Billy Dukes is a Senior Editor and Executive Producer at Taste of Country, where he has over 11,000 articles to his name. His media background includes jobs as music director at WQDR 94.7 in Raleigh, N.C.; writer for Recoil Magazine, a monthly out of Grand Rapids, Mich.; and writer for the Kalamazoo Gazette in Kalamazoo, Mich. The Western Michigan University graduate followed a girl to Raleigh in 2006 and wisely married her one year later. In 2014, they moved to Nashville, where they now live with their three sons. In his free time, Billy enjoys playing and watching baseball, cycling and home renovation.
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Chris Stapleton Picked to Sing National Anthem at Super Bowl LVII
Including Stapleton, country singers have performed four of the last seven Super Bowl National Anthems.
Remember When a Super Bowl-Winning Quarterback Had a Country Hit?
Plus, which NFL Pro Bowler scored a No. 1 hit?
Dolly Parton’s Dollywood to Cover Tuition for Employees Who Want to Further Their Education
A new program announced on Tuesday allows for 100 percent coverage of tuition and books in many cases.
Betty Lynn, Who Played Thelma Lou on ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ Dies
She was 95 years old.
Dog the Bounty Hunter Joins the Hunt to Find Brian Laundrie
"I will find him," Chapman says.
Jimmy Buffett Returns to Nashville for Surprise Pop-Up Concert at Exit/In [Watch]
Kenny Chesney joined him on stage for his most famous song.
Doug Kiker, ‘American Idol’ Singing Garbage Man, Arrested for Harassment
Kiker appeared during Season 18 of American Idol, in 2020.
‘American Pie’ Singer Don McLean Arrested on Domestic Violence Charges
Don McLean, a mutli-genre singer best known for writing and recording “American Pie” in 1971, has been arrested in Camden, Maine. He posted $10,000 bail after police responded to a domestic violence complaint.
Outnumber Hunger Live! Concert to Stream April 18 – Exclusive Video Preview
Fans who couldn’t get to Las Vegas for the Outnumber Hunger Live! concert on April 4 can catch the show when it airs on Friday (April 18). Florida Georgia Line and Rascal Flatts are just two of the acts that took the LINQ stage to perform for a good cause during ACM week.