As Old Man Winter shows us once again that summer is still months away, there’s a lot of things happening in the music world.
More and more live shows are showing up on the weekly schedules. Whitewater Amphitheater hopes to get started this spring with two special acoustic shows with Jamey Johnson and Randy Houser on March 18 and 19. Tickets are on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m.
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