By Dave Parsons Wheeling, West Virginia had the luck of the Irish a wee bit early this year when Wesbanco Arena hosted the Dropkick Murphy’s St....
By Dave Parsons It happens in baseball every summer when a team brings in a music act for a post-game concert. But, it’s impressive when a...
By Dave Parsons For decades, the stage of the Capitol Theater in Wheeling, West Virginia was home to the biggest acts in country music every Saturday...
By Dave Parsons There was a crop of male country singers, who all came out around the same time in the 1990’s. Among them were Kenny...
By Dave Parsons In the early morning hours of November 1, 2023, Grace Potter canceled her show at Stage AE in Pittsburgh with very short notice....
By Dave Parsons I first heard the name Scotty McCreery when he won Season 10 of American Idol. He was all of 17 years old, and...
By Dave Parsons A dozen or so years ago, I was the photographer for a famous radio show concert that broadcast out of Wheeling, WV, and...
By Dave Parsons It’s hard to imagine that it has been two decades since country star Josh Turner first topped the country music charts, but that...
By Dave Parsons It has been a decade since Randy Travis was fighting for his life after suffering a stroke triggered by a rare form of...
By Dave Parsons On Sunday, October 22, 2023, country music fans gathered at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida, for the final day of Country Thunder...
