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.
Billy Dukes
Garth Brooks Reevaluating Stadium Tour as COVID-19 Cases Rise Once Again
Brooks also canceled a planned ticket onsale date for a September show in Seattle, Wash.
Luke Bryan Will Return to ‘American Idol’ for Season 20
Auditions will begin virtually this week with the start date for Season 20 still TBD.
Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn Announce Final Las Vegas Shows
McEntire's Las Vegas residency with Brooks & Dunn will come to an end in December.
Garth Brooks on CMA Entertainer of the Year Voting: ‘The Stand Is Still the Same’
In July 2020, Brooks said he was pulling his name out of the running for CMA Entertainer of the Year. He still feels the same way in 2021.
Chris Young Announces Famous Friends Tour With Mitchell Tenpenny
Young revealed 13 shows that will keep him busy from October through the end of the year.
Top 40 Country Songs for August 2021
More than ever, August's Top 40 shows that there are more ways than ever to define a "hit."
Garth Brooks Shares Very Big and Very Small Tour Plans Ahead of Nashville Concert
Country music's best-selling artist is far from bored with the task at hand, however.
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani’s ‘Honeymoon’ Sounds Perfect
They had everything they wanted.
A Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire Duet Is Coming
The new recording is one country fans know well, and it'll be a part of a future McEntire project.
Gwen Stefani Really Procrastinated Writing Her Blake Shelton Wedding Vows
She even tried to get out of writing them.