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we felt your love. This isn't goodbye. It's a thank
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you and a reflection. Fortunately for fans, the group's latest
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announcement makes it clear that ZBB aren't going anywhere, and
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in fact, there's new music on the way. The first
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song on the track list is I Ain't Worried about It,
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which the band released in June. The rest of the
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track list on the new Love and Fear album A
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Hard Run featuring Marcus King, The sum Let It Run
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featuring Snoop Dogg, Animal, Butterfly featuring Dolly Parton, Give It Away,
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Can You hear Me Now? Thank You for loving Her,
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Come to Me, Nothing's a Coincidence, Passenger, and What You're
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Gonna Do. And we finally close with a quick list
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from Taste of country artists who started out in country
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music but aren't anymore. Traditionally, music artists tend to stick
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with one genre for their entire career. However, lately we've
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seen a rise in singers hopping from format to format,
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trying their hand at anything that speaks to them. Country
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has been a popular genre for music makers across the
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country to dip their toes into, and there have been
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a few singers who have made Nashville their permanent home.
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And then there are a few country crooners who have
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left music city to pursue careers focused on other musical influences.
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The short list Casey Musgraves a staple in country music.
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Earlier in her career, the band Perry began as a
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sibling trio with country music in their hearts Marin Marris.
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Some singers have let their country music colors fade over time.
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Leanne Rhymes. Not everyone has a grand moment of leaving
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the genre, but LeAnn Rhymes just kind of faded into
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the background. Taylor Swift, we know her story, of course,
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and Granger Smith. That concludes the reading of Country Weekly
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for this week. If you have any comments or suggestions
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about our program, call us please at eight five nine
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me on behalf of everyone here at RADIOI. This is
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Ken Dawkins wishing you a great day.