We lost a good one. Joe Diffie passed away on March 29 from complications of COVID-19. The Oklahoma native topped the charts with “Home,” “If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets),” “Third Rock From the Sun,” “Pickup Man” and “Bigger Than the Beatles” in the 1990s. Joe also struck a chord with his Top 5…… MORE
Jim Casey talks with Cole Swindell about: his current streak of seven consecutive No. 1 singles releasing his new single, “Stay Downtown” dropping his new EP, Down Home Sessions IV, on Nov. 24, which features acoustic versions of songs he wrote for other artists picking the five songs for the new EP the concept behind…… MORE
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Dierks Bentley was one of two artists tapped to help design songwriting rooms at Nashville’s Hutton Hotel. Opening in December, the Writers’ Rooms were created by Studio 11 Design firm to serve songwriters and music industry professionals with the space and amenities to be creative. Dierks drew from his Arizona roots—the use of Saltillo tile,…… MORE
Rick Moranis will return to once again play Dark Helmet in “Spaceballs 2”!!! Bill Pullman will return as the hero Lone Starr, too. And Mel Brooks will be back as Yogurt . . . and, presumably . . . President Skroob. (He played both characters in the original.) Ted Danson’s wife Mary Steenburgen will play…
Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson has died. His family didn’t announce the exact date or cause of death, but he was diagnosed with dementia and placed in a conservatorship last year. He was 82. Wilson was plagued by drug addiction and mental illness throughout his life. By 1964 he had stopped touring with the band.…