Grand Ole Opry

It will be quite the night in Nashville this evening for one Acadiana native as country singer James Dupré will be making his debut on the hallowed stage at the Grand Ole Opry.

KWKH legend Randy Travis will be in concert this Friday night at the Horseshoe Riverdome.  And the country favorite will celebrate his 25th anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry next month.

Billy Grammer, the singer and guitarist best known for his million-selling 1959 hit ‘Gotta Travel On,’ passed away Wednesday after a long illness. He was 85. A World War Two Army veteran, Grammer broke into country music only after losing his job as a toolmaker after the war. He scored big with his debut single, ‘Gotta Travel On,’ the first of four top 40 hits in a recording career that continued

Since they started making music together way back in 1947, the Oak Ridge Boys have topped the country charts more than 15 times, won four CMAs and a Grammy, and sold millions of records — but one honor has eluded them. Until last week, that is, when the Oak Ridge Boys — or “the Oaks,” as former President George Bush referred to them in a tribute filmed specially for the occasion — were inducted in