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Billy Currington is one of country music's most consistent hitmakers, but he was a young artist looking for a shot when he made his Grand Ole Opry debut.

Billy Currington is one of country music's most consistent hitmakers, but he was a young artist looking for a shot when he made his Grand Ole Opry debut.

Chris Isaak’s ability to connect with an audience has made him a perennial entertainer. You don’t have to go to a Chris Isaak show wondering how he’ll be. Since he first came to Australia in 1995, Chris has been delivered equal parts entertainment and musicianship ever since.

A Grammy-nominated country artist with 11 chart-topping hits will headline a concert this summer at a Dubuque casino, with an “American Idol” winner performing in support.

A Grammy-nominated country artist with 11 chart-topping hits will headline a concert this summer at a Dubuque casino, with an “American Idol” winner performing in support.

Kiersta Kurtz-Burke, a New Orleans physician who spent her career caring for the citys most vulnerable patients, including those stranded at Charity Hospital after Hurricane Katrina, passed away Feb. 1 at her Uptown home. She was 55.

UW Student Affairs and Division of Diversity, Equity, and Educational Achievement lecture by writer and actress Anna Deavere Smith.

WALLEN RELEASE: Songs about alcohol-soaked, on-again, off-again relationships have often done well for Morgan Wallen in the past: “Wasted on You,” “Last Night,” “Thinkin’ ‘Bout Me” and “You Proof,” to

Town Mountain release Dance Me Down Easy: The Woodstock Sessions EP today via New West Records. The 6-song set was produced by Town Mountain & Justin Francis and recorded at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY. The EP consists of the band’s renditions of favorites originally recorded by The Kinks, J.J. Cale, Dire Straits, Levon Helm, and The Rolling Stones. Dance Me Down Easy follows the band’s 2022 New West Records debut Lines In the Levee.

Niko Moon: “2024 is all about positivity, y’all.”