THIS is the Purpose of Saving Country Music
35 CommentsEvery once in a while, a reset of perspective on the ultimate purpose of Saving Country Music is in order. Now is one of those times. Saving Country Music was founded to tackle critically important topics to the country genre.
Album Review – Ernest’s “Nashville, Tennessee”
77 CommentsYou don’t really need a conventional album review to help navigate you through or understand Ernest’s 26-song treatise, Nashville, Tennessee. What you need is a road map, a sherpa, someone to point your nose in the right direction.
This Jamey Johnson “What A View” Tour Looks Killer
24 CommentsLet’s face it. What many Jamey Johnson fans really want is the announcement of a new album. But in lieu of that, they’ll settle for a mess of new tour dates, especially with the roster of openers Jamey Johnson has lined up.
Justin Townes Earle’s Widow Clarifies Concerns with Jason Isbell Song
161 CommentsOn Friday, April 12th, the widow of Americana singer and songwriter Justin Townes Earle took to social media to let her thoughts be known about the song “When We Were Close,” written and performed by Jason Isbell.
Album Review – Joe Stamm’s “Allegheny” EP (with The Allegheny High)
15 CommentsSteel your emotional equilibrium for the roller coaster of stimulus you’ll experience listening to this four-song gem that combines the songwriting prowess of Midwest musical superhero Joe Stamm and Charles Wesley Godwin’s band.
We Need To Talk About These 2024 ACM Awards Nominations
33 CommentsEvery year as the nominations for country music awards come and go, it’s hard to not fall into a perfunctory attitude about them due to the cyclical and predictable nature of the nominees.
George Strait Set To Break Yet Another Record
68 CommentsEarlier this year, Strait announced his only concert in Texas in 2024, called The King at Kyle Field. He’ll take the field in College Station at the home of the Texas Aggies football team on June 15th with Parker McCollum.
Jason Isbell Criticized by Justin Townes Earle’s Widow for Song
271 CommentsEver since the release of Jason Isbell’s Grammy award-winning 2023 album Weathervanes, there have been concerns swirling around the song “When We Were Close” that was written as a de facto “tribute” to Justin Townes Earle.
Newest Adds to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#138)
9 CommentsImagine taking to the internet to complain how bad country music is today when we have such an embarrassment of riches from the independent side of country music sitting right under our noses.
Waylon Grandson Whey Jennings Readies Debut Album
35 CommentsIt’s not that Whey Jennings is the new kid on the block. Those who follow the Waylon Jennings clan or Outlaw country have likely seen his name around since he first emerged singing songs in 2012.
Album Review – Sarah Shook & the Disarmers – “Revelations”
27 Comments‘Revelations’ by Sarah Shook and the Disarmers will wrap you in the warm embrace of electric and angry underground country, while also serving it up through curiously infectious melodic prowess.
Jesse Daniel Adds Dates to Anticipated 2024 Tour
9 CommentsTired of the daily grind? Worried about the future of country music? Need a honky tonk revitalization? Then there is just about nothing better to get your mind right than seeing Jesse Daniel out on tour.
Album Review – Kacey Musgraves – “Deeper Well”
68 Comments“Deeper Well” might have a few more memorable songs and mark a return to a more organic sound for Musgraves, but that “something’s missing” feeling persists. It seems to be marked by boredom.