honky-tonk
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Several of her hits have vintage charm—they wouldn’t sound out of place in a honky-tonk in the 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
This year, the venture expanded with a new location five times the size of the original in the heart of American honky-tonk: Nashville.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
You won't find him on Broadway or in the city's famous honky-tonk music bars.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
“I’m gonna add a red bandanna and put Willie braids on it,” he says — a music nerd’s reference to the fabled honky-tonk that shuttered nearly three decades before he was born.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
On the jukebox, Kitty Wells was singing about married men and honky-tonk angels.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
