Music

Rodney Atkins shows what happens when you've never heard Lorde's worldwide hit 'Royals,' but sing it anyway, off the cuff. Turns out, the song could pass as full-blown country.

Sam Riggs paid us a visit at the kicks 105 studios and left us with another fantastic performance.

The 56th Annual Grammy Awards will be televised this Sunday night at 7pm CT on CBS!  We here at KICKS 105 always get excited about this show, because it gives us the opportunity to vote on our faves and see who knows their stuff!  This year we want you to share your picks with us as well.  Click "Read More" to see the nominees and to make your picks!

Country curmudgeons looking to blame hip-hop for what they see as the fall of country music have it wrong. Sure, acts like Brantley Gilbert and Jason Aldean are quick to drop rappers alongside country legends when listing influences, but it’s the aggressive, unapologetically loud guitar riffs of the ‘80s that are truly shaping the format today.

Whether you're lying on a beach somewhere or just sitting in the back of a pickup truck drinking a beer, country music makes for a perfect vacation or road trip soundtrack. With Tropical Nights: Boots in the Sand in February and your chance to win a free trip to Mexico here now, we've put together the perfect vacation playlist featuring some of our favorite country songs.

A little girl had no idea the treat she was in for when she gave some pocket change to a man she thought was a simple street performer.

Garth Brooks is coming back!!!  First, his website is alive again after many years of no new updates.  Second, a new box set of CD's is available.  Third, he just did a LIVE appearance from the Wynn in Las Vegas!  Fourth..???  Click "Read More" to find out!

Mike from Mike and the Moonpies stopped by the kicks 105 studios and he brought his guitar!

1936 - Charlie Daniels is born in Wilmington, North Carolina.

1962 - Singer-songwriter Kristen Hall born in Gross Pointe, Michigan.

1984 - Alabama becomes the first country group to go triple-platinum, with the "Feels So Right"

2012 - Randy Travis and The Avett Brothers shoot an installment of "CMT Crossroads" at The Factory in Franklin, Tennessee.