Cross Canadian Ragweed sized up the expectations —months of comeback hype, a stadium filled with fans doing the wave, a five-band lineup of Red Dirt icons, and an introduction by Oklahoma State University football coach Mike Gundy —and then made a collective decision to blow right past them. The Oklahoma …
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The Cross Canadian Ragweed comeback is expanding to Texas. The Red Dirt pioneers, along with co-headliners Turnpike Troubadours, are bringing their Boys From Oklahoma showcase to McLane Stadium in Waco, on the campus of Baylor University, on August 23. Ragweed and Turnpike — who confirmed the details to Rolling Stone …
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After 15 years, two months, and 30 days, Cross Canadian Ragweed’s hiatus is over. The Oklahoma four-piece, whose mid-2000s heyday laid the groundwork for the current surge in popularity of Red Dirt music, reunited to play six songs late Thursday, closing down the main stage on a cold night at …
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Organizers behind the Cross Canadian Ragweed reunion concerts announced two additional dates after Monday’s presale involved the sort of long waits and high demand usually associated with major acts like Taylor Swift or Oasis rather than the Red Dirt scene. Ragweed and co-headliners the Turnpike Troubadours have added Thursday, April …
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The boys from Oklahoma are back. Cross Canadian Ragweed, longtime torchbearers for Red Dirt and Texas music and a major influence on the current generation of rising stars from both scenes, are reuniting after nearly 15 years for a comeback show in the town that launched their career. On April …
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As a band, Them Dirty Roses date back to 2012, and the Alabama four-piece has been releasing music since 2014. Still, their latest project feels like the group’s coming-out party. For most of this year, Them Dirty Roses have been slow-rolling Lost in the Valley of Hate & Love Vol. …
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Cody Canada is ready to give a festival audience a heavy dose of Cross Canadian Ragweed. He just wants to make it clear that he’ll be doing so with the Departed. At a one-day festival called Spring Revelry, which organizers and artists confirmed to Rolling Stone will take place on …
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