Now in its eighth year, Mile 0 Festival in Key West, Florida, has earned pilgrimage status. For fans of Red Dirt country music, the fest has become a yearly rite; for those who have yet to attend, it’s a must. This year, Mile 0 powered through a historic cold snap …
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Standing on the State Street Stage, which straddles the Tennessee-Virginia border, at this month’s Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, 49 Winchester’s Isaac Gibson looked out at the sprawling audience facing him and sang the chorus that so many came to hear: “And if you wonder how I’m doing/know that I …
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It’s not lost on Isaac Gibson how quickly his band 49 Winchester have rocketed from near obscurity into the Americana and country music spotlight and onto stages not just across the U.S., but around the world. Leaning forward on the couch in the group’s tour bus, Gibson raises his head …
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Back in 2022, Rolling Stone called 49 Winchester the “buzziest of buzz bands.” The Virginia group has made good on that moniker with their breakout album Fortune Favors the Bold and a string of high-profile gigs, culminating with the opening slot on Tyler Childers’ arena tour. On Tuesday, April 9 …
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With the Rocky Mountains of Western Montana in the distance and a BNSF freight train rolling down the tracks nearby, Luke Grimes, the Yellowstone actor and emerging singer-songwriter, gazed across a sea of faces during his Friday evening performance at the Under the Big Sky festival. “This is, by far, …
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Back in June, Luke Combs posted a photo to Instagram of himself wearing a T-shirt for the band 49 Winchester. It was a mark of validation for the Castlewood, Virginia, group, a sign that their brand of country, folk, and soul was breaking through and finding fans — including one …
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