"I am thinking of doing an audio version," she said when I asked if she plan on having a print version. "I have digital and I do have print...I'm testing it out."

The CUFF Magazine is published seasonally with the launch at the top of year 2024. Its last issue features an interview with Meli'sa Morgan. The CUFF Magazine has articles in such sections as business and career, empowerment, entertainment and lifestyles.

"I'm trying to do different things each issue. This issue is entrepreneurship," Cheryl informed me as we continued to talk about her new venture. "We also have an author's spotlight. We feature people in their own lane, telling their journey."

"The road isn't a straight line," she said about what message she wants readers of CUFF Magazine to take away with.

Coming from print media, I know how hard it is to have a real media enterprise with money streams. It takes a LOT of work.

So, I asked her if she was in it to stay and she said, "I really want to be in it for the long haul. I want to see it do more. People love the design."

Yes, I love CUFF Magazine's design too! It's also very informative with lots of great photographs! www.CUFFMagazine.com

Billie Jo Jones started singing at nine years old in church, you know the story of the grandparents encourages the grandbabies to "sing for the Lord." Billie Jo's grandparents raised her since she was one year old. Though she just released a new album "Turquoise and Silver", she recently re-released her version of the Christmas classic "I'll Be Home for Christmas" in honor of her grandparents.

"It's my grandparents' favorite Christmas song," she said when I asked why this particular holiday classic. "They raised me since I was one and I wanted to make them happy. We actually put this song out last year...we are re-releasing it."

"I could sing since I could talk," Billie Jo Jones told me as we talked about her humble vocal beginnings. "I was performing for my grandparents' songs by Shania Twain, Ray Price and George Jones...then I was singing at local churches."

"My dad, he didn't raise me, but he was in my life...my dad taught me how to play the guitar (at age 14). He took me to bars and paid $20 to let me perform with the bands," Jones pointed out.

"Now I am opening up for Ray Price," she said excitedly, "I am 35 years old and have been playing with my band for 12 years."

Billie Jo Jones' version of "I'm Be Home for Christmas" has an unusual intro to the classic song. I pointed that out and asked if doing this intro was her idea.

"I had to learn that intro the day I got there," she told me. "My producer is Dolly Parton's producer. He said, ‘There's in intro.' I thought it was beautiful."

I agreed with her. Imagine working with a producer with the caliber that a producer for a legend like Dolly Parton would possess working with you. It's an indication of the level of talent Billie Jo Jones has. Evident in the fact that the CBS/Paramount talent competition program came to her to audition.

"We were hand-picked for ‘The Real'," Billie Jo said when I asked. "They reached out to my label. There were 35 people. We auditioned and they cut us down to the top 12. This show is awesome. The experience is amazing. I play my own original music."

The native of Texas' newest album release "Turquoise and Silver" offers 12 selections. Some of the singles on the project include "Marilyn," "Flame," and the title track "Turquoise & Silver." She just completed a nine-venue tour in and around Texas that started in October and finished at the end of November. She said to watch out for more dates during the holiday season.

In 2014 Billie Jo was named Emerging Artist of the Year by the Texas Country Music Association and Texas Regional Radio named her Female Vocalist of the Year. Her debut album "Some Girls Don't Cry" has a single, "Right Now Kinda Girl," that reached #1 on the Texas Regional Radio Chart. That song was followed but the success of her "Whose Tequila Are Your Drinking" which reached #1 on CDX True Indie Chart and it also became #1 on Amazon Music's Best Seller Chart. That song release was followed by her "Flame" single which also reached the top of the chart. www.BillieJoJones.com

SYNDICATED COLUMN: Dr. Eunice Moseley has an estimated weekly readership of over one million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Business Management/Public Relations Strategist and Consultant at Freelance Associates and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times. www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com. EVENTS: "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference (ULMII), founded by Eunice in 1999, is into its 26th year. Next events are coming to Baltimore via Zoom Saturday April 19, 2025, presented by Security Square Mall and The Baltimore Times, and Los Angeles via Zoom Saturday, November 8, 2025. The ULMII event is a free entertainment conference offering a Professional Panel Q&A Session, a Professional Talent Showcase and National Talent Competition (vocal, songwriting, dance and acting) where aspiring artists have a chance to receive over $20,000 valued in prizes/product/services. Log onto www.UpliftingMinds2.com RSVP for Zoom Access at EventBrite.com or email info@thepulseofentertainment.com.com.