The Academy Of Western Artists Announces Finalists For 18 Award Categories. EINPresswire/ -- The Academy of Western Artists (AWA) has announced this year's finalists, representing exceptional talent ...

The Pawhuska Western Swing Festival honors country music legend Hank Thompson's 100th birthday with performances by local and ...

Nashville may be the indisputable home of the country-music industry, but that hasn't always been the case. Of course, any country fan can tell you that being home to the industry isn't the same as ...

The fifth annual Cowtown Birthplace of Western Swing Festival will call downbeat at noon Nov. 6, drawing attendees from near ...

New artists typically don't get duets with superstars until later in their careers. But this didn’t apply to Drake Milligan. This was a major pinch-me moment for the young rising star. “Vince Gill is ...

John England delivered smooth vocals on his band’s bouncy, foot-shuffling song “Open That Gate” last year. Folks in the world of Western swing music paid attention. England, a Terre Haute native, won ...

TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KERO) — The Western Swing Out, a four-day festival featuring 17 bands, returns to Tehachapi for the Memorial Day Weekend. Staff for the Western Swing Out transforms the Tehachapi ...

The record was produced by Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel and features 11 songs, 10 of them originals, recorded at Benson’s studio in Austin, Texas (Hedley co-wrote one track with Brennen Leigh).

The Arkansas Arts Council's traveling "Small Works on Paper" exhibition, 40 two-dimensional artworks no larger than 18 inches by 24 inches and created by 27 Arkansas artists, is on display ...

The Briscoe Western Art Museum is back in full swing with their signature Night of Artists event, celebrating leading contemporary Western artists and their work. This will be the first time in two ...

Looking for a free mini puzzle? Play the USA TODAY Quick Cross now. In 2005, a young singer and keyboardist named Emily Gimble recorded the album “A Case of the Gimbles” with her renowned guitarist ...