Hinterland Festival 2025: Day Three

Sunday morning brought the promise of a great final day of Iowa’s most underrated weekend gathering, Hinterland. The same easiness was in the air from the two days prior and it was shaping up to be another perfect-weather day. The lineup was to be an vivacious one, with a bit of a country detour before […]

Hinterland Festival 2025: Day Two

Come Saturday afternoon, spirits continued to be up for Day Two of Hinterland 2025 with another beautiful day in the countryside of Iowa. Beautiful weather is a notable (albeit, uncontrollable) change from last year’s Hinterland, to say the least. The temperature got up there a few times, but nothing compared to what I’ve heard about […]

Morgan Wallen kicks tour off with two nights in Santa Clara

On Friday, August 1st, country music star Morgan Wallen brought the first two nights of his highly anticipated I’m The Problem Tour to Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, California — home of the San Francisco 49ers. Morgan Wallen has just released his fourth studio album I’m The Problem on May 16th, shattering records with 36 […]

Keith Urban & friends corral country fans at California Mid-State Fair

Country fans were back in action once again at the California Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles for yet another topnotch show. On day nine of the fair, attendees got the final country show of the summer, welcoming back the one and only Keith Urban. This town knows how throw down… and throw more than a […]

The Red Clay Strays stir up fans at the California Mid-State Fair

It was Day Six at the California Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles and the fun had just begun, considering the fast-rising American country rock band from Alabama The Red Clay Strays was about to take the stage that night alongside Kaitlin Butts. With a cool breeze in the air to break up the summer heat, […]

Bailey Zimmerman brings new album energy to California Mid-State Fair

Bailey Zimmerman brought his New to Country summer tour to the California Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles — and it was a wild one. Right now, Bailey is playing all over the radio stations, becoming a poplar name with younger country music fans with huge hype going around about how entertaining his live shows are. […]

Cody Johnson corrals country fans at California Mid-State Fair

The California Mid-State Fair is back in town and brought along a great lineup of country artists. Cody Johnson along with Randall King sold out the Grandstand Arena for Day Four and the energy for this one will be hard to beat! Usually, Paso Robles this time of year has weather hovering around 100 degrees, […]

Iowa festival Hinterland is set to celebrate 10 years this summer

Hinterland Music Festival — a lowkey, folk-centered festival in small town Iowa — returns for its celebratory 10th year on August 1st through 3rd, 2025. With a stacked lineup of mainstream headliners, as well as a powerful indie-folk undercard that the festival is known for, this three-day is once again drawing thousands to St. Charles, […]

A wily night of country with Hardy & Koe Wetzel in Fresno

Hardy’s Jim Bob World Tour made it stop to the Savemart Center in Fresno, California. It being on a Thursday night, the end of the work day may have impacted the crowd getting to the venue on time. That said, to the few fans who did show up early, Stephen Wilson Jr. played a brilliant […]

Clint Black brings 35 years of ‘Killin’ Time’ to Visalia, California

Well, Top Shelf Music country fans, it was a pleaser to see another country music icon from the good ol’ days still having what it takes to put on a satisfying show. Hitting the road to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Killin’ Time, Clint Black sold out the Fox Theatre in Visalia, California. Before I […]

Brooks & Dunn bring boots, scoots, & boogie to Highland, CA

Country music legends Brooks & Dunn played their final show of the year at Yaamava’ Resort & Casino in Highland, CA on Saturday night, November 9th, with no opening act — just hit after hit of pure country! With a catalogue spanning over 30 years and 20 number-one hits, the country duo Kix Brooks and […]

Jelly Roll is all pyro & hydro in St. Louis

Country music sensation Jelly Roll recently brought his latest tour to the Enterprise Center in St. Louis in spectacular fashion. Just days prior, Jelly Roll’s Beautifully Broken album earned the title of number one album in the country. This album, and the similarly named tour, have been hot topics of discussion in the music world […]

Orville Peck packs Hollywood Palladium at rescheduled show

The rescheduled first night of The Stampede Tour with Orville Peck at the Hollywood Palladium was a sold-out success. As this marked the end of the U.S. leg of the tour, fans came eager to celebrate, sporting all kinds of eye-catching, head-turning outfits, ready to sing and dance the night away. Orville Peck originally postponed […]