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
What the 2020 CMA Awards Taught Us About the Return of Live Country Music
This is why we can't have nice things.
Relive the Top 5 Moments of the 2020 CMA Awards
What was your No. 1 moment from the 2020 CMA Awards?
Reba McEntire, Darius Rucker Get Personal With 2020 CMA Awards Monologue Jokes
A pot joke drew good laughter, but the best line was about a singer who's found himself in trouble recently.
Miranda Lambert’s Husband Will Co-Star in Her ‘Settling Down’ Music Video
Find Lambert on a horse racing across a pasture and her husband of nearly two years in his black tie best.
Luke Combs’ BBMA Performance of ‘Better Together’ Was Remarkably Restrained [WATCH]
The performance may have been an epiphany for those who only know him as the guy who sings, "Longneck, ice-cold beer never broke my heart ..."
Relive the Top 5 Moments From the 2020 ACM Awards
Including moments from Carrie Underwood, Eric Church and more.
Carrie Underwood Forgot to Thank Her Husband and Kids at the ACM Awards
"I'm a dummy," she said after the show.
Luke Combs Shares ‘Better Together,’ a Song for His Wife, at ACM Awards [WATCH]
Just six weeks after marrying Nicole Hocking, Combs played the new song from a nearly empty stage at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe.
How Can a Tie at the ACM Awards Even Happen?
Maybe Thomas Rhett and Carrie Underwood could have a karaoke contest?