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Hello, my name is Rita Ballou and I am a social media-aholic. I will admit that I have been on board with all the different types of social media ever since the very early days of Yahoo 360 and My Space. My newest obsession is VINE. If you haven't seen VINE yet, it is basically Instagram, but for videos...

Due to the terrible tragedy in West, Schoepf's BBQ has canceled the show with The Bleu Edmondson Band and Grady Spencer and the Griswulds for tonight. We will try and reschedule the show at a later date. The plans are to take monetary donations for the people of West next Thursday at the Roger Creager and John David Kent show. ...

Courtesy of bootcampaign.com Tomorrow night out at Schoepf's BBQ in Belton, Texas music rocker Bleu Edmondson will be performing on the backyard stage for week three of the Texas Music Series. I have always been a fan of Bleu's edgy and thought provoking music, but I am also proud to have shared the role as Boot Campaign ambassador with Bleu in the past...

Have you had a chance to see the amazing "Subway Violinist" video with the two guys covering Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" that recently went viral? Well, I was just scrolling thru the Taste of Country website and I ran across it...

I talked about my big "dork out" moment today on the air, so I might as well show you the video evidence. This video is the back end of my first stage announcement out at Schoepf’s BBQ in Belton for the Texas Music Series kickoff with Stoney LaRue...

Yesterday (Sunday) my husband "Ike Turner Ballou" and I went to one of my favorite music-related events of the year, the 5th Annual Reckless Celebrity Kelly Softball Jam. The Jam is held every year in Round Rock at the Dell Diamond, home of the Round Rock Express...

What are y'all doing this Thursday night, April 4th? Come out and visit me at Schoepf's BBQ in Belton! I will be at Schoepf's from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm broadcasting live before the Stoney LaRue show. The show is FREE FREE FREE for adults 21 and up and there is only a $5...

Wade Bowen and his band put on one hell of a show for an at capacity crowd last Friday night at Whiskey Creek in Harker Heights. Here are a couple short videos that I shot with my iPhone: The first video is Wade performing a Will Hoge song that he recently recorded with him titled, "Another Song Nobody Will Hear" that is currently sitting pretty at #4 on the Texas Music Chart... Read Mor

I bailed on The Bachelor yeeeeeears ago...so I am way out of the loop on this one. Either way, the Eli Young Band made a cameo Monday night on a one on one date, that technically wasn't exactly one on one. From what I can piece together and y'all please correct me if I am wrong, Bachelor Sean took AshLee on a "special date" to an amusement park with two chronically ill teenage girls and

Local Texas Artist Kirk Baxley stopped by this morning to perform some original material.