February 19th at 8 Second Saloon Gretchen Wilson will be performing for all the redneck women like her, in Indy! Doors open at 6 p.m. and Jai Baker will be opening for Wilson at 8:45 p.m. General admission tickets are $15 and table or rail seating is $25 to $28. For those of you that are not familiar with Gretchen Wilson, she is the beer drinking, dirt-bike riding, rough-neck cowgirl, who idolizes... 

Being from a small town in southern Indiana, it is no surprise that I grew up listening to country music.  Over the years, I have come to love the genre of music and call guys like Garth Brooks and Willie Nelson some of the best musicians of all time. One of the guys that I came to practically obsess with has been singing now for over twenty years. He has had eighteen number one hits, runs his own... 

Country duo Brooks & Dunn announced today on their Web site that they are in fact done making music together. “After 20 years of making music and riding this trail together, we have agreed as a duo that it’s time to call it a day,” the post on their site says. “This ride has been everything and more than we could ever have dreamed…. We owe it all to you, the... 

He is one of the most popular country artists today, Toby Keith has made a major impact in the country-music world and he isn’t slowing down. Selling more than 25 million albums just this decade and many more since he started his musical career. Now, his  fourteenth album is nothing less than what we would expect from Keith. Not only is Keith a musical genius but he has his name on many other... 

Round 2!!! of the 8 Seconds Saloon and 97.1 Hank FM Counrty Battle of the Bands happens this Friday, 4/24/09. Like we said before, what better place to have a country battle of the bands than only Indy’s best country bar 8 Seconds Saloon, located on Indy’s west side, at 111 North Lynhurst. But you know what makes this bar so great is that you can get Line Dancing lessons one night and... 

Jessica Simpson’s country boots aren’t made for walkin. The former pop star was released from the Sony Nashville label after her debut country album, Do you Know, fell flat. After Simpson’s divorce from Nick Lachey in 2005, her music career hit a downward spiral. Her post-breakup pop album, A Public Affair, sold only 300,000 copies – a far cry from her previous album, the platinum-selling... 

Since the origins of country music, males have been a dominant staple of the genre. At last night’s Academy of Country Music Awards, three young blondes changed all that. Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift and Julianne Hough took home top awards and cemented their durability in the industry.  Taylor Swift accepted album of the year and a teary Julianne Hough won top new artist. But the night’s... 

Asleep at the Wheel will be in concert at 8 Seconds Saloon, in Indianapolis, Friday. Since the early ’70s, Asleep at the Wheel has been the most important force in keeping the sound of Western swing alive. In reviving the freewheeling, eclectic sensibility of Western swing godfather Bob Wills, the Wheel earned enthusiastic critical praise throughout their lengthy career; they not only preserved... 

Blue Rive Band will be in concert in Indianapolis at 8 Seconds Saloon tomorrow, Saturday. Come out and enjoy the high energy of Indy’s top country show band.  Blue River Band has enjoyed a long tenure in Central Indiana attracting new followers at every gig.  Blue River Band has opened for artists such as Montgomery Gentry, Ricochet, Blackhawk, Joe Diffie, Confederate Railroad, Brian McComas,... 

LeAnn Rimes was merely an inexperienced innocent teen when she covered Patsy Cline’s “Your Cheatin’ Heart” on her 1999 self-titled album, but 10 years later Rimes’ life may be turning into a country song with her own beatin’ cheatin’ heart. Furnished with explosive photographic and video evidence, Us Weekly was the first to report that Rimes cheated on her backup dancer husband, Dean...