Events

Happy Birthday today to singer/songwriter and novelist Drew Kennedy. Drew plays shows from coast to coast which gave him inspiration to write the book, Fresh Water in the Salton Sea. In fact Drew will be in San Angelo one week from today at the Lagoon Lounge and since word is another novel is in the works, maybe he'll get some more inspiration here in the Concho Valley...

Happy birthday wishes are going out today to Mickey Gilley from all of us here at Kickin’ Country 103.1. Mickey was born on this date 80 years ago on this date, March 9th in Natchez, Mississippi. Mickey spent 8 weeks a top of the Country Music album chart thanks to being a part of the 'Urban Cowboy' soundtrack...

// Happy birthday wishes are going out today to John Bush Shinn III better known as Johnny Bush from all of us here at Kickin' Country 103.1. Johnny was born on this date 81 years ago in Houston, Texas. You may already know that Johnny is an accomplished singer, songwriter, and an amazing guitar player...

In case you missed it, Chris Stapleton was a big winner last night at the CMA's. Stapleton took home the awards for 'Male Vocalist of the Year', 'New Artist of the Year' and 'Album of the Year'. To top it off, he had the performance of the night with his version of 'Tennessee Whiskey' off his album Traveller...

// Wade Bowen celebrated his birthday on Sunday and he took to Facebook to thank his many fans for the happy birthday wishes. Wade and his 'Lil Buddy' Randy Rogers are about to embark on their "'Till The Wheels Fall Off" tour. You can check Wade's website to see if the tour is making a stop in your neighborhood...

The 14th Annual Americana Music Honors & Awards were held last Wednesday night, September 16th at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee and Sturgill Simpson was a big winner taking home the awards for 'Artist of the Year' and 'Song of the Year'. ...

// The cameras were rolling at the 20th anniversary of the recording of Robert Earl Keen's 'No. 2 Live Dinner' at Floore's Country Store in Helotes, Texas last Saturday night. Check out the photos above posted on REK's Facebook yesterday...

The 2015 Americana Honors & Awards will take place next Wednesday, September 16th at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Singer/songwriter Jim Lauderdale will host the Honors & Awards once again, while Buddy Miller will lead the All-Star House Band during the ceremonies. Here i...

The West Texas Boys Ranch Team Roping and Barbecue Cook-off is set for next Friday, June 26th through next Sunday, June 28th at the Lee Ranch. There are 6 different roping for adults and kids, four barbecue cooking categories, a big raffle and a dance featuring Case Hardin on Saturday night...

Republic Services & the City of San Angelo will have a town hall meeting tomorrow evening at 6 pm. The meeting will take place at St. Mary's Catholic Church Gym located at 7 W Avenue N. Citizens who attend the meeting will learn about curbside recycling, frequency of trash service, proper use of the new 96 gallon trash carts, us of the landfill and more. Fo...